Mediagazer: Sports New Media's ‘Bleacher Report Model’ Might Train Writers - But Still Pays Nothing (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

6:15 PM ET, August 11, 2013

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Edward Schumacher-Matos / NPR Ombudsman:

S. Dakota Indian Foster Care 1: Investigative Storytelling Gone Awry — In October 2011, NPR aired a three-part investigative series by and alleging abuses in the foster care system for Native American children in South Dakota. With a mix of statements by the reporter and much innuendo …

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik, @beth_hawkins, @bgrueskin, @jayrosen_nyu, NPR Ombudsman, NPR Ombudsman, NPR Ombudsman, NPR Ombudsman and NPR Ombudsman

Associated Press:

Ombudsman criticizes NPR report on Indian children — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A year and a half after National Public Radio aired a series criticizing South Dakota's handling of foster care for Native American children, the news agency's ombudsman said the three-part investigative series was “deeply flawed.”

NPR:

Editors' Note — In October 2011, NPR aired a series of reports by correspondent Laura Sullivan about the placement of Native American children in foster care. The series focused on South Dakota, where it found an unusually high number of native children were placed in non-native foster homes …

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik

Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:

For Bezos, The Post represents new frontier — This story was reported by Peter Whoriskey, Brady Dennis, Kimberly Kindy, Holly Yeager, Cecilia Kang and Alice Crites. It was written by Whoriskey. Dennis reported from Seattle. — One summer day as a kid riding in the back seat of his grandparents' car …

Discussion: Monday Note, @byronyork, @jswatz, @jackshafer, @karaswisher, @nycjim, @carloslozadawp, VentureBeat and Poynter

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

Study: Mobile news “snacking” is up sharply, but tablets are the killer news devices — People are turning to their mobile devices to read news more than ever before, but they're spending less time in news apps on each visit, according to new figures from mobile and Web apps analytics company Localytics.

Discussion: @hamishmckenzie and Journalism.co.uk

Jim Romenesko:

Listen to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong fire Patch's creative director during a conference call — AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong fired Patch creative director Abel Lenz two minutes into Friday's call with Patch employees. Lenz's sin: Taking a picture of the CEO during his talk.

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Some new data & further thoughts on my save & read it later habits — One of the things I like about the internet (as opposed to hating it) is the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions with really smart people and walk away more educated from those interactions.

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Sports New Media's ‘Bleacher Report Model’ Might Train Writers - But Still Pays Nothing — Sports New Media is sort of like the tech world's version of “Jerry Maguire”. It's a hybrid media management and a technology platform, that works with athletes, sports agents and teams to manage …

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:

Tame Wants To Help Hacks, Flacks, And Other Social Media Types Tame The Noise On Twitter — Twitter has become a boon to journalists wanting to break news. It's also great for surfacing content relevant to niche topics or specific industries if you follow the right users.

Discussion: The Next Web

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Fox May Produce Clinton Biopic Reviled by G.O.P. — The script for the proposed mini-series on the life of the possible presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn't even been written but we may already have a plot twist. — While NBC has come under heavy fire, especially from Republican critics …

Discussion: TVNewser, The Raw Story, Mediaite, Hot Air and New York Magazine

Lorne Manly / New York Times:

How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age — LOS ANGELES — For decades, the TV viewing experience was much the same. Tune into your favorite show, week by patient week, all on the network's schedule. Feedback was restricted to faceless Nielsen ratings and perhaps a plaintive letter …

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

Google told German newspapers to opt in, and they did — A law meant to make aggregators pay for content has instead caused Google to threaten to remove papers from its news search — In July, a month before Germany's controversial copyright law requiring search engines to pay …

Mike Reynolds / Multichannel:

TWC Customers File Lawsuit over Retrans Disconnect with Milwaukee Station — Plaintiffs Seek Class-Action Status over Disconnect with Journal Broadcast's WTMJ — A trio of Time Warner Cable customers has filed a lawsuit against the cable operator over its retransmission-consent dispute with WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee.

Discussion: JSOnline, The Desk, Inside TV, TMJ4 and FierceCable