Chris is mostly a war journalist and writes articles here on social justice, war and morality.

Nice infographic work

Google has open-sourced the code behind it's Living Stories project. The format organizes chronological news updates by story/topic, creating an organic permanent record and a better way to make sense of an issue.

The Guardian.

@jayrosen's hyperlinked topic notes for presentation.

Creative Commons, indi media related to NYU life. Project by Cody Brown.

Wonderful interface for rolling your own custom RSS feeds to contain the topics you're interested in. This is what RSS is for!

Gold, every bit of it. Full transcript. Covers ethics, business models and emerging patterns that are working.

A generic business model for Hyperlocal news put together by the CUNY Grad school of journalism.

I like this one best: "Don't try to win the morning, win the story. Produce journalism so excellent it will get passed around for weeks."

President of Reuters says he is in favor of the link economy, proposes a collaborative wiki-based process whereby we establish fair use for linking/excerpting with news agencies. CUNY will be holding a symposium and wiki on the topic.

“The AP’s saying, ‘Well, if all of these facts are listed in the same place [on an unlicensed site], that’s a substitute.’ And that may well be, but I’m not sure it’s a substitute for the expression, which is what copyright protects.”

Regarding the current economic breakdown.

A sad and pithy article on the loss of beat reporting because of the death of newspapers. Reads like a film noir monologue, but it's scary to realize it's real.

All of her syllabi in one place, free.

@eyeseast's journalism toolkit. Handy links. Related blog post: http://www.chrisamico.com/2008/12/30/new-tools-for-new-news/

"Travel news from a small planet"

Community funded journalism: pitch a story and others may pitch in to get it reported.

...from Beat Blogging

Another gripping video by Travis Fox of the Washington Post. This one follows two families and their very real fears and challenges caused by the global food crises.

Excellent interview with Adrian Hovalty about the creation and direction of Everyblock.

"I knew who won the primary without ever seeing a newspaper or TV site. News that I care about comes to me, despite the source. If you’re not actively seeking out your audience, you’re doing something wrong."

Most of it online and free.

Alphabetical and exhaustive.

A blog that takes CNN to task for their increasingly non-news news headlines. Via Kottke

A news related wiki. This page on how to do "original reporting" - aka be a journalist.

Newspaper-style blog design. Very Classy. Very Original