Mediagazer: Data journalism: Making it real (Andy Dickinson)

3:55 AM ET, February 10, 2014

Top News:

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit — Bill Keller, a columnist at The New York Times and its former executive editor, will leave the paper to become editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the American criminal justice system.

Deanna Fei / Slate:

My Baby and AOL's Bottom Line — Late last week, Tim Armstrong, the chief executive officer of AOL, landed himself in a media firestorm when he held a town hall with employees to explain why he was paring their retirement benefits. After initially blaming Obamacare for driving …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Guardian, CNET, Gawker, Talking Biz News, @karaswisher, Valleywag, USA Today, The Wrap, The Atlantic Online and Fortune

Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Distressed by Baby Controversy, AOL's Armstrong Reverses 401(K) Policy

Discussion: TechCrunch, Capital New York, Forbes, Business Insider, New York Magazine, @jackmirkinson and @jackmirkinson

Tom Moran:

New Jersey Star-Ledger regrets endorsing Christie, calls endorsement process “excruciating” — Chris Christie endorsement is regrettable: Moran — Gov. Chris Christie takes the oath of office in January. Even before he was embroiled in scandals, The Star-Ledger's endorsement of the governor was a close call.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, The Huffington Post, CNN, Gothamist, Mediaite, Mashable, The Fix, New York Times and New York Magazine

The Lede:

Turkey Deports Journalist for Criticizing Government on Twitter — ISTANBUL — Turkey deported an Azerbaijani journalist on Friday for “posting tweets against high-level state officials,” according to an Interior Ministry order obtained by his newspaper, the English-language daily Today's Zaman.

Discussion: Hurriyet Daily News, @lheron, Middle East Real Time, cihan.com.tr, EurasiaNet.org, The Star Online, Mashable and mUmBRELLA

Mahir Zeynalov / Al Arabiya News:

I was smeared, persecuted and deported in Erdogan's Turkey — “You're deported,” one of my colleagues told me, citing his police sources. “And the police are after you.” Within hours, the police phoned my editor-in-chief, asking him to hand me over. That night, I purchased two one-way tickets …

Discussion: @gkates, @michaelpilla and @alarabiya_eng

David Carr / New York Times:

Local Papers Shine Light in Society's Dark Corners — A lot of important journalism begins with a simple, seemingly obvious question, like why traffic is snarled in New Jersey on the way into New York. — Traffic coverage may be the lowest species in the dog-bites-man pantheon of news, except when it is not.

Discussion: @carr2n

Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

NBC Responds to Opening Ceremony Criticism: We Edited IOC Speech for Time — NBC has responded to media reports questioning edits to IOC president Thomas Bach's speech during the opening ceremony of the Olympics, in which Bach urged everyone not to discriminate against people from other countries.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Deadspin, Mediaite and Gawker

Timothy Burke / Deadspin:
NBC Edits Out IOC Anti-Discrimination Statement From Opening Ceremony

Discussion: NewsBusters blogs, The Raw Story, Twitchy, @bubbaprog, @jeffjarvis, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and The Wrap

Anne Penketh / Guardian:

Libération journalists fight investors' vision for future of French newspaper — Staff fear shareholders are intent on making money from brand and building, ‘with no mention of journalism’ — Three months ago a crazed gunman opened fire in the Paris offices of the iconoclastic …

Discussion: @benquinn75 and @jayrosen_nyu

Paul Steiger / ProPublica:

A Closer Look: Three Golden Ages of Journalism? — This morning, ProPublica founder and executive chairman Paul Steiger received the William Allen White Foundation National Citation from the University of Kansas's White School of Journalism and Mass Communications in Lawrence. Here are his remarks.

Discussion: @buzzfeedben, @jayrosen_nyu and @propublica

Andy Dickinson:

Data journalism: Making it real — The following is an edited version of a chapter I contributed to a new book Data Journalism: Mapping the Future, published by Abramis academic publishing. The fact that I'm in it aside, I can heartily recommend it as a great mix of practical and contextual information.

Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:

Wannabe Hacks launches journalist mentoring scheme — Young journalists can register for the mentoring scheme designed to offer advice and guidance to those just starting out in the industry — Credit: Image by DeaPeaJay on Flickr. Some rights reserved

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Loose Lips Give Ammunition to MSNBC Foes — Since MSNBC is in the political ring, its opponents are always on the lookout for things to attack. Lately, NBC's left-leaning cable news sister has offered plenty of ammunition. — MSNBC fired a staff member last week for an offensive tweet …

Discussion: NewsBusters blogs