New York Times Amps Up Paywall

The New York Times is tightening restrictions on non-paying users. Where before users could access 20 articles per month free of charge, now that number will be reduced to 10.

The Planetarium HTML5 Demo

Very cool HTML5 demo from Mozilla. Works in latest version of Firefox; some other browsers, not so much.

HTML and CSS Browser Readiness

Here’s a cool interactive site that shows you which browsers support various HTML5 and CSS3 features. You can also see support levels of previous versions of browsers as well.

Ten things journalists can do to reinvent journalism, the new list

Digital media pioneer Howard Owens revisits a list he made in 2008.

Redefining Interactive Narratives & Multimedia Storytelling

Insights on multimedia storytelling from New York Times Multimedia Editor Andrew DeVigal.

The New, Convoluted Life Cycle Of A Newspaper Story

Journalist Lauren Rabaino examines newspaper workflow models that incorporate social media and other online tools, and offers examples and suggestions for making multi-platform coverage more reader-friendly.

News must be really hard to follow for an everyday consumer of a newspaper website. First tweets go out, sometimes with no links to additional coverage. Then a few grafs go up on a blog, followed by additional updates, either to the top of that post or as new posts. Eventually, a print story gets started, which is posted through an entirely different workflow onto a different-looking story page.

A Dispute Over Who Owns a Twitter Account Goes to Court

New York Times story on an interesting dispute between a writer and his former employer over who “owns” his Twitter followers.

The question is: Can a company cash in on, and claim ownership of, an employee’s social media account, and if so, what does that mean for workers who are increasingly posting to Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus during work hours?

A lawsuit filed in July could provide some answers.

Occupy Davis, as Covered by High School Journalists

New York Times blog post about how ambitious high school journalists covered the recent Occupy Davis protests. The students used social media to organize and present their coverage, and their video footage was picked up by national TV networks.