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• Celebrities react to East Coast earthquake
• The Three Elements of Social Design
• The secrets to The Onion’s social media success
• Another great social media job

Celebrities react to East Coast earthquake Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:18 AM PDT As soon as a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast today, Twitter users jumped online. Web analytics company Chartbeat, which tracks traffic on hundreds of news sites, said it quickly broke previous records for web traffic across its sites, with more than 4.6 million visitors across them and 400,000 in about 15 minutes. BreakingNews.com set an all-time record for simultaneous visits in the moments after earthquake, according to The New York Times’ Brian Stelter. Celebrities were among those posting reaction and prayers — here is what they had to say. Know of other celebrities Tweets about today’s earthquake? Post in the comments below and we’ll add to the timeline.

The Three Elements of Social Design Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:36 AM PDT Now that that social media has become an unavoidable part of digital life, product designs need to adjust the way they approach their jobs. Facebook has put together a few tips about how to think about social design, which it describes as “a way of thinking about product design that puts social experiences at the core.” One way to model a social product is by working from the inside out: allow people to create an identity, let them share it and build a community over time. Facebook began this way. However, if community is already curated, as it is via Facebook Platform, you can instead work from the outside in: utilize the existing community users have built, define new conversations and let them continue to build their identities further. Here is what Facebook considers the Three Elements of Social Design 1. Utilizing Community Facebook profile data can be used to personalize the user experience in your app so that it feels familiar, relevant and trusted by default. 2. Building Conversations Build tools and experiences that give people the power to connect and share, allowing them to effectively listen and learn from each other. 3. Curating Identity Users share and interact with others because self expression feels good and rewarding. Help them learn more about themselves and curate their identity.

The secrets to The Onion’s social media success Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT The Onion is doing a fantastic job when it comes to social media and Twitter in particular — in many cases rising ABOVE real news outlets on Twitter searches even when it comes to real news. What are its secrets? “During the State of the Union address in January,” Mashable points out, “the first Twitter search results for #SOU were not tweets from likely suspects such as CNN, The New York Times, Time or The Economist. Rather, they came from satirical news source The Onion.” The Onion live tweets events like the Oscars and the Super Bowl from its various accounts. Sometimes it queues up jokes in advance, but for unpredictable events like the Super Bowl it has writers contribute in real time. It also uses the platform to report on developing stories, both made up or real. In May, when The Onionreported that a 500-foot-tall Osama bin Laden had emerged from the sea, for instance, the Twitter account kept the public updated with Twitpics and quotes from government officials exclusive to Twitter. The method is not unlike that of a legitimate news outlet's Twitter stream during breaking news situations…. The Onion's most recent Twitter-generated content certainly does fit in with that of major real news outlets. Just as broadcasters are increasingly using Twitter to highlight reactions to news, The Onion has started incorporating Tweets into its video newscast, The Onion Review. "We really try to engage our users even though The Onion doesn't really care about our users — that's kind of our line," Kirsch says.

Another great social media job Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:22 PM PDT Msnbc.com is looking for an editor to help drive its real-time platform at www.breakingnews.com and edit the site’s social-media feeds on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere. The site is looking for people who “understand the social-media landscape, have a genuine enthusiasm for citizen media and are prepared to work weekend and off hours.” More details on the job and how to apply here.

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Sports: Long Beach, N.Y., Is New Stop on Surfing World Tour
By JIM RUTENBERG
Set to take place during a nearly two-week window, the
Association of Surfing Professionals competition is a major
coming-out for the burgeoning New York surf scene.

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Real Estate: A New Start for an Ambitious Queens Condo Complex
By FRED A. BERNSTEIN
At Sky View Parc in Flushing, more than half of the 448
units in the first phase remain unsold after three years.

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Books / Sunday Book Review: The Persistence of the Color Line By Randall Kennedy Book
Review
By BRENT STAPLES
Candidate Obama had to reassure voters of all colors,
Randall Kennedy finds.

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• NYC, nonprofits try crowdsourcing storm damage
• The 5 best hurricane tracking maps
• Steve Jobs on innovation

NYC, nonprofits try crowdsourcing storm damage Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:49 AM PDT NYC has set up a website for residents to submit damage reports for the city from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. A number of non-profits have teamed up for a similar initiative along the entire East Coast. So far the NYC map mostly consists of reports and photos of trees knocked down, along with a few power outage and road closure reports. As a result it’s not particularly useful to most residents unless you happen to live nearby some of the damage reported. It’s a good idea though, especially if the city uses it to help respond to damage. On the NYC Severe Weather site the city says, “Let New York City and fellow New Yorkers know about weather conditions and service disruptions in your neighborhood. Share map points, photos, videos, and comments about Hurricane Irene. This is an information sharing site. NYC will not take action with regards to any posts, but will use the information to inform the City’s response to the hurricane. Because conditions are constantly changing during a storm, NYC will not verify the accuracy of these reports. To submit a formal service request to NYC, use 311. For emergency assistance, call 911.” You can see the NYC crowdsourced map and info here, as well as submit reports yourself. Another crowdsourced map, this one for the entire East Coast, was pulled together “to help ordinary people help themselves” by a group including CrisisCommons, CrisisMappers, Geeks without Bounds, GIS Corps, Humanity Road, Info 4 Disasters, Standby Task Force Volunteers, Tethr and Ushahidi. Their map has received more submissions but because it’s covering such a large area. This is a great way to use the web in storms such as these and I’m frankly surprised more municipalities haven’t tried doing so. Media sites have been doing this for years during storms, especially in local areas, although generally using more rudimentary tools such as message boards, blogs and email. This format works much better but to be really successful they need to be publicized more, in advance of the storm.

The 5 best hurricane tracking maps Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:46 PM PDT Poynter.org examined all the major hurricane tracking maps online and says the five best are… MSNBC and The Weather Channel WCTI-TV, the ABC affiliate on the North Carolina coast iMap (appeared on WashingtonPost.com and elsewhere) The New York Times The Associated Press

Steve Jobs on innovation Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who announced today he is stepping down as CEO, will go down as one of the most innovative CEOs in history. Here are some quotes from him over the years about innovation, design and technology. (These were selected from a much more exhaustive list of Jobs’ quotes WSJ pulled together). •  •  • "Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." [Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998] •  •  • “Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. It's ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.   "And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. [BusinessWeek, Oct. 12, 2004] •  •  • "Look at the design of a lot of consumer products — they're really complicated surfaces. We tried to make something much more holistic and simple. When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don't put in the time or energy to get there." [MSNBC and Newsweek interview, Oct. 14, 2006] •  •  • "Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don't take the time to do that. "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they've had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. "Unfortunately, that's too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. [Wired, February 1996] •  •  • "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005] •  •  • "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

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Free ebook from O’Reilly: ‘Big Data Now’ Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:34 AM PDT O’Reilly Media has published a free ebook, “Big Data Now,” which is an anthology of the data-related content from O’Reilly Radar. The ebook covers data issues, the application of data, data science and tools, and the business of data. The major themes go in depth on: Data issues — The opportunities and ambiguities of the data space are evident in this segment’s discussions around privacy, the implications of data-centric industries, and even in the debate about the phrase “data science” itself. The application of data — An exploration of data applications showed that this segment is quickly expanding to include everything from data startups to established enterprises to media/journalism to education and research. A “data product” can emerge from virtually any domain. Data science and data tools — The tools and technologies that drive data science are, of course, essential to this space, but the varied techniques being applied are also key to understanding the big data arena. The business of data — This is all about the actions connected to data — the process of finding, organizing, and analyzing data that allows organizations of all sizes to improve and innovate. To be clear, “Big Data Now” represents the story up to this point (hence, the “now” part of the title). In the weeks and months ahead we’ll certainly see important shifts in the data landscape. That’s why we’ll continue to follow this space through ongoing Radar coverage and our series ofonline and in-person Strata events. You can download “Big Data Now” for free here. ALSO, MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS RELATED BOOK FROM O’REILLY: Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Other Social Media Sites

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Finalists announced for the 2011 Online Journalism Awards Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT The Online News Association and the School of Communication at the University of Miami have announced the finalists for the 2011 Online Journalism Awards. Eight awards come with a total of $33,000 in prize money, courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gannett Foundation, which also is supporting innovative investigative work with two $2,500 awards. The winners will be announced at the 2011 ONA Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. “We found that excellence in digital journalism today requires not only traditional shoe-leather reporting and engaging storytelling, but also sophisticated use of social tools and multimedia techniques,” said Anthony Moor, Managing Editor, Local at Yahoo!, who, along with the Associated Press' Director of Global Product Operations Ruth Gersh, co-chairs the Online Journalism Awards Committee. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order, are: Knight Award for Public Service Assault on Learning – The Philadelphia Inquirer Barnegat Bay Under Stress – Asbury Park Press Breach of Faith – Los Angeles Times Deadly Neglect – Chicago Tribune On Shaky Ground – California Watch and Center for Investigative Reporting Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism Flipboard Power to the People: Voter Education for All – e-thePeople ScraperWiki ScribbleLive General Excellence in Online Journalism, Micro Site NJ Spotlight OnEarth The Tiziano Project Yale Environment 360 General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting FRONTLINE ProPublica The Texas Tribune voiceofsandiego.org – Voice of San Diego General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site CBC News Las Vegas Sun NewsOK / The Oklahoman The Globe and Mail General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site Al Jazeera BBC News The New York Times The Wall Street Journal General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Small Site El Nuevo Herald.com Il Tirreno OWNI General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Large Site 20minutos G1 – Portal de Notícias da Globo LA NACION Breaking News, Small Site Aggregation Breaking News – Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami 2011 – ProducerMatthew.com A Snow Storm Hits New York and WNYC Listeners Map the Cleanup – WNYC Radio Slave Lake Wildfires in Northern Alberta – Global News Stanley Cup Hockey Riots in Vancouver – The Vancouver Sun Breaking News, Large Site Congresswoman Shot – The Associated Press Coverage of the Uprisings in Egypt – Al Jazeera Japan Earthquake – Wall Street Journal The Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis in Japan – The New York Times Specialty Site Journalism, Affiliated NPR Music – NPR Pipeline – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/post-gazette.com The Civil Rights Cold Case Project – Center for Investigative Reporting, Paperny Films USATODAY Travel – USATODAY Specialty Site Journalism, Independent edweek.org – Education Week, Editorial Projects in Education IEEE Spectrum – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Small Site Dialysis – ProPublica Dollars for Doctors – ProPublica Lifesaving Drugs, Deadly Consequences — InvestigateWest On Shaky Ground – California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting The Truth Left Behind: Inside the Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl: Pearl Project, sponsored by Georgetown University and the Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Breakdown: Traveling Dangerously in America – National News 21 and The Center for Public Integrity Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Large Site Breach of Faith – Los Angeles Times OTL: Painkiller Misuse Numbs NFL Pain – ESPN Top Secret America – The Washington Post What Really Happened to Phoebe Prince? – Slate Multimedia Feature Presentation, Small Site Apart from War – News21 Team at Syracuse University Crisis Guide: Pakistan – Council on Foreign Relations/MediaStorm The Poppy File – OpenFile, ninth+crux Multimedia Feature Presentation, Medium Site Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon – CBC News, Radio-Canada, ALT Digital Design Studio The '60 Bucs (Parts 4-7) – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large Site A Year at War – The New York Times Quieting Dylan's Brain – Los Angeles Times Traumatic Brain Injury: Coming Home a Different Person – The Washington Post Multimedia Feature Presentation, Student Global Warning – Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University Haiti's Lost Children – University of Miami Now What Argentina – University of North Carolina & Universidad Pontifica de Argentina Vwa Fanm: Stories on Statelessness and Migration – Knight Center for International Media Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site Doctors Behaving Badly: Shedding Light on Poor Doctor Oversight by Medical Boards – William Heisel, ReportingonHealth.org Ecotrope: Fresh Ideas on Nature and Community – Oregon Public Broadcasting and NPR MindShift: How We Will Learn – KQED and NPR OpenSecrets.org Persian Letters – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Medium Site Casey Anthony Extended Coverage – WESH Nancy Leson's All You Can Eat blog – The Seattle Times The Closing of the Sahara – Las Vegas Sun Ward Room – NBCChicago.com Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large Site CNN Belief Blog – CNN Digital How Are Local Municipalities Impacted by The Great Recession – Will Alden, The Huffington Post SciGuy – Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle Social Media Coverage – Helen Popkin, msnbc.com Online Commentary/Blogging, Small Site Online Commentary/Blogging, Medium Site No finalists selected in either category Online Commentary/Blogging, Large Site Arianna Huffington – The Huffington Post LZ Granderson – CNN Digital Providing A Voice of Authority for the Everyman – Peter S. Goodman, The Huffington Post Simon Says – Roger Simon, Politico Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Professional California Budget Balancer – Los Angeles Times Crime L.A. – Los Angeles Times Tell-All Telephone – Zeit Online Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Student No finalists selected Online Video Journalism, Small Site Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs – The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Powering a Nation: Spilling Over – UNC News21 The Price of Gas – Center for Investigative Reporting, California Watch When the Water Ends – Yale Environment 360 Online Video Journalism, Medium Site Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon – CBC News, Radio-Canada, ALT Digital Design Studio Life on the Line – The Toronto Star Online Video Journalism, Large Site Caught in the Crossfire: Victims of Gang Violence – Los Angeles Times Chasing the Swell – Los Angeles Times Torn Apart – San Jose Mercury News Video Portraiture – New York Times Magazine Online Video Journalism, Student Florida Cowboys – University of Miami Giants of the Seas: Jamaica Meets the Mega-Ships – University of Miami Haiti's Lost Children – University of Miami Now What Argentina – University of North Carolina and Universidad Pontifica de Argentina The World Journalism Project – S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University Community Collaboration Hurricane Katrina, Then and Now – CNN Digital Overtown: Inside/Out – University of Miami School of Communication, University of Illinois School of Media, Stretch Photography, LLC Social Media's Arab Spring – Andy Carvin, NPR The Tiziano Project | 360 Kurdistan – The Tiziano Project

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