links for 2010-11-09

A jaw-dropper via Nonce Sence...

Here is the digital version of the story: "ANGRY residents are campaigning against a house being turned into a nursery because they fear it will increase noise and traffic and could attract paedophiles."

Alison Gow with a behind the scenes take on how the Liverpool FC sale was covered. I love the image of sending off printed editions that might need to be pulped - if you jump the gun on the web you've f***ed up, not gambled on the efficiency of the distribution chain ;-)

"At the time [5 years ago], mainstream news entities were struggling to avoid struggling with basic questions, like what journalism really is, how to incorporate voice into prose with as little bias as possible, the posture of what reporting for a postmodern audience should be. These days, organizations still struggle with these questions, but they are, at long last, engaging with them, with varying degrees of success."

"The Washington Post App for iPad is more than just an extension of our paper or website. It's an innovative, portable experience with our content that enables users to interact in a multi-dimensional way". It is also free until February...

I've written a guest piece for Nodalities about how we've implemented Linked Data in the guardian's API