Mediagazer: Message to high school J-students:Storytelling needs to survive the media tumult (McGuire on Media)

9:15 AM ET, April 29, 2011

Top News:

All-Star Roster of Writers and Editors to Join New ESPN Web Site — Grantland.com- Conceived by ESPN's Bill Simmons - to Debut in June — Bill Simmons, in association with ESPN, announced the first wave of writer and editor hires for Grantland.com, the much anticipated sports and pop culture web site.

Discussion: Poynter, Deadspin, The Wire, SportsGrid, Runnin' Scared, New York Magazine and The Atlantic Wire

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Will Bloomberg's Opinion Section Echo Mayor Bloomberg? — NEW YORK — Will Bloomberg View ever diverge from Bloomberg's view? — Executive editor David Shipley, tapped in December — along with former assistant secretary of state Jamie Rubin — to run Bloomberg News' forthcoming editorial page …

Discussion: Poynter

Jack Shafer / Slate:
Michael Kinsley's First Bloomberg View Column

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Observer, LA Observed and Talking Biz News

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

CBS Reporter Talks About Her Assault in Egypt — Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak's government fell in Cairo. — Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for …

Discussion: Speakeasy, The Huffington Post, Gothamist, This Just In, Poynter, CBS News, The Wire, Mediaite, Broadcasting & Cable, New York Magazine, LA Observed, Gawker, FrumForum, TVNewser and FishbowlNY

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Royal Wedding: A Two-Screen Experience Like You've Never Seen — Producers are working around the clock ahead of the Royal Wedding live broadcast, which is set to begin at 4 a.m. ET on most stations. But they aren't just prepping TV coverage; they're also working to extend their broadcasts …

Discussion: Lost Remote, Thanks:laureni

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Media has fun with hats, titles at royal wedding — NEW YORK — Like guests who whisper asides to their friends from the back pews, the commoners in the media tried to have fun with the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton for Americans who awoke in pre-dawn hours to watch the pomp.

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap: Media Braces for a Certifiably Wild Weekend of News

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Godspeed on That Investing Thing, Yertle-But I Still Have Some Questions for Your Boss, Arianna — Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn't really care or not anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers.

Discussion: Mixed Media, SAI, memeburn, CNET News, Silicon Valley Watcher, @mediatwit, @learmonth, SiliconANGLE, @karaswisher, FishbowlNY, Two Bananas Marketing, Too Much Nick, @rafat, Adweek and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Arrington Says The Real Conflict Of Interest In Tech Reporting Has Nothing To Do With Money

Discussion: TechCrunch, BoomTown, SiliconANGLE, TomsTechBlog.com, Talking Biz News and The Wire

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

Iconic Tuscaloosa News tornado photo lands on dozens of newspaper front pages — When Tuscaloosa News' Dusty Compton took a photo of the massive tornado that swept through Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, he didn't know it would land on the cover of The New York Times …

Discussion: New York Times, SportsGrid and FrumForum

Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Veteran Alabama meterologist uses Twitter, Facebook, Ustream to broadcast during tornado, storms

Discussion: New York Times and CNN

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Meredith Vieira to Leave ‘Today’ in June; Ann Curry is Replacement … Meredith Vieira will exit the Today show in June, nearly three months before the end of her contract, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. — Today newsreader Ann Curry will be promoted to co-host …

Discussion: Mediaite, PopEater, The Huffington Post and Inside TV

McGuire on Media:

Message to high school J-students:Storytelling needs to survive the media tumult — The following speech will be delivered at 7 pm. Thursday, April 28, 2011 to teachers and award-winning students of the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association. — Congratulations to all the award winners and to their teachers.

Discussion: Arizona Republic

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Chris Hamilton appointed social media editor for BBC News — BBC digital journalist Chris Hamilton has been named as the broadcaster's new social media editor for BBC News. — Hamilton will succeed Alex Gubbay, who is leaving the BBC to join Johnston Press in June as head of digital content.

Ben Parr / Mashable!:

What's The Matter With Google TV? — Google and its partners made a major bet on Google TV, an ambitious attempt to bridge the gap between the web and TV worlds. But so far it has failed to pay dividends — quite literally, in the case of Google partner Logitech.

Discussion: SAI, Engadget and GigaOM, more at Techmeme »

Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:

Billboards suck. Promote your company's jobs on Techmeme! — As you might have noticed, a hiring boom is underway in tech, leading to ballooning salaries, aggressive recruiting tactics, and finally, billboards. [1, 2] Yes, billboards along Bay Area highways now pitch jobs to the small fraction …

Discussion: TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

blogs.journalism.co.uk:

How to: Create a Tumblr blog for your news organisation — Tumblr is a very visual way of blogging. One of the many beauties of Tumblr is its simplicity and easy interface. You can create an account, choose a URL, select a design theme and create your first post in under five minutes.

Marco.org:

Why Instapaper Free is taking an extended vacation — Last fall, I conducted an experiment: I quietly removed Instapaper Free from the App Store1 for three days, leaving only the full, $4.99 Instapaper app. Not only did sales increase incrementally, but nobody seemed to notice.

Discussion: SocialTimes.com, GigaOM, MacStories, Technologizer and eMedia Vitals, more at Techmeme »

Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

The Nonsense Quandary — How should news organizations deal with phenomena like the “birther” brouhaha? Posted: Thurs, April 28, 2011 — Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president. — It's easy to understand why President Barack Obama is exasperated …

Discussion: Weigel and New York Times