The Friday Night Lights author reflects on how newspapers have changed, why editors need to take risks, and the sale of Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers.
The value of crowdsourcing can be more than mining social media for sources. nie.mn/JLgvek 
Links on Twitter: An iPad mag for AOL, a Guardian’s iPhone app, a city-run social network,
AOL is launching its own iPad magazine, "Editions." (Tagline: "The Magazine That Reads You.") via @mediagazer http://nie.mn/heJq0K »
Around 500 of the 600 people who attended open-source programming workshops last year were women http://nie.mn/fttdoT (via @cdibona) »
.@Nytimes‘ Lens blog: now Flash-free. (And you can link to individual slides.) Nice work, @donohoe! http://nyti.ms/elmmMN »
NYC government launches an internal social network meant to foster innovation http://nie.mn/eavhFe »
Have an idea? The Knight Community Information Challenge is now accepting applications http://nie.mn/h2Ukl8 »
"Journalism is important. It must never, however, be full of its own self-importance." More where that came from: http://nie.mn/g1No8f »
Hey, news smarties: @RJI is now accepting applications for its 2011-2012 class of Reynolds Fellows http://nie.mn/hvxAm9 »
Josh gave a talk in Toronto last night. Here it is, Storified http://nie.mn/ejDHlw (Thx, @sarah_millar @boyreporter!) »
Newspapers have overtaken broadcasters in the number of videos streamed on their sites http://nie.mn/fo2mmr »
Register Citizen engagement editor: "The most important part is that we’re learning with our readers, not separately." http://nie.mn/faUBr3 »
The Guardian’s iPhone app (£3.99 for a year subscription) is available for download http://nie.mn/fEOEg1 »
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