Possibly one of the best installments of Journerdism this year. Grab a beverage and enjoy lots of cool links.

How news spreads in the digital age
Medill ninja and homie, Rich Gordon, rocks solutions for saving journalism. “So here’s a stab at some lessons from the two News21 stories:

• Journalists still play a critical function in identifying stories important for citizens to be aware of.
• To maximize the audience for any particular news story, both traditional media and new media are important.
• Because mass media journalists must make news judgment decisions based on limited space or air time, they inevitably (and sometimes mistakenly) bypass stories that appeal primarily to niche audiences.
• Attention is aggregated differently on the Internet than in traditional media — blogs and other Web sites with niche audiences are critical to driving traffic to Internet content.”

FTC shoots down Net Neutrality, says it is not needed
“The Federal Trade Commission today dealt a serious blow to “Net Neutrality” proponents as it issued a report dismissive of claims that the government needs to get involved in preserving the fairness of networks in the United States.”

Mika Brzezinski of MNSBC rips Paris report
‘Bout time. “MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski refuses to talk about Paris Hilton on the Morning Joe show. Perhaps more people in the media & news outlets should FOLLOW her example and STOP following up on worthless news about hardly worthy people…”

‘Cloner’ Allan Detrich Busy Promoting Himself and wrasing wikipedia history?
“A contributor going by the name ‘Mesopix’ has been busy, lately, changing threads concerning ‘Dr. Cloner’ Allan Detrich - in a positive way. ” (MESO is a group of storm chasing photographers that Allan belogs to. Maybe it’s a big coincidence, but it’s possible he or someone he possibly knows is trying to erase his epic photojournalism cloner from Wikipedia history. I really hope this isn’t true. (As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I knew Allan from my days back in Toledo.)

ICM interview: Will Sullivan aka the Journerdist
If you haven’t heard, I did an interview with College Media Hero, Bryan Murley, on topics ranging from my sanity to flossing. …Oh, and journalism. Bloggers say stuff.

Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World
This is a facinating article for mappin’ nerds. Especially how they’re developing MyMaps/KML to essentially collect searchable social media maps. Check it out: “But with the launch of My Maps, Google is anchoring its new search strategy to KML. The company is indexing all KML files on the Web — it has cataloged several million so far — and is working with the Open Geospatial Consortium to makeKML the standard. ‘Right now, Google Maps is mostly about searching for businesses,’ says Jessica Lee, a Google product manager. ‘But what we don’t have is the sort of niche, long-tail content. We don’t know where all the endangered species or the pandas in China live, or where the best places to go bird-watching are. By providing the tools, we can let other people create it.’”

Official Google Blog: Put your photos on a map, and Picasa on your phone
“…we’ve got two new features on Picasa Web Albums to help you out. First, we’re excited to let you know about ‘Map My Photos’ — it lets you show exactly where you took your favorite snapshots. When you share an album with friends, they can see your best photos arrayed on a map (or even Google Earth). It’s the perfect way to showcase a memorable road trip or a globe-trotting vacation.”

Developer uses Knight News Challenge grant to encourage citizen publishers
Ok, seriously. Can we get a correction or something? He’s not developing applications. Amy Gahran has confirmed this. He’s exploring what’s out there in his blog. Both are great but there’s a HUMONGOUS difference.

Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools and Resources
This is freaking rich with cool stuff.

Your Guide to Online Advertising
Use this to explain to folks in the newsroom how you make money on the net.

Web video replacing stills could leave photographers without copyright
“Newspapers are now looking to simply include video as an extra task at stills rates but grab all rights at the same time, arguing that is how the video industry does it. The claim is false and misleading.”

‘Too few people subscribed’ to CNN Pipeline
“As popular as the service was, it became clear to us that reaching true scale was going to be impossible if the product remained a pay service … Remember that our entire mission is about getting more news to more people on more platforms, and too few people actually subscribed for us to meet that goal.”

Medill and Drupal
“Each year, Rich Gordon’s class undertakes an innovation project, usually in partnership with a media company. This year they did two projects — one with a Morris newspaper, the other with Yahoo.”

Journalism’s future is in global dialogue
“I advise young journalists today to learn how to use a digital video camera, and to get used to working in multimedia. Nearly every story I write today for the Atlantic, and every book I undertake, I do in conjunction with a documentary filmmaker. ” [Via Multimedia Shooter]

What We Still Don’t Know | Center for Media and Democracy
“Even today, more than four years into the war in Iraq, as many as four in 10 Americans (41 percent) still believe Saddam Hussein’s regime was directly involved in financing, planning or carrying out the terrorist attacks on 9/11…”

Interview: BILL FRAKES
(On video) “It’s always going to be something. What matters is that you use the technology to express yourself. You make pictures with your heart, soul, mind and eye. The box is just a capture device.”

For One Analyst, Facebook Is a Screaming Buy
“The main thing about Facebook, Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield wants to make clear, is that it is ‘not just for college students — if you have not signed up or have not used it lately, you should.’ And if you are a big media company, he has another piece of advice: Buy the company.”

Young Workers are Impatient With Good Reason - The Voice of Millennials at Work
“I also have a burning desire to be wildly successful in the business world. Typically, to be a huge success you must put more than eighty hours a week into your job. Balancing that with piano practice on Tuesday, a baseball game on Wednesday a dance recital on Friday, and family dinners nearly every night is just not practical. Luckily, I am 23 years old and most likely won’t have this family until at least my mid thirties. If you do the math this leaves me with about a decade to become a successful business person. Once the wife and kids come, the career must take a backseat. This is why I’m so impatient!

Study: 96 % of Tweens, Teens in Online Social Networks
“A whopping 96% of online tweens and teens connect to a social network at least once a week, according to a study and white paper being released today from Alloy Media & Marketing, a youth-oriented marketing firm. And nearly half engaged with a brand in the space in the past month.”

Corporate Engagement: Ways to recognize employees
These are rough times at papers. Managers, use these methods to help boost moral and give props to those who are sticking with you through the long haul.

U.S. Net access not all that speedy
“The median U.S. download speed now is 1.97 megabits per second — a fraction of the 61 megabits per second enjoyed by consumers in Japan, says the report released Monday. Other speedy countries include South Korea (median 45 megabits), France (17 megabits) and Canada (7 megabits).”

Aussie daily rocks with slideshows
Andrew, Mike and the old crew at The Herald blowin’ up slideshows that are more popular than video.

The Boys Project: Statistics
Boys get pwnd by girls in just about everything. [Via Reddit]

LEGO Aircraft Carrier
Mission accomplished!

I like turtles
We all do, Jonathon.

Springwise: Craigslist meets YouTube — online video classifieds
I saw this a while ago and didn’t think much of it… Not much has changed. That one guy on here is still selling that freaking stuffed beaver thing.

When You’ve Got To Go, Go To Mizpee.com
George Costanza has been replaced.

And finally, just in case you hadn’t heard about this new thing called the “iPhone”:

• iPhone reviews: The first batch
  Most reviews seem to be postiive and that it’s living up to its hype. Too bad they picked At&t…

• My iPhone Review
  “I love Steve. I love Apple. I’m even open to spending more on a phone than a computer, but AT&T? The slowness of its data network is only exceeded by its lack of customer service. Can I just buy an iPhone to use as a PDA to impress my friends, listen to music, watch video, and access the Internet via Wifi while not having anything to do with AT&T? Can you hear me now?” EXACTLY!

• 6 Reasons Why I Won’t Buy the iPhone
  “4) It only runs on AT&T. I’ve had the best luck with Verizon on voice, at least, and I gather AT&T’s Edge data network is relatively slow. So I’d rather wait until I get a choice beyond a carrier that vies with Sprint for worst Consumer Reports rating in many cities.”

• Craigslister offers to scare people out of iPhone line
  “A San Francisco Craigslist posting is offering to supply “diversions” that will allow buyers to cut in line for the iPhone, and sadly, we’re afraid he might not be joking.”