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Twitter wrap: court reports, million+ club, money

By Julie Starr | Published: April 18, 2009
So many half-written blogposts, so little time. Here are a few Twitter-related things that have been kicking around.
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Pitfalls of citizen journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: November 17, 2008
This is out of date but something I wanted to remember (and my blog's as good a place as any to store things I want to refer to later). It's a cautionary note on citizen journalism, and specifically on CNN's experimental iReport site, from Crowdsourcing author Jeff Howe.
"As many of you already know (certainly the readers of my book), I'm ambivalent about the usefulness of crowdsourcing in journalism. Today (October 3, 2008) proved my ambivalence isn't misguided.
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CNN lets you embed its video

By Julie Starr | Published: August 23, 2008
Speaking of the need for news organisations to find and distribute stories out where people naturally congregate online, CNN is taking a leap along that pathway by allowing its video to be embedded.
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