Mediagazer: New Yahoo News editor-in-chief: 'I'm always looking for a great story' (Tracie Powell/Poynter)

8:05 AM ET, August 6, 2012

Top News:

Robert Stolarik, Times Photographer, Is Arrested While On Assignment in the Bronx — A freelance photographer for The New York Times was arrested on Saturday night while on assignment with two reporters who were conducting street interviews in the Bronx. — The photographer, Robert Stolarik …

Discussion: Poynter and New York Magazine

A.J. Daulerio / Gawker:

New York Times Photographer Claims He Received NYPD Beat Down Last Night While Doing His Job — Robert Stolarik, a freelance photographer for the New York Times, had this happen to him while “taking photographs of a brewing street fight at McClellan Street and Sheridan Avenue in the Concourse neighborhood,” according to the Times:

Erin Geiger Smith / Reuters:

Analysis: Why Twitter apologized over NBC Olympics flap — (Reuters) - The microblogging site Twitter has been so abuzz about NBC's tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics that the #nbcfail hashtag was created last week as a way to consolidate criticism of the network.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitter's Succès De Scandale: Olympics Suspension Fiasco Drove Signups — There's no such thing as bad publicity. A source tells TechCrunch that mainstream news mentions of the temporary suspension of an NBC Olympics coverage tweeter / hater gave Twitter's signup rate a boost.

Discussion: Forbes

Press Gazette:

Jeremy Hunt criticised over Rupert Murdoch meeting — Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was today criticised by Labour MPs for meeting News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch on the fringes of the Olympic Games. — John Mann said it was “quite inappropriate” for Hunt to chat with the media mogul …

Tracie Powell / Poynter:

New Yahoo News editor-in-chief: 'I'm always looking for a great story' — Last month, Hillary Frey became the first ever editor-in-chief of Yahoo News. — In a telephone interview, Frey told Poynter her primary goal is to showcase original content produced by Yahoo's team of reporters …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The New York Observer

Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:

A case study in online journalism: investigating the Olympic torch relay — For the last two months I've been involved in an investigation which has used almost every technique in the online journalism toolbox. From its beginnings in data journalism, through collaboration …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Reuters suffers second hack, as Twitter account posts pro-Syrian government messages — New agency Thomson Reuters suffered its second Web security breach in 48 hours after hackers took control of its Twitter account dedicated to technology news, changing the focus to the Middle East and posting …

Discussion: CNET, GigaOM, MacRumors, @reuters, VentureBeat, CNET and The Register

Knight Foundation:

An Open Letter to America's University Presidents — We represent foundations making grants in journalism education and innovation. In this new digital age, we believe the “teaching hospital” model offers great potential. At its root, this model requires top professionals in residence at universities.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …, @greg_callus and @jeffjarvis

Bill Keller / New York Times:

The Leak Police — In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, this newspaper famously published a number of stories regurgitating the Bush administration hype about Saddam Hussein's supposed arsenal of mass destruction. A few journalists elsewhere — notably Jonathan Landay …

Discussion: Pressing Issues

Hazel Sheffield / CJR:

The AP's North Korea bureau — Yep, they've had one, based in the country's capital, for seven months — North Korea was just two weeks out of a national period of mourning the death of Kim Jong-il in January when two Associated Press journalists, Korea bureau chief Jean H. Lee …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

You can thank Ralph Lauren for free access to The New York Times' iPad app (well, some of it) — Good news for Olympics fans and New York Times readers: Much of the Times' iPad app will be free to access for almost two weeks. For the second year in a row, Ralph Lauren is doing an ad takeover of the app.