links for 2007-08-18

“CleanScores is attempting to aggregate and disseminate public health department data in major metro areas in the U.S. through a destination site but also syndicate its data to third-party local search sites.”

Yet another crime map mashup. A particularly nice one.

“Emap’s Zoo magazine website has seen a big increase in unique users from 524,922 in March to 718,486 in July, according to official ABCe figures.”

The essential reading list of journalism-related blog posts.

Veteran journalist Lord [Bill] Deedes has died, the Telegraph Media Group said.

“Lord Deedes, who has died aged 94, was a Cabinet minister from 1962 to 1964, and editor of the The Daily Telegraph from 1974 to 1986″

“The New York Times again tops newspaper Web sites in terms of traffic for July, according to the latest data from Nielsen//Net Ratings.”

“he Software Information & Industry Association (SIIA) on Thursday announced a $300,000 truce with a California-based market research company called Knowledge Networks over the company’s distribution of “press packets” containing copyrighted news articles

[Video] A virtual tour of OhmyNews office

The Google News comments feature “won’t help readers separate the factual wheat from the public-relations chaff — a reminder that Google may strive to be the world’s index, but it’s not journalism.”

“Why … is The [LA] Times attacking this technology which would plug holes in stories, correct mistaken impressions, enable readers to ask questions of reporters and provide a check on reporting flaws?”

“Blogging isn’t for everybody, Web 2.0 is for everybody”. … blogging is really just part of the wider phenomenon of lowered barriers to entry in publishing.