Mediagazer: Has the Internet “hamsterized” journalism? (Matthew Lasar/Ars Technica)

6:55 PM ET, June 13, 2011

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Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:

Has the Internet “hamsterized” journalism? — Hey there newspaper reporter—has your broadband-powered job got you filing not only conventional stories, but blogging, video blogging, Facebooking, podcasting, picture posting, and Tweeting? If so, you'll be happy to know that the Federal …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

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Matt Thompson / Poynter:

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Adweek:

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Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Adweek:

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Lewis DVorkin / The Copy Box:

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

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Financial Times:

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

The orthodoxy of the article, part II — Frédéric Filoux willfully misrepresents me so that he may uphold the orthodoxy of the article. He will be disappointed to learn that we agree more than he wishes. Here is what I am really saying about the article.

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