links for 2008-01-10

• IFJ Calls for Release of French Journalist Detained in Ivory Coast
  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today expressed concern over the prolonged detention of the French freelance photojournalist Jean-Paul Ney who was arrested two weeks ago in Ivory Coast for allegedly endangering state security.
  (tags: africa journalism)
• Sun newspaper sales to dip below the 3m mark
  The Sun newspaper, Britain’s most widely read daily tabloid, is expected to see its circulation drop to just below the totemic 3m mark when figures for December are published on Friday.
  (tags: the+sun newspapers sales)
• Blogs Influence Journalists – and Most Facets of News Coverage
  Blogs are not only having an impact on the speed and availability of news but also influencing the tone and editorial direction of reporting, according to a survey of US journalists by Brodeur
  (tags: blogging journalism survey)
• LG laptop goes up in flames
  A journalist was awoken by a hot news story yesterday: the realisation that his LG Electronics laptop had just exploded.
  (tags: journalism technology south+korea)
• The Coming of Mobile Journalism
  Journalists are finding success with pocket-sized tools that allow them to report on stories from almost anywhere in the world.
  (tags: journalism mobile technology reuters video)
• Facebook ‘more addictive than porn’
  Apparently when Facebook had server problems last year there was a corresponding spike up of users returning to look at adult content.
  (tags: facebook social+networking technology survey)
• El Twitter In Dark On Telefonica’s Plan For Spanish Service
  Microblog platform Twitter says it knows nothing about plans Telefonica’s Terra Networks has to launch a Spanish version of the service.
  (tags: twitter spain social+networking)

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