Mediagazer: News as games: immoral or the future of interactive journalism? (Keith Stuart/Guardian)

10:05 AM ET, January 14, 2013

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

MIT Responds to Death of Activist Aaron Swartz, Begins Internal Investigation — Two days after Internet activist Aaron Swartz took his own life, the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has issued a public response and will launch an internal investigation looking …

Discussion: New York Times, MIT, The Verge, CNET, MetaFilter, MIT's Student Newspaper, Media News, VentureBeat, Crooked Timber and @biellacoleman

Alex Stamos / Unhandled Exception:

The Truth about Aaron Swartz's “Crime” — I did not know Aaron Swartz, unless you count having copies of a person's entire digital life on your forensics server as knowing him. I did once meet his father, an intelligent and dedicated man who was clearly pouring his life into defending his son.

Micah Allen / Neuroconscience:

Researchers begin posting article PDFs to twitter in #pdftribute to Aaron Swartz — Yesterday, as I was completing my morning coffee and internet ritual, @le_feufollet broke the sad news to me of Aaron Swartz's death. Aaron was a leader online, a brilliant coder and developer …

Discussion: Science Citizen, @drjaxon, Aid Economics, @youranonnews, @venturejessica, @sarahkendzior, @jayrosen_nyu, Gizmodo and New York Magazine

Wall Street Journal:

Legal Case Strained Troubled Web Activist — Just days before he hanged himself, Internet activist Aaron Swartz's hopes for a deal with federal prosecutors fell apart. — Two years ago, the advocate for free information online, who was known to have suffered from depression …

Discussion: WebProNews and The Verge

Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:

“If someone is in need of knowledge and you can provide it, but you don't, you are guilty of a crime against the human spirit..." — Since Saturday morning I have been deeply affected by Aaron Swartz's death by suicide at age 26. Because I never met him, this reaction has taken me by surprise …

Discussion: TechPresident, Poynter and New Yorker

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

New York Times to launch electronic corrections form — The New York Times website is to launch a new electronic corrections submissions form, to try and improve the reader's ability to report an error. Speaking to Journalism.co.uk for a podcast on best practice in online corrections …

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Condé Nast Contracts Cut Author's Share in Film Deals — It's a dream tucked in the backs of many journalists' minds: the article they write becomes a blockbuster movie and they reap a healthy share of the profits, a walk on the red carpet and — who knows? — maybe even an Oscar.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Keith Stuart / Guardian:

News as games: immoral or the future of interactive journalism? — Apple's decision to reject an iPhone game exploring the conflict in Syria reflects wider unease about playing with news — Picture this. One morning, you visit the Guardian home page to find a headline article about …

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

Eugene C. Patterson, Editor and Civil Rights Crusader, Dies at 89 — Eugene C. Patterson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The Atlanta Constitution during the civil rights conflicts of the 1960s and later the managing editor of The Washington Post and editor of The St. Petersburg Times in Florida …

Discussion: mediabistro.com, Poynter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, Poynter, Tampa Bay Times and The Huffington Post

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Robin Roberts Plans February Return to ‘Good Morning America’ — Robin Roberts, the “Good Morning America” host who signed off the show last August to receive treatment for a life-threatening bone marrow disorder, says she intends to return to work in February.

Discussion: Politico

Christopher Zara / International Business Times:

The Year Of Kickstarter Journalism: Crowdfunding Is Doing What The News Industry Can't — As the publishing industry struggles to figure out a sustainable business model in the digital age, crowdfunded journalism projects have been taking off in droves on Kickstarter, where more and more …

Liz Alderman / New York Times:

Journalists in Greece Are Becoming Targets — The Greek police on Saturday were looking for the people responsible for detonating makeshift bombs at the homes of five journalists in Athens, the latest in a series of actions taken against reporters in Greece that have raised questions about a deteriorating climate for media freedom.

Discussion: RTÉ, BBC and Big News Network.com