links for 2007-07-25

Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 13:20

Shane Richmond: Help me find online journalism’s must-read blog posts

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

(tags: blogs blogging journalism online)
Greenslade: A newsprint-loving, blogging editor regrets…

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

(tags: croydonadvertiser online print regional newspapers journalism)
Guardian Technology Blog; Turn to Google Maps for flood updates

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

(tags: bbc berkshire googlemaps ononemap flooding)
Martin Moore Blog: Does the UK do ‘tough media criticism’?

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.

(tags: journalism uk bbc guardian observer badscience)
PaidContent: Online Newspaper Audience Rising Twice As Fast As General Internet Population: Report

“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.”

(tags: newspapers online internet naa advertising)
LA Observed: Goldstein’s killed column

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

(tags: latimes covermounts mail_on_sunday)
BBC Berkshire: Berkshire Floods 2007 (interactive flood map)

“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”

(tags: googlemaps bbc berkshire)