Mediagazer: Greenwald: Journalist, activist, media transparentist (Erik Wemple)

4:15 PM ET, July 7, 2013

Top News:

Kareem Fahim / New York Times:

Egypt's New Leaders Press Media to Muzzle Dissent — CAIRO — As soldiers and policemen opened fire on supporters of President Mohamed Morsi outside an army officers' club on Friday, killing at least four people, one of Egypt's state television channels broadcast a religious show that advised viewers to respect the elderly.

Discussion: Al Jazeera English

Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Guardian gets online traffic boost from Snowden story, now nipping at NYT's heels — According to new figures, the Guardian set a one-day traffic record with its Snowden coverage, and has also seen its overall traffic grow to the point where it is likely close to matching the New York Times.

Nicky Woolf / The Atlantic Online:

The British Are Coming—And They've Brought Newspapers — An interview with the editor-in-chief of Guardian US, which broke the Edward Snowden story. The Guardian is looking to expand in the U.S. market. — Of the three English-language newspaper websites with the highest readerships, two are British.

Discussion: Guardian, @saramorrison, @bobstep and @moorehn

Patrick Smith / The Media Briefing:

Three years on: Has the Times digital subscription project worked? — UPDATE: I've just been reminded that on the night the Times paywall launched I put on a panel discussion in my then role as in-house journalist / event producer at the Frontline Club. Thankfully, due to club founder …

Discussion: LNR Journalism

Vinay Sitapati / India Ink:

Hindi Paper Finds Success Going Hyperlocal — JAIPUR, Rajasthan - On June 25, I walked into Kesargarh Fort in Jaipur, the capital of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. Where cannon were once mounted, now lies a silver printing press. The monotype-casting machine is the only giveaway …

Discussion: Street Fight

Jonathan Watts / Guardian:

Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia offer asylum to Edward Snowden — President Maduro offers to protect NSA whistleblower ‘from persecution by the empire’ and rejects US extradition request — Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower …

Discussion: Reuters, BBC, The Raw Story, @wikileaks, @ggreenwald, Associated Press, Associated Press, Business Insider, Business Insider, www.wnyc.org, RT, msnbc.com, Firedoglake, Engadget and Gawker

Eliza Kern / paidContent:

Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It's all about the data — Why does LinkedIn care if you get your news there or anywhere else? The company knows the more news there is on LinkedIn, the more likely you are to visit, and you'll keep the business cycle going.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Jack Shafer:

In praise of tabloid TV — Allow me to defend cable TV's extended live coverage of the George Zimmerman murder trial, even though I've not watched a second of it, nor have I tuned in to any of the nightly rehashes aired on CNN, HLN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel.

Discussion: @ravisomaiya

Erik Wemple:

Greenwald: Journalist, activist, media transparentist — The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, breaker of stories on the National Security Agency (NSA), recently made the following declaration to the New York Times's David Carr about his approach to his work: “All activists are not journalists, but all real journalists are activists.”

Discussion: Hillicon Valley and Business Insider

Aja Romano / Daily Dot:

Tumblr documents the Chicago Sun-Times' descent into iPhone photography — Just over a month after the Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire photography department, the newspaper's new policy of letting reporters use smartphones to take photos on their beats has turned into a regular series of embarrassments.

Anya Kamenetz / Fast Company:

News Corp. Introduces a New Kind of Interactivity to the Classroom — Joel Klein joined News Corp. in 2010 to help shape the future of education, but educators were still focused on his past. He'd made many enemies during the previous eight years as New York City's public schools chancellor.

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

New research suggests it's possible to automatically identify fake images on Twitter — One of the most challenging aspects of social media is figuring out how to efficiently verify information and stop the spread of misinformation during breaking news situation.

Discussion: @sdbrownlie

Wall Street Journal:

Hulu Bids Depend on TV-Show Rights — The big media companies that created Hulu endowed the online video provider with arguably its most valuable asset: access to the current seasons of hit network-TV shows. Now, as an auction of the site enters its final stages, with final bids due Friday …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Engadget and Wall Street Journal