SacredFacts

links for 2008-04-17

• U.C. Berkeley student's Twitter messages alerted world to his arrest in Egypt - ContraCostaTimes.com
  (tags: twitter socialmedia egypt foe)
• Tom Curley speech Nov 2007
  (tags: curley ap)

links for 2008-04-16

• Real-time innovation in news organisations. Strange Attractor: Picking out patterns in the chaos
  Kevin on digital journalism and change
  (tags: news journalism digital internet future)

links for 2008-04-15

• MediaShift Idea Lab . Journalists, Citizens, and the Media Conversation | PBS
  (tags: journalism news digital future socialmedia)
• Link TV | Global Pulse
  COmpares news coverage from around the world...
  (tags: TVnews journalism global news video)

links for 2008-04-12

• From the Frontline - The Foreign Correspondent in 2013
  Frontline blog picks up the foreign correspondent debate and mediare:public
  (tags: mediare:public foreign news journalism digital future)
• Journalism.co.uk :: How to: use RSS and social media for newsgathering
  some basic tips
  (tags: internet news journalism digital rss socialmedia)
• NewsVisual - story behind the story
  mapping the interests that lie under news stories More interesting than it sounds.
  (tags: maps news journalism digital internet)
• Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » So did BT break the law?
  almost enough to make me switch providers
  (tags: internet broadband privacy BT regulation law FOI advertising)

Free speech and responsiblity

I fell into discussion today about Fitna - the 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. It has stirred up - as it was intended to do - more controversy about Islam and terrorism.

I remembered this piece from a couple of years ago: freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend, but it also brings with it responsibilities...

links for 2008-04-11

• …My heart’s in Accra » Political spin (and lost in Perugia)
  Ethan Z blogging from what sounds like a fascinating and high level conference in Italy on journalism
  (tags: jounalism news)
• foto8
  "Home of photojournalism on the web"
  (tags: photography journalism foto8)
• A VC: We Need A New Path To Liquidity
  Fred's post on the consequences of internet business machinations
  (tags: internet google business)

links for 2008-04-10

• The making of a Pulitzer | Blogs | Reuters.com
  Andrees Latif talks through how he got his prize winning shot of murder of Japanese cameraman in Burma. Flash photographic slide show
  (tags: reuters pulitzer burma photography flash)

Social politics

Following Downing Street's entry into Twitter, I see the Progressive Government Conference earlier this month was also given the social media treatment - with live blogging and video streams. They are making a real effort - would love to know how they measure impact.

On Twitter, I see Mohamed Nanabhay, the Head of New Media at AL Jazeera, asked them a mischievous question - and got an answer, although probably not quite the one he was seeking.....

links for 2008-04-08

• 2008 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism - New York Times
  Somehow the British Press Awards and the RTS just dont quite do it....
  (tags: journalism awards pulitzer 2008 news)
• CJR: Dave Marash: Why I Quit
  Al Jazeera International's anchor on why he became uncomfortable....(HT EthanZ)
  (tags: aljazeera TV news USA)

links for 2008-04-07

• Iranian Blogosphere Tests Government’s Limits - New York Times
  With reference to JOhn Kelly and the Berkman work
  (tags: berkman iran blogs NYT internet)