Smarter

Recently I watch Poitras's new documentary, Citizenfour, which tells the story of how Snowden shared stolen information with Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Ewen MacAskill. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

In this interview, Poitras talks about getting the information and securing it, risks to journalists, and revelations about secret actions at the highest levels of government.

Various news organizations have found innovative ways to share content on Tumblr.

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"Just as the landline went from household staple to quaint anachronism seemingly overnight during the last decade (acquiring a profoundly uncool air along the way), the television set has started to look at best like a luxury, if not an irrelevance, in the eyes of many members of the wired generation, who have moved past the 'cord-cutter' stage, in which they get rid of cable, to getting rid of their TV sets entirely."

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Details of violations of First Amendment rights in Ferguson, Missouri. A special report.

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A report from the Center for International Media Assistance.

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"Time’s editors meet every morning at 9:45 to discuss stories for the upcoming day. After that meeting, Schweitzer, Ross, and Borchers gather to discuss the 15 or so stories they plan on promoting heavily and how they’ll use what Time calls its “external levers of distribution” — which range from its daily email newsletter and cross-promotions on other Time Inc. websites to working with the Time Inc. PR department and, of course, social media — to ensure that their stories are widely read and shared."

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Edit on the fly, in your phone: "I found seven mobile apps that can help reporters quickly produce compelling photos, video clips and other visuals that draw readers in — and encourage them to come back for more."

The list and links:

Shorter, shorter, shorter -- that seems to be the gist of it.

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Another great collection of links to resources, summaries, tools, videos, and more from the great Online News Association conference that was held in September 2014 in Chicago.

A compilation at getPrismatic.com:

This article includes a list. It begins, "You should consider getting comfortable with 140-character communication if:"

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This is a delightful example of how journalists share what they learned at a conference. NPR's Melody Kramer posted this list of tools and apps, with links. It includes a bunch of cool, futuristic ideas. 

"These are the three most fruitful, data-backed Twitter strategies I came up with to get more followers, compose better tweets, and ramp up engagement."

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"It’s happened for The Guardian, where the mobile traffic accounts for around 60% at weekends. And the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) reports that more people now access retail sites via mobile than desktop, by a ratio of 52 to 48.

"But what does this trend mean for those involved in digital publishing? ... five well-known media brands shared some lessons in mobile publishing."

Here's what they shared:

"... growth has been especially pronounced among 30-49 year olds. Some 40% of voters ages 30-49 have used their cell phone to follow this year’s election campaign (up from 15% in 2010) ..."

"Some 28% of registered voters have used their cell phone this year to keep up with news relating to the election or political events ..."

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"Watchup (which started as a Knight News Challenge winner) is an app that allows users to build personalized newscasts by pulling video from dozens of global and local news outlets."

Do people want to do this? I guess we'll see.

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This is all about reeling in "highly profitable video advertising. When WSJ Interactive viewers click or tap on another clip, they get smacked with a 15-second mid-roll ad."

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