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I'm diggin'

1. Find out how healthy your county is.

2. What's with all the Google anti-trust lawsuits?

*3. The Washington Post reports on why TV reporters have to be Jacks of All Trades now.

4. Here are the eight companies that gave the most to help Haiti.

*5. The number of U.S. millionaires rose 16 percent last year.

6. Find out why there will be a national Eggo waffle shortage until summer.

*7. The New York Times explains how women in the work force helped save Social Security.

8. Here are some great databases that newsrooms have created to help connect people with their community.

*9. Watch this online interactive story of the death of journalist Arthur Kasherman.

*10. CBS Radio News' Peter King explains how he broadcast from Haiti in the early days after the quake.

11. The FCC investigates the health and future of local news.

12. Levelcam lets you stabilize your handheld video.

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Three Themes from RTNDA/NAB

Three hot topics so far at RTNDA/NAB:

No end in sight to newsroom layoffs (lots of networking for jobs)
More and more use of video on various sites, including radio
Lots of discussion of backpack journalism, especially among the 45 student-journalists taking part in my annual story-telling workshop

In the video below, Sheryl Worsley, news director of news radio KSL in Salt Lake, explains why it's important for a radio station -- even one with a TV partner -- to post its own video online.