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Mashable: Wikipedia’s new editorial layer

Judith Townend — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:07:41 +0000

“Now a core feature, perhaps a core principal, of ‘the free encyclopedia anyone can edit’ is about to become restricted,” writes Ben Parr at Mashable.

“According to The New York Times, editing articles about living people on Wikipedia will require approval from an experienced editor first.”

Full story at this link…

Wikipedia ‘flagged revisions’ defined at this link .

New York Times piece at this link.

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Mashable: Journalist’s Guide to Facebook

Judith Townend — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:14:13 +0000

Digital journalist Leah Betancourt shares her guide to Facebook for journalists.

“It gives reporters a means to connect with communities involved with stories, find sources, and generate leads. For media companies, Facebook is a way to build community and reach a larger audience.”

She takes a look at leads, sources, community interaction, ethics and verification methods.

Full post at this link…

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – how to get tweets noticed

Laura Oliver — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:00:29 +0000

Twitter: Mashable has a handy guide on how to get your updates on Twitter retweeted and why certain tweets are repeated. This article has been re-tweeted 1,147 times, so it's a case in point... Tipster: Laura Oliver. To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Mashable: NYTimes’ Twitter account hacked

Judith Townend — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:46:40 +0000

“Another day, another high-profile Twitter (Twitter reviews) account gets hacked. This time, it’s one of (many) New York Times’ Twitter accounts, The Moment, which brings news from their fashion blog of the same name,” Mashable reports.

Full post at this link…

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Blog08: Pete Cashmore – Blogging is dead, microblogging is the future

Laura Oliver — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:20:47 +0000

Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of Mashable, has said bloggers should be finding niches to blog about and focusing on microblogging, according to Anne Helmond, our blogger on the ground at the Blog08 conference taking place in Amsterdam today.

“Apparently blogging is dead, it’s all about microblogging. Blogging is hard now. How do you compete with blogs created by established media empires who create blogs? Find a niche. What’s the future of blogs? According to Pete it is about how do you aggregate the dispersed conversation that’s on FriendFeed and Twitter, or do you want to completely distribute content as a brand?” Anne writes in a post, which appears in full on her own blog

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Netvibes increases presence on Facebook

Judith Townend — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:58 +0000

Over at Mashable it’s reported that Netvibes is increasing its presence on Facebook from October 23.

Netvibes had had a Facebook widget since August 2007, but according to the Mashable report, a new facility will allow users to integrate all their Netvibes activity feeds into Facebook and use the features that allow commenting, interaction and sharing.

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