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	<description>Michael Becker writes about journalism, new media and digital culture in general.</description>
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		<title>The alpha and the omega</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plagiarism has come up as a subject of discussion again recently, leading some critics to ponder the reasons why journalists lie, cheat and steal, purposefully or “accidentally.” 
Matthew Ingram tackles plagiarism from another point of view, saying that if journalists thought more like bloggers and truly valued hyperlinking, then they wouldn’t get themselves into such [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/01/07/there%e2%80%99s-no-excuse-not-to-link-to-news-sources-joe-ruiz/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: There’s no excuse not to link to news sources | Joe Ruiz'>There’s no excuse not to link to news sources | Joe Ruiz</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/04/12/google-as-the-news-industrys-middle-man/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google as the news industry’s middle man'>Google as the news industry’s middle man</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/12/the-alpha-and-the-omega/</link>
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		<title>The Web strategy hamster wheel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today our company’s CEO paid us a visit. To mark the occasion, we had a meeting to talk about how much content our paper should be putting online. 
Our corporate owners have a policy about how much content we and the other papers should be putting online for free. I won’t give a number, but [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/08/03/rumors-about-bozemans-evil-policy-still-bouncing-around-the-web/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rumors about Bozeman’s evil policy still bouncing around the Web'>Rumors about Bozeman’s evil policy still bouncing around the Web</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/01/25/langeveld-newspaper-downturn-caused-by-shift-in-american-interests-not-by-web/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Langeveld: Newspaper downturn caused by shift in American interests, not by Web'>Langeveld: Newspaper downturn caused by shift in American interests, not by Web</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/10/the-web-strategy-hamster-wheel/</link>
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		<title>The perils of centralization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My paper’s Web site is down tonight. I don’t know if it’s scheduled maintenance or not. I assume if this is scheduled maintenance that I didn’t get the memo. As the Web editor, I should get those memos. 
I think it likely that it’s not scheduled maintenance, and here’s why. The main Web site for [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2008/11/05/dropping-the-election-ball/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dropping the election ball'>Dropping the election ball</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/03/13/pew-report-most-americans-wouldnt-care-much-if-their-local-newspapers-disappeared/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Pew Report: Most Americans wouldn’t care much if their local newspapers disappeared'>Pew Report: Most Americans wouldn’t care much if their local newspapers disappeared</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/08/the-perils-of-centralization/</link>
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		<title>Info about Twitter for journalists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An absolute bevy of information for journalistic uses of Twitter from Mr. Steve Buttry. Read it, and read the article he links to by Julie Posetti; it’s an analysis of Twitter use by Australian journalists. 


Related posts:Journalism ethics in social networks
Buttry on plagiarism
What Twitter did for crisis journalism today



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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/21/buttry-on-plagiarism/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Buttry on plagiarism'>Buttry on plagiarism</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/03/05/what-twitter-did-for-crisis-journalism-today/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Twitter did for crisis journalism today'>What Twitter did for crisis journalism today</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/03/info-about-twitter-for-journalists/</link>
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		<title>New Web Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My newspaper just launched its new Web site, so I’m spending a lot of time answering e-mails, training news staff and squashing bugs. Excuse me if I’m quieter than usual on the Web. 
Oh, and if you want to see the new Web site we’ve hatched, check it out.
On a sadder note, my brand-spanking-new 27-inch [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/01/25/white-house-web-site-uses-creative-commons-license/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: White House Web site uses Creative Commons license'>White House Web site uses Creative Commons license</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2007/03/23/site-news/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Site News'>Site News</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/03/new-web-site/</link>
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		<title>JESS3 / The State of The Internet</title>
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  Cross-posted from my Posterous site at Becker’s Online Journal  



Related posts:Content Creation: Sharing, remixing, blogging, and more &#124; Pew Internet &#38; American Life Project
One Sentence — True stories, told in one sentence.
It’s coming...



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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/01/23/one-sentence-true-stories-told-in-one-sentence/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: One Sentence — True stories, told in one sentence.'>One Sentence — True stories, told in one sentence.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/23/its-coming/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: It’s coming...'>It’s coming...</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/03/01/jess3-the-state-of-the-internet/</link>
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		<title>Listen and talk, but listen more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Fry at Reinventing the Newsroom uses a strained metaphor to suggest a good idea: that news organizations start listening as much as they are talking.
Yes, most news sites and blogs allow commenting these days, and many journalists are using sites and services that let them deliver the news immediately, which is when readers seem [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/09/21/have-a-reason-for-using-social-media-techs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Have a reason for using social media techs'>Have a reason for using social media techs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/09/15/dan-gilmores-ideas-for-running-a-news-organization/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dan Gilmore’s ideas for running a news organization'>Dan Gilmore’s ideas for running a news organization</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/27/listen-and-talk-but-listen-more/</link>
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		<title>Survey: Nearly one-third of journalists don’t use social media or read blogs</title>
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- More than 30 per cent of journalists do not use social networking sites.
- 52 per cent of journalists don’t use Twitter.
- One-third of journalists do not read blogs.
- More than half don’t watch videos online.
- 75 percent of journalists do not listen to podcasts.
Yet 91 percent “agree that new media and communications tools and [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/10/07/dabblers-go-home-journalists-need-to-be-social-media-leaders/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dabblers go home; journalists need to be social media leaders'>Dabblers go home; journalists need to be social media leaders</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2007/06/11/ah-social-networking-with-blogs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ah, Social Networking with Blogs'>Ah, Social Networking with Blogs</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/25/wow-survey-shows-nearly-one-third-of-journalists-dont-use-social-media-or-read-blogs-tom-foremski-imho-zdnet-com/</link>
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		<title>Nielsen: News is somewhere between the stuff people will and won’t pay for online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Nielsen poll showed that consumers are more likely to pay for content online that they have paid for offline, such as movies, music and games. They are less likely to pay for things that can be generated at home for little or no cost, like blogs and social networks, Nielsen says.

One problem:
In between are [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/09/27/foley-we-will-witness-the-collective-suicide-of-scores-of-news-organizations/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Foley: “We will witness the collective suicide of scores of news organizations”'>Foley: “We will witness the collective suicide of scores of news organizations”</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/10/26/maybe-paying-for-news-online-is-a-good-thing/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Maybe paying for news online is a good thing'>Maybe paying for news online is a good thing</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/24/nielsen-news-is-somewhere-between-the-stuff-people-will-and-wont-pay-for-online/</link>
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		<title>Pew releases its ‘Millenials’ report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pew Research released its report on the “Millenial” generation today. I’ve downloaded it (you can too) and I look forward to reading it and commenting on it tonight.


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City of Bozeman releases report on hiring policy investigation
Thoughts on Pew statistics



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<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/10/03/city-of-bozeman-releases-report-on-hiring-policy-investigation/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: City of Bozeman releases report on hiring policy investigation'>City of Bozeman releases report on hiring policy investigation</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/10/28/thoughts-on-pew-statistics/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Thoughts on Pew statistics'>Thoughts on Pew statistics</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.hypercrit.net/2010/02/24/pew-releases-its-millenials-report/</link>
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