Zombie Journalism

The 2009 Technorati State of the Blogosphere Report has got some great demographics about bloggers that online news orgs would be good to know, as a lot of them are voracious news consumers.

Collected links from around the web on business models for investigative journalism, news in the social media sphere, what’s new in the news industry and great tips for journalists on the web.

Do Newspapers Owe Google “Fair Share” Fees For Researching Stories? – Daggle has been on the case with the AP for months now. He examines the irrational fear of the likes of Google – and questions what their resources are worth if they were to start charging us for their services.
How the Old, the Young [...]

Today’s recommended reading is largely based around my current project compiling demographics data on Facebook and Twitter.

These are my recommended links for April 21st:

Why journalists should learn to code (and why some shouldn’t bother) :: 10,000 Words – “Those who choose to adhere to long-standing forms of print or broadcast journalism shouldn’t fret, but know that there will come a time when basic coding will become an integral part of a [...]

Recommended reading about social media and new insights into the business of online news.