ONA Issues

Did we break the ONA Issues Tumblr? We logged in today and the text on all of our previously published posts was blacked out.

On second look, we saw that Tumblr is raising awareness about the Protect-IP Act and the Stop Online Privacy Act, which are being debated in Congress today. As users log in to their Tumblr dashboards, posts are blacked out as if censored and there is a link at the top of the page which takes users to a post hosted on Tumblr’s site encouraging users to take action. 

Welcome to Tumblr, We are Journalists! The new blog showcases journalists’ posts on why they became journalists and what they do. The About section begins, “We are journalists. We are proud of what we do. We are tired of bad press about the press.’”

wearejournalists:

I stumbled into journalism just as the economy was tanking and met a thousand people younger than me who were there because they wanted to tell the stories of people whose stories never get told and another thousand people older than me who still think good stories were worth telling and keep telling me “When you look at your paycheck, don’t despair. Remember, you’re not in this for the money.” I endeavor every day to remember that every story is worth telling. I’ve got so many stories of my own that I put aside every night because I keep seeing that the world is so much bigger than me. I’ve got two girls who need me to build them playhouses and teach them how to navigate the world. I work hard, even when my baby needs attention. I think it’s worth it. And by “it” I mean “family” and “work” and “showing the next generation what it takes to show what this world is and what it takes to make a better one, for them and for me.”

I am a JournaPapa.

Phoebe Connelly: Why it matters that “We Are the 99” used Tumblr

“We Are the 99 Percent is a Tumblr blog—the same platform The Lookout used for our Down But Not Out project chronicling long-term unemployment earlier this year. We Are the 99 Percent takes advantage of two core parts of the Tumblr framework. First, it bakes in the social media functions that users have come to associate with Facebook and Twitter: the ability to re-blog posts (similar to the retweet function on Twitter), and the ability to “like” a post. Going through the site’s archive, you can view some of the posts that have gotten significant traction with other Tumblr users—such as this post from a 17-year-old who worries about how to pay for college (which has so far received 113 notes) orthis post from an unemployed college graduate struggling with bipolar disorder with $50,000 in student loan debt (which has so far yielded 422 notes).”

Read more on Yahoo. 

theatlantic:

taylorlorenz:

newsmediatumblrs:

A directory of news organizations on Tumblr.

Excuse if incomplete — drop a link or tell me what’s what.

What a great idea!

Smart!