The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: Model of an online-only newsroom, N.Y. Times social media strategy, L.A. Times videos on hiatus
How many reporters can an online-only newsroom support? Here’s an intriguing model with actual numbers http://tr.im/pA5R »
Ten online reporting projects that inspire the just-launched news application team at the Chicago Tribune http://tr.im/pAeP »
In a blog comment (nice!), NYT’s @jonathanlandman defends his paper’s social media policies and strategy http://tr.im/pAgR »
Metrics and benchmarks are essential to online journalism. @MarkBriggs explains the why and how http://tr.im/pCDX »
LA Times videos are on “hiatus” for at least the next month while its staff builds a proprietary player http://tr.im/pDY8 »
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February 9, 2012
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