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	<title>Vadim Lavrusik</title>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s not get too excited about Google&#8217;s move into social media just yet</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/02/08/lets-not-get-too-excited-about-googles-move-into-social-media-just-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is making a move into social media with a new status feature that it will launch for its Gmail users, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Though the Web is a buzz about the possibility and implications this new feature, which aims to showcase the statuses and content sharing of Gmail users in [...]


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<li><a href='http://lavrusik.com/2009/10/06/research-social-media-publications-may-have-advantage-over-traditional-news-sites/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Research: Social media publications may have advantage over traditional news sites'>Research: Social media publications may have advantage over traditional news sites</a></li>
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		<title>Nonprofit journalism startups&#8217; executive pay: How much is too much?</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/22/nonprofit-journalism-startups-ceo-pay-how-much-is-too-much/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bay Area News Project&#8217;s CEO Lisa Frazier has a $400,000 salary, which reminds me of the news and criticisms about Paul Steiger getting $570,000 to run ProPublica. This begs the question: how much is too much in the pay of top execs at nonprofit journalism startups.
A lot of the defense for such high pay is [...]


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		<title>Why the Tablet won&#8217;t save the print industry</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/17/why-the-tablet-wont-save-the-print-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/17/why-the-tablet-wont-save-the-print-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Update: My friend and colleague Shane Snow has a funny comic on this same topic.

Over the course of the last several weeks, I have seen several articles calling Apple&#8217;s Tablet the &#8220;savior&#8221; of print media and similar prophetic names. However, I am still somewhat skeptical that the Tablet will have a substantial difference in helping [...]


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<li><a href='http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/14/create-your-own-newspaper-err-aggregator-using-newscred/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Create your own newspaper (err aggregator) using NewsCred'>Create your own newspaper (err aggregator) using NewsCred</a></li>
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		<title>Create your own newspaper (err aggregator) using NewsCred</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/14/create-your-own-newspaper-err-aggregator-using-newscred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two years, NewsCred relaunched its website today to give users the ability to create their own customized newspaper – without the paper.
Basically, the site allows users to create their own edition by aggregating news, images, search for key terms, and videos. It&#8217;s another tool for personalized news, putting it in a easy-to-read fashion, but [...]


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		<title>Why Facebook&#8217;s Privacy Changes are Detrimental to Users</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/12/why-facebooks-privacy-changes-are-detrimental-to-users/</link>
		<comments>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/12/why-facebooks-privacy-changes-are-detrimental-to-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from a Mashable post that ran today: 
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/*Though Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says that public is the new “social norm,” many members who use the social network for professional and business reasons have lost the ability to conduct certain actions privately as a result of changes made to the settings.
And despite this [...]


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		<title>Mashable.com website redesign: What do you think?</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2010/01/04/mashable-com-website-redesign-what-do-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mashable.com, the social media guide that I often write for, has released a redesign of its site today. The new design features a tweaked header with new navigation that is categorized in way that makes it easier to find specific topics. The homepage also gives more prominence to the trending story before a reader gets [...]


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		<title>18 news media content and business trends for 2010</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/23/8-news-media-business-trends-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/23/8-news-media-business-trends-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from the second of several posts I wrote for Mashable.com that takes a look at the news media in 2010. It looks at 10 news media content trends:
The news media is experiencing a renaissance. As we end the year, its state in 2009 can be summarized as a year of turmoil, [...]


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		<title>The Big Hurt project from Columbia Journalism School&#8217;s Digital Media Newsroom</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/18/the-big-hurt-project-from-columbia-journalism-schools-digital-media-newsroom/</link>
		<comments>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/18/the-big-hurt-project-from-columbia-journalism-schools-digital-media-newsroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the end of the my first semester at the one-year M.S. digital media program at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and I wanted to share a few projects.
One of these was an in-depth look at how the recession is affecting New Yorkers. Five different digital media newsroom sections covered five topics surrounding [...]


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		<title>8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalist</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/09/8-must-have-traits-of-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-journalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from my Mashable post today:
As the news industry looks to reconstruct its suffering business model, the journalists of today must reconstruct their skill sets for the growing world of online media. Because of cutbacks at many news organizations, the jobs available are highly competitive. News companies are seeking journalists who are jacks of all [...]


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		<title>Red may just be the new black in news Web design</title>
		<link>http://lavrusik.com/2009/12/05/red-may-just-be-the-new-black-in-news-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vadim Lavrusik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it bleeds, it leads. Maybe that&#8217;s why news sites are going with a bright, blood red?
CNN recently redesigned its website and went with a richer, brighter red for its header. It had some red before (after all it&#8217;s their brand), but now the header pops bright. Reuters released its redesign today with a rich [...]


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