What I’m reading

Friday, September 25, 2009 11:51 - by Patrick Thornton

This is a new feature on BeatBlogging.Org where I share the links of the stories that I’m reading. This will be different than The Dose of social media, as these stories aren’t just social media related. Also, I’m thinking about doing a once-a-week social media roundup too.

Starbucks launches iPhone app: use your phone to buy coffee http://bit.ly/1f3YcC
Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole | TED talk http://bit.ly/2LdHGz
WARNING: Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages http://bit.ly/2hr49
Study: Microbloggers are really boring http://bit.ly/adcoe
Social Media Policies from 80+ Organizations http://bit.ly/14LCnx
HOW TO: Launch Your Own Indie Journalism Site http://bit.ly/1z0y5
Study: Twitterers More Receptive To Ads Than Other Social Net Users http://bit.ly/gnvtL
Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good http://bit.ly/105BLj

About BeatBlogging.Org

BeatBlogging.org was a grant-funded journalism project that studied how journalists used social media and other Web tools to improve beat reporting. It ran for about two years, ending in the fall of 2009.

New content is occasionally produced here by the this project's former editor Patrick Thornton. The site is still up and will remain so because many journalists and professors still use and link to the content. BeatBlogging.org offers a fascinating glimpse into the former stages of journalism and social media. Today it's expected that journalists and journalism organization use social media, but just a few years ago that wasn't the case.