Mediagazer: On the Media: A small-town reporter's big influence (James Rainey/Los Angeles Times)

7:50 PM ET, April 2, 2011

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Tom Huang / Poynter:

Coverage of Japanese citizens' ‘stoic’ response to tragedy both accurate, stereotypical — A master narrative has developed around the media's coverage of Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, leading us to believe that there are cultural roots in the Japanese citizens' stoic response …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: A small-town reporter's big influence — A black businessman was burned to death in tiny Ferriday, La., in 1964. Justice may finally be served, thanks to the reporting of Stanley Nelson of the weekly Concordia Sentinel. — from ferriday, la.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The Daily Dot Wants to Be the Web's Hometown Paper — People often talk about how the social web makes the Internet seem like a small town, and now former VentureBeat and Valleywag editor Owen Thomas says he wants to give the web “its own hometown newspaper” called The Daily Dot.

Discussion: Poynter, The Huffington Post and The Wire, Thanks:davidfg

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

The More Bill Keller Says, the Worse He Gets — Bill Keller, the editor of America's greatest newspaper, continues to systematically dismantle his professional reputation by writing an unnecessary, vainglorious, and ill-advised column in the New York Times Magazine, in which he demonstrates …

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Bill Keller / New York Times:

Secrecy in Shreds — Last year, Gabriel Schoenfeld, a veteran of the conservative magazine Commentary, published a book that explained how The New York Times could be prosecuted under the Espionage Act. The book said a lot of other things too, but you'll understand why that particular proposition stuck in my mind.

Martin Belam / currybetdotnet:

News innovation isn't just about writing code, it is about how we use that code to tell stories — This blog post is my contribution to the third Carnival of Journalism — Nick Petrie on the Wannabe Hacks blog recently asked why news organisations were only getting to grips with the concept of online community now in 2011.

Mike Spector / Wall Street Journal:

Icahn, Dish Submit Bids for Blockbuster — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and satellite-television provider Dish Network Corp. have each submitted bids for Blockbuster Inc. ahead of a bankruptcy court auction next week, said people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: GigaOM, Electronista and Voices on All Things Digital

The Huffington Post:

Page Six Lands New Editor — For the first time since longtime editor Richard Johnson left the column, Page Six is getting a male face. — The New York Post's gossip column will welcome Ian Mohr as its deputy editor. — Former Page Six Deputy Editor Paula Froelich tweeted the news Friday morning …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:

Studies find journalists use Twitter for broadcast — The final research paper at the ISOJ focused on how newsrooms were using Twitter. — Dale Blasingame from Texas State University, San Marcos, looked at how Twitter was changing TV news. — He started by saying that a web first approach …

Pamela Chelin / Rolling Stone:

Exclusive: Rebecca Black Fighting Ark Music Factory Over ‘Friday’ — The singer alleges that Ark promised her control of the master recordings — It didn't take long for everyone involved in the Rebecca Black story to start squabbling. Black - whose song “Friday” hit Number 38 …

Discussion: TMZ.com and MTV Buzzworthy Blog