Nieman Foundation at Harvard
HOME
          
LATEST STORY
BREAKING: The ways people hear about big news these days; “into a million pieces,” says source
ABOUT                    SUBSCRIBE
July 21, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Innovation at Google after Labs, ads sales booming on NYT iPad app and eBook tips for journalists

The Atlantic’s Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) shares her writing and interviewing tips http://nie.mn/nxKHjj »

How do news pages on Facebook keep readers engaged? Insights on Facebook + Journalists http://nie.mn/ncMa0R »

Janet Robinson says the ad inventory for the NYT iPad app is sold out through the third quarter http://nie.mn/nZ1y68 »

PSA: The Washington Post is looking for a news applications designer http://nie.mn/nl0uCO »

A Forrester survey finds advertisers are ahead of publishers in investing in new kinds of ad products http://nie.mn/r4GSSy »

The Washington Post has a neat new interactive Census map. Check your city! http://nie.mn/pdeXPY »

Media General says its deals site, DealTaker.com, has been hurt by change to Google’s search rankings http://nie.mn/pYFhzn »

RT @andrewkueneman: Hiring 2 experienced designers & 1 design tech in the NYT digital design group. DM me I’d interested. Will be postin … »

Interesting note: NYTimes.com has 57,000 digital subscribers on Kindles and Nooks http://nie.mn/rglPJM »

Tips for journalists on how to turn their work into a viable eBook http://nie.mn/pYbxfq »

Why media companies (and marketers) need new metrics for ads on tablets http://nie.mn/neamo3 »

What’s the future of innovation at Google with the end of Google Labs? http://nie.mn/oiwOST »

POSTED     July 21, 2011, 6 p.m.
PART OF A SERIES     Twitter
Show tags
 
Join the 60,000 who get the freshest future-of-journalism news in our daily email.
BREAKING: The ways people hear about big news these days; “into a million pieces,” says source
The New York Times and the Washington Post compete with meme accounts for the chance to be first with a big headline.
In 1924, a magazine ran a contest: “Who is to pay for broadcasting and how?” A century later, we’re still asking the same question
Radio Broadcast received close to a thousand entries to its contest — but ultimately rejected them all.
You’re more likely to believe fake news shared by someone you barely know than by your best friend
“The strength of weak ties” applies to misinformation, too.