Mark Coddington

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— Clay Shirky talked about journalism this past week, and when he talks about journalism, people listen. Shirky, an NYU prof, has been regarded for years as one of new media’s most respected thinkers. But after his March essay “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable” went viral and reached [...]

This week, we’ve got a few new developments, a load of nifty resources and several more go-rounds in the always-festering paid content debate. Let’s get to it. (Explanation here.)
— The biggest news in new media this week was probably the launch last Monday of Google Fast Flip, which allows you to flip through articles across [...]

Lots of good stuff to get to this week. And I’m getting closer to being on time. (Explanation is here.)
— Mark Bowden of The Atlantic takes a case study of the discovery and development of Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” and “make policy” videos to use as a launching point into a diatribe against advocacy journalists [...]