Mediagazer: Iran's Jila Baniyaghoob on journalism, prison and Rouhani (Guardian)

1:05 AM ET, September 22, 2014

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Iran's Jila Baniyaghoob on journalism, prison and Rouhani — Iranian journalist and activist says freedom of speech and the press have not improved one iota under the new administration — Jila Baniyaghoob interviewing Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Kabul in 2003. Photograph: Courtesy of Jila Baniyaghoob

Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: Iranian president offers no new details on detained Washington Post reporter

Miriam Berger / BuzzFeed:
Brother Of Jailed Washington Post Journalist Calls For His Release As Iranian Leadership Heads To New York

Discussion: @modavari

Scott Stossel / Nieman Reports:

Atlantic editor Scott Stossel on keeping one of America's oldest print magazines relevant — Atlantic editor Scott Stossel on keeping one of America's oldest print magazines relevant … On getting to profitability — When David Bradley, a Washington guy who had built consulting companies …

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Amazon has held a secret retreat for authors called “Campfire” for four years, but this weekend some Hachette supporters weren't invited — A Writerly Chill at Bezos' Fire — When Jeff Bezos tells writers to keep quiet, they obey. — Every fall, Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon …

Discussion: @arablit, @jimaley, @neil_irwin, @petersterne, @ivanthek, @david_connell and The Verge

Rui Kaneya / Columbia Journalism Review:

How comics journalism brings stories to life — Chicago's Illustrated Press is at the forefront of a burgeoning movement — CHICAGO, IL — For much of last year, Darryl Holliday worked the “crime and mayhem” beat at DNAinfo Chicago, documenting the consequences of violence on the city's South Side.

Michael Wolff / Town & Country:

Forbes Media adapted to a digital business model, but the company and the family paid the price of a damaged brand — Empire Falls — There was a time when practically every rich man wanted to be Malcolm Forbes. For 20 years he was our most famous plutocrat, living lavishly off …

Discussion: @thestalwart and @qhardy

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

iOS 8 notification center widgets could spur news orgs to invest in native apps again — Can iPhone widgets make news apps cool again? — The Financial Times notably embraces HTML5 web apps — and print! — over mobile apps. Quartz, perhaps the most widely praised new media site of the last year or so, is similarly app-less.

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

How Betaworks revived Digg, growing it from 1.5M to 8M monthly visitors over the last two years — Inside the company that rebuilt Digg — Before there was Reddit, there was Digg. Digg used to be one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. Founded in late 2004, it became a sensation …

Discussion: @niemanlab

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Al Jazeera America journalist: Being in the military and being a journalist aren't that different — The life of a journalist covering conflict and that of someone in the military aren't that different, said Al Jazeera America's Josh Rushing in a phone interview.

Catherine Mayer / TIME:

Bono says U2 and Apple working on new digital music format — Exclusive: U2 and Apple Have Another Surprise for You — The four members of the legendary Irish band tell TIME about another new album in the works—and its secret Apple project that might just save the music industry

Discussion: @fezzeeapps, Techdirt, Forbes, App Advice, Complete Music Update, Music Week and Macworld

Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:

How the Online News Association and The Georgia News Lab are working to diversify journalism — How the Online News Association and The Georgia News Lab are working to diversify journalism — MIAMI, FL — Can an innovative college-professional news collaborative, with a $35,000 grant in hand …

Portada:

Aaron Kushner to evaluate whether the Los Angeles Register is viable as a daily — Aaron Kushner, CEO of Freedom Communications, said that he will evaluate “in the next few weeks” whether the Los Angeles Register has a viable future as a daily. The Los Angeles Register was launched in April …

Discussion: LA Weekly and LA Observed

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Tim Berners-Lee: proposed FCC net neutrality rules would force firms to “effectively bribe” ISPs — World Wide Web inventor lashes out at Internet fast lanes: 'It's bribery.' — A quarter-century ago, Timothy Berners-Lee designed the world's first Web browser and server …