Andrew Beaujon reports on the media for Poynter Online. He was previously arts editor at TBD.com and managing editor of Washington City Paper. He's the author of the 2006 book "Body Piercing Saved My Life," about Christian rock and evangelical Christian culture. He lives in Alexandria, Va., with his family. His email is abeaujon@poynter.org, his phone number is 703-594-1103, and he tweets @abeaujon.
Andrew Beaujon
May 17, 2013
5:05 pm
First Monday |
Smithsonian |
floatingsheep
A study of the "
geography of Twitter" compares, among many other data sets, what it calls "Twitter versus mainstream news media." This part of Kalev Leetaru, Shaowen Wang, Guofeng Cao, Anand Padmanabhan and Eric Shook's study compared the geographic data from about five weeks' worth of tweets with locations from more than 3 million Google News articles during the same period.
"Does Twitter cover the same locations as the mainstream media, or do they discuss very different areas of the world?" they asked.
In
one map, they compared "georeferenced Twitter Decahose (blue) and English Google News (red) geographic coverage" between Oct. 23, 2012 and Nov. 30, 2012.
"Areas that are blue have stronger Twitter representation," they write while, "while red areas are covered more closely by mainstream media, and white areas have an equal balance."
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Andrew Beaujon
May 17, 2013
2:37 pm
All Things D
Steve Kalin is Patch's new CEO, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told Patch employees in an email Friday. Patch will also make several motions that Armstrong writes will "move Patch meaningfully toward profitability." Among them:
layoffs.
The changes we are making at Patch, however, come with the difficult decision to eliminate some positions. These employees have contributed greatly to Patch’s business with passion and dedication. We sincerely thank them for all they have done to make Patch what it is today. Their impact will always be felt here. We wish all affected employees continued success. They are truly Patchers for life.
Via email, Patch spokesperson Joe Wiggins replied affirmatively when Poynter asked whether editorial jobs would be among those going. He sent along this statement:
Patch is streamlining its regional editorial structure across the country by moving from 20 to nine teams. We are implementing this team approach based on the success of our field tests earlier this year. The team approach allows for flexibility based on the unique needs of each community and the strengths of our editors. We are not reducing our number of sites or our coverage area as a result of this change.
Making these important changes came with the difficult decision to eliminate some positions. We recognize these changes are painful for individuals and for our organization - and we are committed to handling the people impacted with care and sensitivity.
The company will host a "Patch All-Company call" at 6 p.m. ET Friday.
Last fall, Patch began
rolling out a new site design. The new design means editors will be "
taking a less central role," Laura Hazard Owen reported at the time. “
We’re not doing a pivot,” Patch content honcho Rachel Feddersen told Jeff Bercovici. “This is an amplification. The redesign doesn’t take anything away from the journalism we’re creating.”
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May 17, 2013
2:04 pm
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May 17, 2013
12:34 pm
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May 17, 2013
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Andrew Beaujon
May 16, 2013
5:02 pm
CBS Miami
Tomorrow will be the Miami Herald's first day in its new headquarters.
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Andrew Beaujon
May 16, 2013
4:41 pm
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
11:56 am
As protesters rioted in Seattle on May 1, Seattlepi.com reporter Casey McNerthney noticed that tweets from the police were hitting his phone almost at the same time officers in front of him were issuing orders to him and other … Read more
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