links for 2010-02-17

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Check Twellow, NearbyTweets, Trendsmap or TwitterLocal for people to follow in your community

* Journalists covering local communities, specific subjects or niche issues should try to focus on these – richardkendall

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As you follow people in your community check their followers to find more to follow

A content analysis by Serena Carpenter, an assistant professor at Arizona State's journalism school, of 664 ads on JournalismJobs.com found that knowledge of HTML/CSS, posting content, image editing, blogging and video editing, in that order, were mentioned most often by online news organizations.

At 11 minutes, Streetlight is a little on the long side for most armchair viewers, and the Flying Club’s trademark use of rich black and white photographs, while stunning, perhaps steals something from the overall piece. Their use of audio is wonderful, and they do what all audio slideshow producers should do (but rarely do) and match their pictures to their sound.

uzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service.