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Sept. 21, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Facebook loves images, Google partners with media outlets for election-mapping, 50% of our time is Media Time

How social media have changed the game for documentary filmmaking http://j.mp/9zsKB9

Google partners with RealClearPolitics, Roll Call, and other outlets to map midterm election ratings http://nie.mn/dgg9eQ

“Like my transition to multimedia reporting, what began out of necessity is starting to have its own distinct rewards.” http://nie.mn/99epWp

Study: People spend more than half their day consuming media http://nie.mn/90xHCw

Amazing time-lapse video of @OpenStreetMap edits in Haiti http://nie.mn/asAXfD (via @digiphile)

On Facebook, posts with images get clicked 22% more often than video posts–and 54% more often than text-only posts http://nie.mn/bC0OkS

 
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