links for 2007-07-13

• BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | HK launches democracy proposals
  "The publication of a long-awaited consultation paper has begun a three-month consultation period on the Chinese territory's political future."
  (tags: hongkong democracy)
• Briton fears deportation after Chinese media clampdown | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
  "Chinese authorities have closed an influential publication at the heart of the country's budding civic society movement, raising concerns about media freedoms in the run-up to the Olympic games."
  (tags: china media censorship freespeech development)
• China Muzzles Nonprofit Newsletter - washingtonpost.com
  "Communist authorities have shut down a newsletter that monitored non-government groups working to improve China's record on environmental and labor issues, the publication's British founder said Wednesday."
  (tags: china censorship freespeech media environment labor development)
• howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Eight historical mistakes the newspaper industry made
  "The race isn’t over yet, but there are mistakes newspapers have made that I think will have lasting consequences. We need to think through the impact of these mistakes and what we’ll do about them."
  (tags: journalism newspapers internet business newmedia)
• The Journalism Iconoclast - "newspapers need to be careful with blogging..."
  "...They need to add blogs that add value and are journalistically sound. ...Blogging is a technology. Bloggers are people. Users connect with good bloggers, not the technology."
  (tags: blogs blogging newmedia newspapers journalism journalism2.0)
• howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Eight reasons to be hopeful if you work for a newspaper company
  "I believe the sleeping giant is awake. For the past year or more, we’ve seen newspaper companies giving the web more attention and more money."
  (tags: newspapers internet journalism journalism2.0 newmedia business)
• Shift Happens - Did You Know 2.0 | NETucation Online Trends
  "Everything we need starts with learning and education." A new YouTube video by educators, challenging us to prepare better for the future.
  (tags: education video newmedia web2.0)
• Google LatLong: Google Maps Mashups 2.0
  Google Maps has made it easier for non-techies to make map mashups. There's an instructional video too.
  (tags: google googlemaps howto maps mashup newmedia web2.0)
• » Are you sure you’re the only one with access to that password you ‘recovered’? Think again. | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com
  "This is where you and the Internet get to a play a role in holding certain companies accountable for their lax security practices."
  (tags: security privacy csr)
• Teaching Online Journalism » Multimedia for breaking news: Start doing it!
  Mindy McAdams reviews a Soundslides package about a protest in Kennebunkport, Maine.
  (tags: soundslides multimedia newmedia education news journalism)

Comments

[doug]

I love that "Shift Happens" video. It was instrumental in my efforts to bring web 2.0 strategies to our company and I also sent it to a few of the students I taught in ninth grade English. They were thrilled by it, if not left feeling a bit daunted.