links for 2006-11-05

Surveys written up by a postgraduate journalism student at Northwestern University look at the skills used in online journalism jobs.

Denmark’s Nordjyske Stiftstidende is the most futuristic newspaper in the world, according to Newsplex head Dietmar Schantin.

“Google has rubbished claims that it has been forced to pay a €34m (£22.7m) fine because it failed to act quickly enough to satisfy a court ruling.”

With two fun charts, the editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina looks at how an editor thinks his newsroom works — and how it actually works. YouTube-surfing and flirting figure more than expected.