Links on Twitter: 60 Minutes unveils its iPad app, Reuters plans a major US expansion, State Department to hold new media trainings

Makes sense: Economist iPad edition comes with audio versions of print stories http://nie.mn/cHUg1u »

In Boston? Catch @niemanstory editor Andrea Pitzer tonight at MIT on communication in a slow-moving crisis http://nie.mn/btBOux »

You can download the new 60 Minutes iPad app in iTunes for $4.99 http://nie.mn/cjTUTn »

"The most significant change…is that now we have the ability to measure the effectiveness of our communication" http://nie.mn/cmcqMs »

The State Department is planning new media and journalism institutes for foreign students http://nie.mn/ckK2eD »

Reuters plans a big US expansion in the coming months http://nie.mn/9PjWoI »

The FT gives writers a rebate for buying an iPad http://nie.mn/aflTtB »

Sarah Scire

Seeking “innovative,” “stable,” and “interested”: How The Markup and CalMatters matched up

Nonprofit news has seen an uptick in mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidations. CalMatters CEO Neil Chase still says “I don’t think we’ve seen enough yet.”

Jonathan Stray

“Objectivity” in journalism is a tricky concept. What could replace it?

“For a long time, ‘objectivity’ packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement.”

Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. Goldstein

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