links for 2008-01-03
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- [France’s News 24 ‘Observers’ citizen media project : CyberJournalist.net](http://www.cyberjournalist.net/bloggers-as-reporters-430-pris-the-world/)
France’s News 24 has an interesting project in beta called The Observers, in which the audience does the the reporting, but experienced editors manage the content.
- [How Many Journalists Would Go All Digital If They Could? – Publishing 2.0](http://publishing2.com/2008/01/03/how-many-journalists-would-go-all-digital-if-they-could/)
Good question.
- [Five Guiding Principles For The Transformation Of Media Companies – Publishing 2.0](http://publishing2.com/2008/01/02/five-guiding-principles-for-the-transformation-of-media-companies/)
Scott Karp “[F]ive principles that I believe will guide the ongoing transformation of media companies.”
- [John Battelle’s Searchblog: CBS Video: Not In The Conversation](http://battellemedia.com/archives/004179.php)
“I’ll be posting stuff about conversations, and in particular how companies are doing when it comes to having conversations with their key constituents.”
- [Culture Still Haunts Online Journalists » The Bivings Report](http://www.bivingsreport.com/2008/culture-still-haunts-online-journalists/)
Steve Petersen – “Hopefully, in 2008, more journalists will realize this and value the online medium by viewing it as a complement to their work and not a threat.”
- [The Canadian Press: China limits Internet video to state-controlled companies](http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gPELo63ClS08is-cMrsNy403nbbw)
China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos – including those posted on video-sharing Web sites – to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the government.
- [PINNACLE SYSTEMS SIMPLIFIES THE TRANSFER OF VIDEO CONTENT WITH A NEW POCKET-SIZE DEVICE](http://www.avid.com/company/releases/2008/080103_video_pinnacle.html)
“Avid today announced Pinnacle™ Video Transfer, an innovative device that records analog video onto any USB 2.0 storage device without using a PC” – Looks interesting
- [CrunchGear » Archive » Pinnacle Video Transfer makes analog-to-digital transfer super easy](http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/03/pinnacle-video-transfer-makes-analog-to-digital-transfer-super-easy/)
“And it’s kind of sexy.” more on the avid/pinnacle thing
- [Ypulse: Media for the Next Generation](http://ypulse.com/archives/2007/12/why_more_girls.php)
“When I was talking with the USA Today reporter about the latest Pew study, she asked me about the whole boys dominating online video stat — i.e. why aren’t more girls producing and uploading videos?”
