In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast.
This week in review: Facebook’s future and the open web, and finding balance on breaking news nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: AOL’s niche strategy, citizen journalism tools and tricks, NYT and Flickr screensaver
AOL’s strategy: leanly staffed news sites focused on lucrative niches (Daily Finance, PoliticsDaily, etc.) http://tr.im/q9ga »
In a study of U.S. bloggers, a majority supported some kind of blogging ethics code http://tr.im/q9a2 »
Tools and tricks for citizen journalism by The Uptake http://tr.im/q9cn Part of YouTube’s just-launched Reporters’ Center. »
“How can any system that doesn’t work precisely when people need it the most be considered the future of communications?” http://tr.im/qafl »
Ad networks to blame for sluggish performance of news sites as MJ news broke on Thursday http://tr.im/qb0H (via @c4cm) »
Very cool screensaver mashes up New York Times headlines and Flickr http://tr.im/qd7k (via @donohoe) »
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February 8, 2012
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