links for 2007-02-05

Monday, 5 February 2007, 12:22

• Information World Review: Significant Electoral Roll opt-out figures announced by Equifax
  Good news for individuals’ privacy, but bad news for journalists: “A substantial amount of registered voters are now choosing to withhold their Electoral Roll information from being used by third-parties”
  (tags: journalism privacy computer-assisted-reporting car electoralregister)
• itjournalist.com: How green is your silicon valley?
  A story on “green datacentres” and the hazardous substances in IT equipment.
  (tags: environment datacentres)
• This is London: Revealed: The £243m wage bill for sick police officers
  “More than 8,000 police officers are being paid a full salary for working as little as one hour a day. …The figures emerged after FOI requests to police forces across the country carried out on behalf of the Daily Mail.”
  (tags: foi foia police journalism daily_mail)
• Social Media: Bloggers’ choice: Free agents, or infomercials?
  JD Lasica asks whether disclosure is enough to ameliorate the ethical issues involved when bloggers who write about clients for a price.
  (tags: blogging ethics pr journalism)
• Christian Science Monitor: Bloggers can make money, but most keep day jobs
  “The rise of ‘contextual advertising’ has created a 21st-century version of royalties.”
  (tags: blogs blogging bloggers advertising google)
• Times Online: Times Online relaunch: Ask the Designers
  Tomaso Capuano and Jon Warden, the designers responsible for the new look of Times Online, explain their use of lime green.
  (tags: timesonline times design online)
• The Scoop: Why The Web
  Derek Willis moves from the Washington Post to washingtonpost.com. “there have been several of my colleagues who, when informed of my plans, responded with a single query and often an uncomprehending look: ‘Why?’”
  (tags: washingtonpost journalism online car computer-assisted-reporting database)

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