links for 2008-10-13

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  NewsTrust.net - Blog: NewsTrust Founder Fabrice Florin named Ashoka Fellow
  Florin named an Ashoka Fellow: well-deserved, although I think NewsTrust is designed in a backwards way
  (tags: ashoka fabrice+florin newstrust)
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  Mainstream News Outlets Start Linking to Other Sites - NYTimes.com
  <blockquote>Embracing the hyperlink ethos of the Web to a degree not seen before, news organizations are becoming more comfortable linking to competitors — acting in effect like aggregators. The Washington Post recently introduced a political Web site that recommends rival sites. This week NBC will begin introducing Web sites for its local TV stations with links to local newspapers, radio stations, online videos and other sources. And The New York Times will soon offer its online readers an alternative home page with links to competitors.

  These experiments exemplify “link journalism,” an idea that is gaining traction in other newsrooms across the country. “It is a fundamentally different mindset” for journalists, said Scott Karp, chief of the Web-based newswire Publish2, who coined the term.</blockquote>

  
  
  (tags: link+journalism scott+karp nytimes nbc journalism)
  
  
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  Revived Fervor for Smart Monitors Linked to a Server - NYTimes.com
  
  Thin clients are back: a big trend, I bet.
  
  (tags: thin+clients)
  
  
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  An Ignoble But Much Needed End To Web 2.0, Marked By A Party In Cyprus
  
  Arrington says Web 2.0 is dead… again. This time because all the big chill is leading to PR folks getting laid off apparently.
  
  (tags: web+2.0+antihype web+2.0 mike+arrington the+big+chill)