• Massoud Hossaini describes how he photographed the aftermath of a suicide bombing in Kabul on Tuesday; photo editors at The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal explain why they chose different images and crops (The New York Times, The Washington Post)
• If anyone is a journalist, should everyone be protected by shield laws? (GigaOM)
• Reuters Editor Stephen Adler says CEO switch doesn't affect company's expansion (Marketwatch)
• News sites tell Bill Lucey their most popular stories of the year (The Morning Delivery)
• Regular viewers of Fox News in Iowa prefer Newt Gingrich over Mitt Romney (The New York Times)
• Artist sketches public radio personalities based on their voices (WBEZ)
• Rutgers students question the value of their journalism degrees (The Daily Targum)
• Why news sites should add Facebook’s new ‘Subscribe’ button (Lost Remote)

• Another person has been arrested as part of the phone hacking investigation; it's unclear whether he's a journalist. (Guardian)
• The city of Berkeley, Calif., will ask news organizations to re-examine their use of helicopter coverage; protracted Occupy protests and other events have extended air time and neighborhood noise. (San Francisco Chronicle)

• The Chicago Sun-Times will begin charging for access to its stories online (The Huffington Post)
• San Diego Union-Tribune's new owners have appointed a new president and COO (San Diego City Beat)
• Federal judge imposes $2.5 million judgment against Oregon blogger in defamation lawsuit, rules that shield law doesn't apply to her because she doesn't work for a media outlet (Seattle Weekly)

Mashable

Vadim Lavrusik writes that a recent court order targeting Twitter users connected to the WikiLeaks website raises concerns for reporter-source confidentiality.

Twitter succeeded in having the order from the Department of Justice unsealed, allowing the company to notify targeted … Read more

CNET News
A judge in San Mateo, California has unsealed the search warrant used in the seizure of evidence from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s residence late last month. Police were investigating the loss of a prototype iPhone, which was eventually … Read more

Law.com
Gawker Editor Jason Chen has hired a criminal defense lawyer to represent him in the iPhone prototype case following a police raid at his home on Friday.

Zusha Elinson reports that Chen has retained Thomas Nolan Jr. a “veteran … Read more

A week after disclosing Apple’s next-generation iPhone prototype, Gizmodo is now testing state and federal laws that protect journalists from police searches.

Police entered editor Jason Chen’s house Friday and seized computers and other equipment. They had a … Read more