Mediagazer: Appeal filed over jailed Al Jazeera staff (Al Jazeera English)

11:00 AM ET, August 22, 2014

Top News:

Flood of cameras, appalling media behavior in Ferguson spur freelancer to opt out of spectacle — I will not be returning to Ferguson — I had been on the ground helping Al Jazeera America** cover the protests and unrest in Ferguson, Mo., since this all started last week.

Discussion: @justcris, Guardian, The Daily Caller, @anildash, @vdcphotonews, @ryanschuessler1, @iamsakuma, @yvonnemmu, @clairecmc, @vdcphotonews, @amaditalks, @penenberg, Gawker, @april_davis, @antderosa, @tomgara, @mmasnick, @elisewho, @_peech, VDC Photo Blog, Hot Air and Mediaite

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

A Ferguson Story on ‘Conflicting Accounts’ Seems to Say ‘Trust Us’ — Want an object lesson in the problems of dubious equivalency and anonymous sources? — Look no further than Wednesday's Times, where a highly fraught question — precisely how, in Ferguson, Mo., a black teenager …

Discussion: msnbc.com, @rukmini_shrini, @lawrence, @the_fjp, @elizabethdrewoh, @occbaystreet, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, @johnmcquaid and Pressing Issues

Pew Research Center:

Cable, Twitter picked up Ferguson story at a similar clip — The shooting death of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, quickly became a national news story on mainstream and social media last week. A new Pew Research Center analysis of media coverage of the event and subsequent protests finds …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review and SocialTimes

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Execution of U.S. journalist reveals the changing business of war coverage — (Reuters) - A chilling video showing the execution of journalist James Foley by Islamist militants marks the second time an American reporter has been beheaded by captors overseas, echoing the murder …

Discussion: @jammastergirish and NPR

Martin Chulov / Guardian:

James Foley and fellow freelancers assumed more risks as media outlets cut back budgets — James Foley and fellow freelancers: exploited by pared-back media outlets — In this new age of journalism, publishers should not abdicate responsibility by hiding behind low budgets

Discussion: @beltrew, @joshuahersh, @javierespinosa2, @hahellyer, Forbes, @davidc7, @brightey, @blakehounshell, @eefita, @martinchulov, @renireni, @allison_good1, @janemartinson, @remcoand, @robcrilly, @benplesser and CNN

Tom Risen / US News:

How James Foley advised and encouraged a freelance reporter to go to Syria in 2012 — Jim Foley's Advice: Go to Syria — In 2012 James Foley advised me how I could freelance in Syria, where he was eventually kidnapped. — A passionate journalist on a mission

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, @jamesrisen, @tomrisen and Associated Press, Thanks:@tomrisen

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Majority Of Digital Media Consumption Now Takes Place In Mobile Apps — U.S. users are now spending the majority of their time consuming digital media within mobile applications, according to a new study released by comScore this morning. That means mobile apps, including the number 1 …

Discussion: RAIN News, comScore, Inc., Wall Street Journal, Music Ally, @iammobilebob, Forbes, TIME, @craigmod, @benhuh, Talking New Media and Marketing Land, Thanks:@steverubel

Peter Sterne / Capital New York:

Beleaguered Spin Media's new C.E.O., Stephen Blackwell, lays out a plan — Last week, as Capital first reported, Stephen Blackwell was named the new C.E.O. of Spin Media Group—a collection of more than a dozen online music and lifestyle publications that together bring in about 30 million monthly uniques.

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

A federal court rejects Aereo's request to argue it's a cable company — Aereo's seemingly last-ditch argument to save itself won't be given an airing in court, according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. — Instead, if the shuttered streaming video company wants to keep fighting for its survival …

Discussion: BetaBoston, TVSpy, @pkafka, @mikesnider, Electronista, USA Today, TechCrunch and Bloomberg

Al Jazeera English:

Appeal filed over jailed Al Jazeera staff — Lawyers for the three journalists imprisoned in Egypt say there were several breaches of process in their trial. — Lawyers for three Al Jazeera English staff jailed in Egypt have filed appeals against their convictions.

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

This: Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time — By now, you might have heard that Atlantic Media's Andrew Golis is incubating a small social network inside the company. Golis came to Atlantic Media as entrepreneur-in-residence a little over a year ago …

Discussion: @yingworld, @laura_warne, @jaredbkeller, @jeremymbarr, @nadinegoff, @agolis and TheMediaBriefing

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Immersive journalism: What if you could experience a news event in 3D by using an Oculus Rift? — Journalist and documentary film-maker Nonny de la Pena is using the three-dimensional virtual world technology behind the Oculus Rift headset to create immersive journalistic experiences based on major news events

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

How a Norwegian public radio station is using Snapchat to connect young listeners with news — The newsonomics of Schibsted's VGTV and web-native TV — In 2011, the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK set the world record for the longest single television show by broadcasting a cruise ship traversing the country's coast.

Discussion: AdExchanger