Mediagazer: Why Data Needs Journalism and Journalism Needs Data (Nicola Hughes/Data Miner UK)

7:45 PM ET, July 2, 2011

Top News:

Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:

At The Post, reporters get socialized to social media — A sign of the times is that Vernon Loeb, Post Local editor, has begun mandatory social media training for the reporters and editors on the Metro staff. This means that most editors and reporters, if they haven't already …

Discussion: msnbc.com

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

On Attribution and Credit — Ina Fried's story yesterday for AllThingsD about iPad-native apps crossing the 100,000 mark now credits MacStories by name, and includes this note: … The reference in the article now reads: … That's better, and crosses the line into what I consider acceptable attribution.

Discussion: parislemon and Softpedia News

Nicola Hughes / Data Miner UK:

Why Data Needs Journalism and Journalism Needs Data — I've come specifically to the Open Knowledge Conference for the track on data journalism (although I'm very interested in the open data scene anyway). It was a call to action more than an educational exposition.

David Kravets / Threat Level:

Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework — A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring under penalty of perjury that an update to his computer's browser prohibited him from electronically submitting a legal filing before an angry judge's deadline.

Andrew Hampp / AdAge:

Comcast Shutters NBC Universal Digital Studio — Eleven Positions Affected; Third Season Of American Family Insurance Series in Limbo — Comcast is shuttering NBC Universal Digital Studio, a three-year-old original web content division, NBC Universal confirmed on Friday.

Discussion: paidContent

Sofia M. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:

Ashton Kutcher and Village Voice Twitter Feud Leads to Advertiser Loss … Social media master Ashton Kutcher has taken his Twitter feud with New York's Village Voice to a new level by contacting its advertisers to complain about the newspaper's “Back Page” personal ads.

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, Felix Salmon, Gawker, Runnin' Scared and The Marquee Blog

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

New York Times Co. Sells 55 Percent of Fenway Stake For $117 Million — It took The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) longer to find buyers for a substantial part of its stake in the Boston Red Sox than it did to build the metered paywall for NYTimes.com—and it still isn't done with the Fenway Sports Group.

Discussion: Adweek and Forbes.com

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

TheWrap Replaces THR as Reuters News Partner — We have big news today. TheWrap, which struck a partnership with Reuters last year, becomes the global news agency's main entertainment news provider as of July 1. — This new partnership replaces a long-time alliance between Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.

Discussion: Future of Journalism and The Wire

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

ProPublica's newest news app uses education data to get more social — Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights released a data set — the most comprehensive to date — documenting student access to advanced classes and special programs in public high schools.

Discussion: GOOD, Christian Science Monitor and U.S. Department of Education

Amie Parnes / The Politico:

White House press pool losing scoops to Twitter — The temptations of Twitter are clashing with a White House press corps tradition: the pool report. — Some reporters in the rotating pool of journalists who chronicle the president's movements are sending TwitPics, revealing factoids …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Kelvin MacKenzie / Guardian:

Thank God for Rupert Murdoch | Kelvin MacKenzie — Twenty years after flirting with disaster, the News Corp chief is on the verge of his biggest deal. We need more like him — Two decades ago Rupert Murdoch was sitting at his desk in Wapping as a financial firestorm engulfed his company.

David Folkenflik / NPR:

New CNN News Chief Takes Stock … It's pretty easy to see the winning formula for Fox News and MSNBC. They spend their evening hours stoking outrage from the political right and left, respectively. — But it's not as clear what the missing secret sauce should be for CNN.

Discussion: TVNewser, On Media's Blog and Inside Cable News

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

AllThingsD Plans Expansion of Reviews Section: Kara Swisher Wants “Little Walt Mossbergs Everywhere” — All Things Digital, the fast-growing events and publishing unit of Dow Jones, headed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, plans to expand its reviews section, says Swisher in this video interview with Beet.TV

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Doug Aamoth / Techland:

Google and Microsoft Reportedly Both Kicking Hulu's Tires — Is Hulu for sale? Not exactly. — The L.A. Times reports that Google and Microsoft have both been entertaining the idea of purchasing the online video service, which is jointly owned by NBC Universal, Fox, and Disney-owned ABC.