futurejournalismproject:

Facebook’s New… Newsrooms?

On Sunday, Facebook quietly registered a series of “Facebook Newsroom” domains—a move that seems to signal that Facebook’s entering the media content game in a new way. Three domains were registered, according to Fusible, facebook-newsroom.com, facebook-newsroom.org, and facebook-newsroom.net. Facebook is listed on Whois.com as the registrant, administrative contact, and technical contact for all three.

The Facebook Newsroom project looks like it could be similar to another Facebook project:Facebook Studio (facebook-studio.com) is a community for advertisers and marketers that already has more than 400,000 participants and observers.

continue reading at Fast Company

Holy Facebook

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Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview

Under house arrest in England, the WikiLeaks founder opens up about his battle with the ‘Times,’ his stint in solitary and the future of journalism

by: Michael Hastings via Rolling Stone

It’s a few days before Christmas, and Julian Assange has just finished moving to a new hide-out deep in the English countryside. The two-bedroom house, on loan from a WikiLeaks supporter, is comfortable enough, with a big stone fireplace and a porch out back, but it’s not as grand as the country estate where he spent the past 363 days under house arrest, waiting for a British court to decide whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face allegations that he sexually molested two women he was briefly involved with in August 2010.

Assange sits on a tattered couch, wearing a wool sweater, dark pants and an electronic manacle around his right ankle, visible only when he crosses his legs. At 40, the WikiLeaks founder comes across more like an embattled rebel commander than a hacker or journalist. He’s become better at handling the media – more willing to answer questions than he used to be, less likely to storm off during interviews – but the protracted legal battle has left him isolated, broke and vulnerable. Assange recently spoke to someone he calls a Western “intelligence source,” and he asked the official about his fate. Will he ever be a free man again, allowed to return to his native Australia, to come and go as he pleases? “He told me I was fucked,” Assange says.

“Are you fucked?” I ask.

Continue reading at Rolling Stone 

futurejournalismproject:

Is HDR Acceptable in Photojournalism?

Interesting post by PetaPixel questioning the use of HDR photos in journalism.  Do you think it’s ethical? Leave a comment and let us know. 

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STREAM LEONARD COHEN’S NEW ALBUM, OLD IDEAS

designtank:

The Internet Movie Poster Awards site is a trove of visual inspiration. Above is the winner of the 2010 contest for best poster, for Rabbit Hole. Calling it equally beautiful and disturbing, the judges wrote: 

A good poster usually tells a story with a single image. This one uses nine snippets of images to tell its story of the emotional ups and downs of two people. At either side of the design the characters are alone, in darkness, and in pain. In the center they are together, their world is brighter, and they are happy. One can read the order of emotions either way. Do they begin in happiness and end in despair or is it the other way around?

The poster was designed by Ignition Print.

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Spread the word | Read | Act | Fight | Learn | Tell

If you’re a U.S. citizen, Sign this petition.
By: +Desiaire Rickman 
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK

IF NOT:
International (http://goo.gl/Qe8UT)
Canada (http://goo.gl/qHXPQ)
European Union (http://goo.gl/bHxAR)
The Netherlands (http://goo.gl/ZSGqC)
Poland (http://goo.gl/puHZV)
United Kingdom (http://goo.gl/7NrBS)

We need more SIGNATURES

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What is ACTA? Learn more about it

What is ACTA? ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources:

- Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheethttps://www.eff.org/issues/acta

- Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Texthttp://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/acta-acrc.aspx?lang=eng&view=d

- Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA historyhttp://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/intellect_property.aspx?view=d

- Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden where in he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: 
_ Letter 1 http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=12a5b1cb-ccb8-4e14-bb84-a11b35b4ec53

_ Letter 2 http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Wyden-01052012.pdf

Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here:
Response http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kirk-12072011.pdf

Watch a short informative video on ACTA: 
ACTA Video Say NO to ACTA

Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: 
Lulzy Video Robocopyright ACTA

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

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