Category: Journalism

Kerry Sanders and Bob Sullivan, NBC News:

The UDID – which stands for Unique Device Identifier – is present on Apple iPads, iPods and iPhones, and is similar to a serial number. During the past year, researchers have found that many app developers have used the UDID to help keep track of their users, storing the data in various databases and often associating it with other personal information. When matched with other information, the UDID can be used to track users’ app usage, social media usage or location. It could also be used to “push” potentially dangerous applications onto users’ Apple gadgets.

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It’s a little sad that those of us trying to do a good job can’t write full time, when morons like the ones listed in this article are probably raking it in.

Sigh.

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Joel Bernosky on The Daily Helmsman’s funding crisis:

It’s important to allow press to be free and ideas to flow freely. It doesn’t matter if the discussion is of a college newspaper or the New York Times. When credibility is challenged, readers and observers will decide to stay, or to move on. Pulling a stunt like the University of Memphis did, only increased the Helmsman’s credibility, for standing its ground, and fighting the good fight; it then made the administration look like fools.

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Aaron Mahnke, on the R&T Blog:

Over the last few months, it has become clear that this amazing content deserves more than the limitations of an email newsletter. Larger text, gorgeous layout, and a much more friendly payment system. We can do better.

Enter the Read & Trust Magazine. Rather than the weekly emails that you’ve been used to, the Read & Trust Magazine will now be a monthly collection of articles from five contributing members. The text is still the star, but the content will be delivered in a way that is better for everyone.

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According to the paper’s Twitter account:

BREAKING NEWS: @UofMemphis restores the @DailyHelmsman’s funding after an investigation revealed content was a factor in the funding cut. New funding method will be put into place before next fiscal year’s allocation cycle. Full investigation report has not been released, yet.

While the full report isn’t out yet, I’m guessing this isn’t over yet. A university can’t have a committee cut something like this and not be punished.

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Chelsea Boozer, Editor-n-Chief of my old college newspaper:

We soon learned that the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee’s decision to give us $25,000 less than we have historically received was retaliation. Two committee members – the former Student Government Association president and vice president – were outspokenly angry that we didn’t write a story about one of the SGA’s events last semester.

They said they should be getting free advertisement through our articles and want the paper to publish press releases submitted and written by organizations.

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These kind of articles are what are setting The Verge apart in my mind from other tech news sites.

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Another dumb headline that should have the word “rumor” in it somewhere.

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Marcelo Somers takes the blogging community to task:

The problem is, we can’t all be Daring Fireball - we can’t get away with posting a witty headline and a blockquote 5–10 times a day. We’ve adopted John’s concept of linking, but not the idea that we need to tell a bigger story on our sites.

Marcelo isn’t saying links are in and of themselves bad, but rather that linking should carry more weight than it does.

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The Daily Helmsman, in an update regarding its budget being cut:

University of Memphis President Shirley Raines has said in an email that she has asked her executive assistant to review the circumstances surrounding the funding cut of the Daily Helmsman.

“Even though it is my understanding that the committee’s initial decision to cut the Helmsman’s funding was not based on the content of the newspaper, I want to be sure that this is the case,” Raines wrote Wednesday in an email reply to a U of M alumni who was upset about the funding cut.

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Check out the following headlines:

• Apple iPhone 5 and iPad mini event planned for September 12, iPhone 5 release date for September 21
• Apple To Hold New iPhone Event On September 12
• Apple to hold iPhone event on September 12th, mark your calendars

Now, read these:

• Apple expected to unveil next iPhone at September 12 event
• Apple Media Event All But Confirmed for September 12th, iPhone Launch Likely
• Sources: next iPhone likely to be unveiled on Wednesday, September 12th

See the difference?

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Seriously uncool, Twitter.

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