Clay Shirky is fast becoming one of the top thinkers on the future of journalism and if you listen to a talk he gave at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, you will understand why. The Nieman Journalism Lab has an mp3 (here) and the transcript (here). Some of the major points

journalism.co.uk reports: Google doesn’t need newspapers – it’s official; but its users do, Matt Brittin, UK director of Google, told the Society of Editors conference today. Full report here: journalism.co.uk...

More sophisticated ways of measuring usership and engagement will change focus from mass audience, Plotz believes, and that will make journalism better. Raw numbers create “pressure to produce one kind of story” that will draw hits. New metrics of engagement and behavior offer a “tremendous opportunity for Web journalism to escape the traffic” trap. He

Late next month, Brooks Institute will host a multi-day workshop that focuses on the shooting and editing of stills, video and audio into a finished documentary piece. Called the VJ Multimedia Workshop, it's aimed at both visual journalism students and photojournalists who have been recently laid off. It's free to attend.

The centerpiece of the studio at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication is the Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 integrated production system.

Recognition for hard work, commitment, and dedication can prove invaluable to a journalist. Entries are being accepted for the Construction Writers Association's (CWA) annual Journalism and Photography Awards programs. Entries must be postmarked by Thursday, April 15, 2010. Winners will be recognized at the 2010 CWA Grand Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 during its annual conference...

Avid teams with ABC to give journalism students the opportunity to practice production, editing and distribution aspects of broadcast journalism in their ABC News to Campus program. Read on for more details.

Guardian reports : The Hugh Cudlipp lecture: Does journalism exist? The full text of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger's Hugh Cudlipp lecture Here: guardian.co.uk...

John Adkisson, a journalism student at UNC Journalism School Chapel Hill won best multimedia story at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. via, Alvarez – Picture Stories. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking to buy a new website? A Photo Folio is a website design company created by A Photo Editor. Have a look (here).

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