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12:25 PM ET, April 9, 2011

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Craig Silverman / CJR:
Is This the World's Best Twitter Account?  —  Meet Andy Carvin, verification machine  —  Yesterday morning NPR's Andy Carvin took a break from running one of the world's best Twitter accounts to explain what it's like to be a living, breathing real-time verification system.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
MediaShift Idea Lab:
Why Are Newsrooms Resistant to Creating Newsgames?  —  This past weekend a group of 25 game developers, academics and journalists gathered at the University of Minnesota's Journalism Center to examine the state of newsgames.  While it can be a slippery term to define, generally speaking newsgames covers …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Down to the Wire Deal Keeps Government Open and Cablers Reporting  —  Around 10:30, the cable networks began reporting on a deal to keep the government running.  The husband and wife CNN team of John King and Dana Bash broke the news during “Anderson Cooper 360.”
Rob Walker / New York Times:
On ‘Radiolab,’ the Sound of Science  —  Jad Abumrad was talking about “tension” —the tension between the certainty of science and mysteries that inspire wonder; between authenticity and artifice; between a sound that feels carefully constructed and one that feels anarchic and alive.
Discussion: The 6th Floor
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
AOL Permalancers Speak: ‘We Were Very Clearly Employees’  —  How many of the freelancers AOL let go earlier this week were people who, legally, could potentially be construed as employees rather than mere contract workers?  Because it's a question with some pretty interesting implications …
Discussion: Editors Weblog
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Bret Baier: The Next Generation Of Fox News Anchor … If the only thing you know about Bret Baier is that he's a Fox News anchor, the moment that sticks in your mind would be his interview a year ago with President Obama.  —  It took place in the Blue Room of the White House …
Suzi Parker / Poynter:
Seeing journalism through the eyes of editor and columnist Lady Gaga  —  Lady Gaga has her paws in many projects - makeup endorsements, LGBT activism, a perfume deal and even a bracelet for sale that aids Japanese earthquake victims.  —  But now the pop phenomenon appears to be focused on journalism.
Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
Page views offer only a small part of the picture in a newsroom compensation plan  —  By Robert Niles: How should the pay for online journalists be determined?  —  Pay for work is always a sensitive question.  Pay, after all, quantifies work.  And since most people pour more than a bit …
Discussion: mediabistro.com and Editors Weblog
Guardian:
Journalists on Twitter: how do Britain's news organisations tweet?  Data & visualisation  —  Journalists are increasingly using Twitter.  Alberto Nardelli of Tweetminster analyses what they tweet  —  • Get the data  —  What do Britain's journalists tweet about?
Rob Pegoraro:
Departure … This entry was posted in Journalism, Occupational hazards, Work and tagged journalism, newspaper, newsroom, rob pegoraro, tech journalism, washington post by robpegoraro.  Bookmark the permalink.
Discussion: Poynter and On Media's Blog
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
California Watch finds a new consumer group for its “On Shaky Ground” investigation: kids  —  This morning, California Watch launched a major series on the seismic safety of California's public schools.  Education reporter Corey Johnson and fellow investigators at the outfit spent 19 months reporting …
 
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