From the Online

… a place for my media and journalism links, occasional comments/ponderings and for bringing together my bits and bobs around the web. Find me: @jtownend on Twitter, jt.townend on Delicious, Muskehound on Flickr, and blogging / reporting at Journalism.co.uk. Or check out what I’m doing via my Lifestream.

Yesterday
	9:43pm	Posted 17 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) RT @OpenlyLocal: 200th #hyperlocal site added to OpenlyLocal hyperlocal directory: http://openlylocal.com/hyperlocal_sites #opendata @currybet sounds like the beginnings of gategate; scandal in which renowned info architect disgusted his followers with gate hatred Eady says only way to track secret injunctions would be to list the number, which he claims would be v few #cityjustice @BTCare it was just very slow loading pages - despite seemingly full signal. too late to help now... @jamesrbuk will seek you out! Why does political blogging have a nearly all male cast? @markpack picks up on my #IWD letter pages post: http://is.gd/a6Reg Follow @newsbrooke for amusing eady backchannel critique #cityjustice latest in #endchilddetentionnow campaign: Take one traumatised child, classify as 'adult', arrest, lock up ... http://bit.ly/9G19lP #ecdn @Coneee via the backchannel, maybe, if one can heckle by Twitter.. One-man privacy law / super injunctions / science cases: what's left to ask eady... #cityjustice Fun seeing @coneee @mepadraigreidy @jamesrbuk @newsmatters @newsbrooke #cityjustice. So.. if Eady retires, it won't be to Florida... Latest on @girlonetrack for @journalismnews rt @charlesarthur http://is.gd/a7EP6 lt;-- girl w/a fast track lawyer Why don't more use Reynolds defence asks Eady. Cites rusbridger at select committee. timely procedure #cityjustice who's planning to go to #cityjustice with eady tonight? looking forward to it, but also sad to miss @alexhorne wordwatching in brighton @Sarah_Booker one of many old school rules that cld be bent a bit, for better journalism, I think. how showing your copy first might not be such a journalistic crime after all by @alisongow: http://is.gd/a7TZv http://onion.com/a7BbDy via @TheOnion - How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers?
	12:58pm	Posted an item Blogger to pursue legal action over Independent on Sunday headline
	12:34pm	Posted an item Could Iceland’s journalism haven create a ‘ripple effect’?
	11:49am	Posted an item #followjourn: Toni Jones/associate fashion editor
	10:14am	Posted an item FT.com: Digital chiefs challenge House of Lords digital economy bill amendment
	9:35am	Bookmarked a link on Delicious links. OpenDemocracy: Take one traumatised child, classify as 'adult', arrest, lock up, and bundle onto plane, bound for danger
	9:31am	Posted an item Investigative news organisation shares its reporting recipe
	9:15am	Posted an item TechCrunch: Newspapers have never made much money from news, says Google’s chief economist
	9:10am	Posted an item #Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – online infographic resources
	9:03am	Posted an item MediaGuardian: Clifford drops phone hacking case following £1m deal
	12:00am	Posted an item New transparency 'seal' initiative for online journalists
March 9th
	5:36pm	Posted 4 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) when you splash out £5.99 on BT Openzone it would be nice for it to blimmin well work RT@mysociety: Running FixMyStreet is like owning rabbits - turn your back and there are more of them. Welcome S. Korea!http://fixmystreet.kr craig brown's Andrew Rawnsley diary in the Eye v funny. 'nothing short of a typhoon in the typhoo' pg 23. RT @freedebate: As it’s Big Libel Week we want you to tell everyone you know on facebook to sign the petition @ www.libelreform.org
	10:08am	Posted an item #followjourn: Jane Merrick/political editor
	10:02am	Posted an item Video links for City University London new media election debate
	8:34am	Posted an item #Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – inspiration for data journalism
	12:00am	Posted an item Only 27 per cent of media workforce is female in Middle East and Arab world
March 8th
	5:44pm	Posted 10 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) @Women_on_IWD posted journ themed comment here (scroll down): http://is.gd/9YkGS #IWD @girlonetrack we'll be running a number of #IWD themed pieces today I want to flag up your experiences this weekend. best way to talk? @awollenberg I wasn't really surprised, having seen these type of supplements before. wondered what others' reaction was. RT @alexwalters: Bell argues that live reporting is far better than the traditional 3000 wds of shorthand condensed into a single article reading gt;gt; RT @alleyinsider How Facebook Was Founded http://bit.ly/c8tuiF @thickeytom maybe! but the Obs says it receives far fewer letters from women (a third) so it's not just editorial sifting @gregwallis of course, but I'm curious why they do - and in completely open social media environments like google buzz @Emmabarnett I'm interested in noise levels http://is.gd/9Ygtb that men are more vocal in media and politics, incl. via online media So, guardian offering editorial direction 'input' to sponsors of Society supplement.. Indy's Stephen Glover is shocked: http://is.gd/9WRWx collecting links for #IWD International Women's Day. Thoughts/posts/comments? Please send 'em over. cheers all. J
	5:32pm	Posted an item #IWD: Why do men dominate newspaper letter pages?
	3:20pm	Posted an item The truth about funding investigative journalism 2.0
	12:23pm	Posted an item #IWD: Gaby Hinsliff – ‘Too many women waiting to be invited to blog, where men just pile in’
	11:43am	Bookmarked a link on Delicious links. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Top25UKPoliticalBloggers/~3/YnAyk_zmT2g/gaby-hinsliff-guest-editor-women-only-rotten-idea
	10:44am	Posted an item CCJ: Journalists love polls but are they useful?
	10:33am	Posted an item Did NY Times’ blog culture lead to incident of plagiarism?
	10:09am	Posted an item #followjourn: Christopher Phin/deputy editor
	9:36am	Posted an item Thomson Foundation: Making of Oscar-nominated Burma VJ documentary
	9:16am	Posted an item #IWD: International Women’s Day for journalists
	9:00am	Posted an item #Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – audio and video inspiration
	12:00am	Posted an item Seymour Hersh joins Global Investigative Journalism Conference line-up
March 5th
	5:45pm	Posted 5 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) @natbat just read your post. congratulations to you both! how exciting. looking for gender themed posts to publish/link to on monday RT @journalismnews International Women’s Day http://bit.ly/dpftc2 @jonswaine I fear that 'Jane's'modesty over her name is a bit pointless alongside the pics... if this leaders' wives rubbish http://is.gd/9Ln5x makes you wince please write a blog post for Int. Women's Day on Mon: http://is.gd/9KLI1 RT @johncthompson: Something for weekend: apply for this great job [reporter or senior reporter on Journalism.co.uk] http://bit.ly/cO7kq ...
	3:48pm	Posted an item New York City police to issue press passes to bloggers
	2:55pm	Posted an item Calling journalists to blog on International Women’s Day (Monday 8 March)
	12:00am	Posted an item How The Virtual Revolution has reshaped the notion of social TV
March 4th
	3:57pm	Posted 2 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) can't pitch a project? don't give up! self-fund like the multimedia @GuaraniProject http://is.gd/9Gl5e news iPhone apps compared by @psmith for @journalismnews: how do news publishers shape up? http://is.gd/9Ggh6
	2:57pm	Posted an item Is the BBC really falling out of love with blogging?
	11:58am	Posted an item Ministry of Justice to reduce success fees in defamation cases
	10:20am	Posted an item Making money from registered (non-paying) users
	9:44am	Posted an item British Journalism Review: Calls for libel law reform are misguided
	9:18am	Posted an item Columbia Journalism Review: The Counter-Plagiarism Handbook
	9:10am	Posted an item HuffingtonPost: Writer donates $20,000 cheque for ‘magnificent’ New Yorker article
	8:51am	Bookmarked a link on Delicious links. Countculture: "Introducing the Open Election Project: tiny steps towards opening local elections"
March 3rd
	11:31pm	Bookmarked 3 links on Delicious links. (Show Details) BBC News: Author Michael Morpurgo on child asylum seekers The Independent: 'The scandal that is Yarl's Wood' Tony Hirst: So What Is It About Linked Data that Makes it Linked Data™?
	6:11pm	Posted 5 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) twitter spats at Brighton council meetings by @brightonargus: http://www.theargus.co.uk/31134/5038575 RT @journalismnews Broadcasters agree terms for election debates – with some caveats http://is.gd/9AFK7 following up @arusbridger's point about the police’s “narrow” approach to phone hacking: http://ow.ly/1pEymL #pressreform RT @evarley: RT @TechHub: 6pm UK TODAY is #TechHub Founder Member deadline http://bit.ly/aOqFZI (If problems: Elizabeth AT techhub dot com) RT @NewStatesman Michael Foot has died, aged 96.
	5:54pm	Posted an item ConservativeHome blogger granted lobby pass
	4:27pm	Posted an item The police’s “narrow” approach to phone hacking: not a crime if message had been listened to first
	2:25pm	Posted an item Election 2.0: ‘The internet is not national, it’s not local, it’s everywhere’ says Google’s DJ Collins
	12:00am	Posted an item New media can be as 'self-important and narcissistic' as old, says BBC political editor
March 2nd
	6:40pm	Posted 5 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) At @newsmatter's #ukpress seminar on the lords: what's the future for media regulation? Follow @journalism_live for tweets http://twitpic.com/168pk9 - #cityvote: Evan Davis at social media election debate @arusbridger at @newsmatters seminar ‘Weak press self-regulation threatens decent journalism’ http://tinyurl.com/yahmh2o #ukpress At @newsmatters #ukpress seminar at the lords: what's the future for press self regulation? Follow @journalism_live for tweets looking forward to #cityvote @cityjournalism tonight. Kicks off at 18.30... a pretty impressive lineup incl. Evan Davis, Nick Robinson
	5:44pm	Posted an item Event: Will 2010 be the first new media election?
	4:34pm	Posted an item Alan Rusbridger: ‘Weak press self-regulation threatens decent journalism’
	1:00pm	Posted an item #Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – making Google charts