links for 2007-07-25

Telegraph communities editor Shane Richmond is trying to assemble the essential reading list for online journalists.

Some interesting comments on Ian Carter’s recent post about the relationship between the print and online editions of the Croydon Advertiser…

Bobbie Johnson looks at the flooding map made with Google Maps by BBC Berkshire’s Ollie Williams.

Ben Goldacre’s recent criticism of the Observer was notable because it was so unusual; “self-criticism is not one of the UK media’s strongest suits,” says Moore.

“Newspapers’ online audiences are rising at twice the rate of the general internet audience, according to research by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America.”

Did the LA Times spike a column proposing that it should follow the Mail on Sunday’s lead in giving away new music?

“The BBC Berkshire interactive flood map takes the best photos and video sent in by you to berkshire.online@bbc.co.uk, alongside reports from our correspondents around the county”