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Lunchtime links: subs, Google News and the problem with Wikipedia Paid Members Public
It must be the silly season. LinkedIn is getting into subs? Plus some useful stuff on Google News and a critical look at the media/Wikipedia intersection
Whatever happened to WikiTribune fixing news? Paid Members Public
Wait… wasn't Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales fixing news? What happened to that?
The dark underbelly of paid Wikipedia editing Paid Members Public
Wikipedia's growing role as a verification source has made it more lucrative for paid editors.
Morning Coffee Reading, from the 24 hour social-media, digital-first world… Paid Members Public
Five recent reads you might have missed, and are well-worth your time: It’s a 24/7 social media world out there Friends of the blog Brilliant Noise have done some research into the difference between “always on” Twitter presence and more sporadic approaches: Always-on is a more strategic and
#ftmedia12 - Wikipedia and harnessing the power of social media Paid Members Public
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly important to our information landscape - but how reliable is it, and how well-balanced are its contributors?
How Wikipedia dealt with Johann Hari Paid Members Public
Image via Wikipedia [http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johannhari.jpg] Comprehensive account by Tom Morris of how Wikipedia volunteers deal with people who abuse the site [http://blog.tommorris.org/post/10400620996/hari-gate-behind-the-scenes-at-wikipedia] , including Mr Hari: > David r was *banned *in July. Banning is a social measure where
Hari: Knave or Fool? Paid Members Public
Journalists Johann Hari has been exposed as using others work in his own without acknowledgement, and maliciously editing Wikipedia.
Fact-checking, Wikipedia and basic journalistic credibility Paid Members Public
When I was in my early 20s, and working in my first proper journalism job, my features editor and boss at the time, Andy [http://www.ridgwaymedia.co.uk/whychooseus.html], took me for a pint. But he didn’t take me to the usual pub, he took me to
