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There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)
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Oct. 18, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: CNN’s iReport unlocked, what’s the point of j-school?, post v. piece

Vogue’s Tumblr: appropriately slick http://vogue.tumblr.com/ »

HuffPo is looking for a graphic designer–"someone with 0-3 years of experience would be ideal" http://nie.mn/97RTrV »

Gearing up to break down upcoming 2010 Census data? .@KDMCInfo Interactive Census workshop may be for you http://nie.mn/bEp0Fi »

Questions over cost and editorial control shelve News Corp aggregator app for iPad http://nie.mn/aUbg2S »

“The future belongs to people who make stuff.” http://nie.mn/c3c0zM (via @rachelsklar) »

Voulez-vous prendre une marche…? Web documentary creates a multimedia map of Paris http://nie.mn/bFhqLa »

.@SunFoundation receives @knightfdn grant to create a series of "National Data Apps" http://nie.mn/9pSp10 »

"The search engine optimisation values of Manolo Blahnik versus Christian Louboutin" Tech in fashion media http://nie.mn/cGMfIW »

Canada’s Edmonton Journal uses Google Docs to run an informal exit poll http://nie.mn/cZGN5A (via @chrisboutet) »

Age old question: post v. piece, what’s the difference? Bonus: does it matter? http://nie.mn/adjwgV »

Knight Night! In the Boston area tomorrow? Join us for a @HacksHackers meet-up to talk about the News Challenge http://nie.mn/dbUKRi »

AP wants to help members "capture value beyond the boundaries of their own digital publications" http://nie.mn/dl3GlK (pdf) »

5 lessons from a news startup’s first months (lesson #3: Justin Timberlake is right) http://nie.mn/dzOTMv »

What’s the point of J-school? "There’s something exciting happening in our industry" http://nie.mn/9ibYZL »

"In the UK at least, there is no such correlation" between print’s decline and the rise of online news http://nie.mn/9src3U »

Now unlocked: CNN iReport now offers badges for participation http://nie.mn/duoHSC »

@WSJ reports that Facebook apps have been leaking user info to third-party companies http://nie.mn/aV8dnG »

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