Mediagazer: How FT is experimenting with aggregation service Antenna (Catalina Albeanu/Journalism.co.uk)

12:10 PM 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, @vdcphotonews, @amaditalks, @clairecmc, Gawker, VDC Photo Blog, @penenberg, @april_davis, @antderosa, @tomgara, @mmasnick, @elisewho, @_peech, Hot Air and Mediaite

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: TVNewser, Columbia Journalism Review and SocialTimes

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

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: NPR and @jammastergirish

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, @davidc7, @brightey, @blakehounshell, @eefita, @javierespinosa2, @martinchulov, @renireni, @allison_good1, @janemartinson, @remcoand, @hahellyer, @robcrilly, @benplesser, Forbes 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., Music Ally, Wall Street Journal, @iammobilebob, @craigmod, Forbes, @benhuh, TIME, 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.

Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:

How FT is experimenting with aggregation service Antenna — FT Antenna gathers content from Twitter to keep FT readers up to date with the latest top stories on social media — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing

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, @mikesnider, Electronista, @pkafka, 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.

Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:

News companies make play for India's growing digital market — India, with its emerging economy and vast population, is becoming an attractive market for news organizations looking to grow their international audience. The Huffington Post joined a growing number of outlets expanding …

Discussion: @gfgao, @pewinternet, @richardwike, MediaNama, Capital New York, FishbowlNY and @nsabloff

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

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