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Google, the NAB, and a Third Way in 'White Spaces' Debate (Drew Clark): "Many of the attendees at the Aspen event -- the country's telecom elite -- were simultaneously intrigued and even tentatively supportive of what is, after all, a very radical idea: potentially clearing broadcasters entirely off the airwaves."
The barrier to community site contributors (Common Sense Journalism): "When we start envisioning the latest way to get people involved in their democracy, sometimes their democracy isn't what media types see. And in this multichannel world, sometimes those overlooked channels (like e-mail lists) take on significance."
How Twitter Finally Taught Me to be an Editor (Craig Stoltz): "If I taught journalism, I'd have students edit 500-word stories as Tweets. Not for the result, but the process. I've edited miles of copy in my day. But I find that every time I sit down to write a meaningful Tweet I hone my craft a bit more."
This blog, 2.0 -- Taking science to the people. Help wanted (SciGuy). The Houston Chronicle is creating a series of blogs about science topics such as space, climate change, genetics, etc. The first blog, Atmo.Sphere, launched Wednesday.
Content Owners and Consumers Need Digital Quid Pro Quo (O'Reilly.com): Regarding on-demand video: "Flexible advertising and reliable measurement tools are reasonable requests, but wanting to disable the fast-forward button contradicts NBC TV's claimed consumer-friendly perspective."
Mac Screencast Software (MacMost): In this excellent video podcast, Gary Rosenzweig explains how to use some cool Mac tools to produce great screencasts. Screencasting (capturing video from what you're doing on your computer screen, and packaging it with audio commentary) is an important skill anyone producing online content should learn -- event journalists. It's definitely not just about explaining how software works. This can be an important addition to stories -- especially if you want to explain how you report and assemble stories.
Many Eyes: Very cool data visualization site from IBM. If you haven't checked it out, you should! This is a great place to get ideas for how to tell stories with data.
