(More) links for 2006-12-13

The Editor’s Log: My Journalistic Christmas list

Greensboro News & Record editor John Robinson has 10 wishes for developments in journalism online.

(tags: journalism community participation bloggers citizenjournalism)
Overstated: How many taps in a URL?

A tool for calculating how many key-taps on a mobile phone are needed to enter a string of text. Useful for working out how cumbersome your mobile URLs really are.

(tags: blog design mobile sms usability)
Wired News: Google Plants Solar Trees

Energy-hungry Google is covering the car park of the Googleplex with solar power panels.

(tags: google solar energy)
What’s Next – Innovations in Newspapers: Apple and Gannett, two rumours, one reality

Juan Antonio Giner looks at the Gannett and Apple stories this week and writes: “The stock market is more vulnerable than ever to bogus news.” (I plead guilty on helping to spread the Reuters rumour on Gannett.)

(tags: apple gannett newsquest reuters journalism blogs)
Mathew Ingram: Craig and Wall Street — universes apart

If they were interested in making lots of money, Craigslist could be making as much as $50 million per month in advertising, Mathew Ingram estimates.

(tags: craigslist advertising)
Investor’s Business Daily: Publishers Looking To Internet For Inspiration

Imaging the US reginal newspaper market in 2011. A high-quality paid-for title; lots of localised freebies, and an internet-first news cycle.

(tags: local newspapers integration regional free internet)
New York Times: An Online Newscaster’s Appealing Bafflement

The New York Times gets a preview of former Rocketboom video podcaseter Amanda Congdon’s first appearance on ABCNews.com.

(tags: abc television journalism video podcasting podcasters)