The X Prizes for news (and media): Jeff Jarvis points out three news problems that need to be solved, and is looking for funding to award a prize to solve them.

Popular journalism Bookmarks on Delicious: This is simply a great source to find blog posts and articles that people tag as “journalism” as they save and share links.

Foursquare Beats Twitter to Local Advertising Goldmine: Jennifer Van Grove explains how a location-based social media game has figured out a way to encourage players to visit local stores, aka advertisers.

This is Twingly Channels: This is one of many products that hope to filter the amount of noise found in social media. Two screenshots lets you compare an unfiltered social stream with a filtered version.

Clive Thompson on How the Real-Time Web Is Leaving Google Behind: Wired takes a look at the many real-time search engines that are trying to make sense of, and/or improve search results by using, social media streams.

Spot.Us Expands to L.A. with Annenberg and a 10-month State of the Spot: David Cohn’s community-funded reporting project expands to Southern California. Cohn explains the details.

Sydney Armageddon: Stuart Ryan posted these incredible images from a huge Australian dust storm.

Project 10 to the 100: Google launched a “call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.” I referred to an idea to “build real-time, user-reported news service” when I tweeted this link.

Web journalism growing up fast: A quote from Fairfax Media online editor-in-chief Mike van Niekerk caught my eye. He said that their multimedia production are occasionally sponsored “although it is easier to sell advertising on straight video clips.”

Newspapers still producing great journalism: M. Scott Brauer shows off some great visual work being created on the web by newspaper organizations.

Tsunami hits American Samoa: The Associated Press story as served by Yahoo soon after the tsunami hit.

Follow journalism on Twitter with one click: This is my little list of people who frequently discuss journalism on Twitter.

Pictures tweeted from the #140tc Twitter Conference: Honestly, almost all of the links I shared to my 140pix side project were clicked on over 100 times, but I don’t want to waste time here with every headline, so feel free to visit the site or become a fan on Facebook for sneak peaks of posts to come.

If you don’t want to read my descriptions, feel free to stop now and just visit all of the links in succession.

RSSFall: Today’s RSS readers do not operate in real time; they frequently show the latest item from a feed many minutes after they are published. The makers of Twitterfall have subscribed to hundreds of RSS feeds and are using this site to demonstrate technology that displays those headlines in real time.

10 most influential journalists on Twitter: Scooping the News posts this list every week. My tweet noted that 6 of the 10 people on the list were broadcast journalists.

Top 10 Gadgets for Social Media Addicts: If you’re incorporating social media into your reporting or editing, you might want to read this Mashable post by Barb Dybwad.

Old WordPress Versions Under Attack: A security hole was recently discovered and exploited. If you use WordPress and have not taken action to protect yourself, read this Lorelle VanFossen post now.

Duvall resigns following sex scandal: Just as the headline reads, an Orange County assemblyman quit after a recording surfaced that showed him bragging about sexual affairs.

California sunsets, volume 1: From my new project, this collection of Twitter pictures that have nothing to do with journalism proved to be popular with my journo friends.

Station Fire clouds tweeted from Lake Elsinore: This other collection from 140pix.com shows how curation of social media content might be applied to live news.

Wildfires in Southern California: Boston.com’s The Big Picture blog has always been an exemplary example of curated content from wires. Even from the other side of the nation, their photo selection and generous presentation are impressive.

For journalism, blogs top Delicious links: Six of the 10 most popular Delicious bookmarks tagged “journalism” were blog posts. Hmmm, I think I’ll make this a weekly feature.

Your turn

Do you know of other journalism or linking-related posts that were popular last week with your Twitter friends? Please add them in the comments below.

I’m trying something new this week. Visit all of the links in succession and please leave comments below to let me know if this is helpful.

The Many Rewards — and Risks — of Social Media for Newspapers: Editor & Publisher’s Joe Strupp takes a look at how newspaper companies use social media, and some associated challenges, including fact verification and choice of platform.

FTC to Hold Workshops on the Future of Journalism: E.B. Boyd leads with “The death of newspapers is apparently a competitive and consumer protection issue according to the Federal Trade Commission” in this short BayNewser post.

Twitter Elite by location: Orange County, CA: Twitter Grader is a service that, well, grades Twitter users and then ranks them by geography. One day last week, my friend and colleague Jonathan Lansner ranked at the top of the list for Orange County.

Google Map: Traffic on LA streets: You probably know that Google Maps shows traffic conditions on highways. The L.A. Times’ Andrew Nystrom tweeted that it now shows traffic on surface streets, too. This is a live example.

#followwomenjournas — What the Hashtag?!: This page defines the hashtag, includes related links and aggregates tweets that contain the tag. It’s all part of a community-powered wiki of Twitter hashtags.

Transcript for #followwomenjournas: From the What the Hashtag page above, this transcript reveals the first tweet that used the #followwomenjournas hashtag.

Links to every user mentioned in #followwomenjournas tweets: I took the transcript above and used regular expressions to create a simple list of Twitter users who have appeared in tweets with the #followwomenjournas hashtag.

20 more of your favorite journalism tweets, she replied: I used Favstar.fm to find tweets, from female journalists, that were frequently favorited.

Screencast as storytelling tool, #followwomenjournas video: Some stories take place online. This is my attempt to tell one web story by simply narrating a tour of web pages that make up a pseudo-narrative.

The 12 Undeniable Truths of Freelance Writing: Copywriter Bob Bly offers what he sees as truths that govern the state of freelance writing. I think some of his observations can serve as advice for all writers, not just freelancers.

MSNBC.com Acquires EveryBlock, a Hyperlocal News Start-up: Two months after its Knight Foundation funding runs out, Adrian Holovaty’s data-mapping hyperlocal project is purchased.

Newspaper war raises a question: Who keeps the tweeps? When a reporter left one Minnesota newspaper for a competing publication, the popular Twitter account for the blog she wrote stayed with her former employer. Hart Van Denburg wonders what would happen if the account was tied more closely to the reporter’s personal brand instead of the company or its blog.

Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content: Chris O’Brien reminds those hoping to charge for news online that newspaper sales have never been a large source of revenue. Instead of worrying about paywalls, O’Brien says the focus should be on reinventing the local community and marketplace.

Future of journalism – the personal news agency: The “clairvoyance to your business” blog says all people are consumers and generators of news. It is important for individuals to find the right personal channels of information and “open as many channels possible inside you to let information flow through your senses.”

Male journalists followed 3 times more than females: In a quick study of journalists listed on Muck Rack, I noticed that the three most-followed professionals from each organization were usually men.

The origins of #followwomenjournas: The previous post served as a catalyst for a Twitter hashtag movement to follow women journalists. In this Posterous post, I provide a short introduction and use a list of links to explain how the hashtag started and spread through Twitter.

Digital Journalism Camp, Portland – Revenue Model: Self-proclaimed web geek Jeff Bunch posted this video of a recent panel discussion that centered around ways for journalism to make money.

Watch this video on Vimeo.

Sources going direct: FDNY and the Hudson River air collision: Vadim Lavrusik says the live video stream and “shoutbox” from New York City’s fire department played a role in reporting a mid-air collision, but did not replace journalists.

Google launches real estate search portal: A “real estate technology consulting” group touts Google’s use of map-based and natural language search in its new housing site.

Plea for shooting victim is marred by bigots: An employer started raising money to help a worker whose 4-year-old son was shot in gang crossfire. Experienced crime reporter Tracy Manzer shares her response to some of the “hateful” comments left on the child’s story. [Video from the original article is included at the bottom of this post.]

It’s Time to Build the Bloody Wall: An editorial from The Digital Journalist makes another argument for newspapers to start charging for their content on the web, or else risk losing the “news that we take for granted.”

Kevin Sablan’s Network’s journalism Bookmarks: Delicious can be used as more than just a personal bookmarking service. It supports networks. These are links that my network has tagged “journalism.”

The following links are from Almighty Link:

Cyxymu Twitter translated: Why was he targeted? I took the tweets from the professor who was supposedly the target of an attack that shut down Twitter and LiveJournal a couple weeks ago and had Google translate them.

Some of the most popular journalism tweets: I linked to the favstar.fm pages of 19 Twitter users who frequently tweet about journalism. Those pages showed tweets that were frequently added to Twitterers’ “favorites.”

19 of your favorite links from journalism Twitter users: It turns out there was a link in each of the most-favorited tweets from the users in the previous post. I gathered them together in this post that @NiemanLab called a “best-of album.”

Twitter and Facebook DDoS Attacks Targeted One Man: Mashable reblogs tho news after Facebook security chief tells CNet that one person was the target of technological attacks that impaired social networks including Twitter. [Most of his tweets were in Russian. Here is an English translation of his tweets]

RGMP 15: Maintain and update your skills: Mindy McAdams gives helpful advice to journalists who find difficult to learn and multimedia skills. Tips include prioritize, overcome your fear and learn to fail.

News Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript: ”Quality journalism is not cheap.” That quote from News Corp CEO Rupert Murdock traveled throughout the blogosphere, but rarely linked with a link to this transcript of the call during which he spoke those words.

The Seven Laws of Journalism – This Semester: Professor Danna L. Walker distills her definition of journalism into seven bullet points. Her third point seemed to be particularly popular, often shared in retweets.

‘Maybe Media Will Be a Hobby Rather than a Job’: In a SPIEGEL interview about the future of news media, Wired editor Chris Anderson starts by voicing his annoyance with the use of the word journalism.

How journalists use Twitter: In his summary of a small Norwegian study, John Einar Sandvand, pulls out some interesting numbers. For instance, half of the journalists surveyed have never used Twitter.

22 futures of journalism, 2009 timeline: I begin to track the many prognostications about journalism that I run across an a nearly-daily basis. Since creating this Dipity timeline, three more “futures” have been added.

Fervent fans flock to MercyMe, Hawk Nelson at Fishfest 2009: George A. Paul blogs about his experience at the annual Christian music festival in Irvine.

July Big South Swell at the Wedge: John Salanoa shares massive pictures of towering waves at Newport Beach. [disclaimer: I helped develop the OrangeCounty.com site]

SUP at The Wedge — Bryce and TJ Saeman: This video focuses on a pair of standup paddleboarders. It’s just one of many shot by video reporter Greg Magnus during an incredible week of surf in Orange County. Visit his YouTube page for more. [disclaimer: Greg is my friend]

Jon Gosselin’s Charm Makes Girls Drop Pants, Jobs: Citing a potential conflict of interest, Star magazine senior reporter Kate Major resigned after she “ended up falling for” the subject of a story to which she was assigned.

Brian Solis of FutureWorks & PR 2.0: We’re becoming information curators: Social media public relations expert explains how choosing data to share makes each person an information curator.

Letterman – Kevin Spacey Tweets with Dave: The award-winning actor explains Twitter to Late Show host David Letterman as he sends a tweet from his BlackBerry.

Links provide “reason to believe a report”: A Dave Weinberger post inspired me to build this short list of classic “link journalism” blog posts.

The end of the breaking news — as we know it: This Monday Note post warns that “the crowd” will take care of breaking news if mainstream media fails to recapture it. It focuses on how TMZ scooped bigger news organizations when they broke the news of Michael Jackson’s death.

Working with News Publishers: Google responds to a claims by some news organizations that they’ve violated copyrights while stealing content and revenue. The post includes a two-line technical solution. The same two lines, by the way, that SEO guru Danny Sullivan pointed out in an angry blog post three months ago.

Best Practices for Journalists Curating the Web: New York Times Bits Blog “What We’re Reading“: Scott Karp writes about how one Times blog is using Publish2 to share links to non-Times articles and blog posts.

Police Chase Leads to Fatal Shooting Near Capitol: Shortly after @NBC4Washington tweeted about a shots heard near the Capitol, they followed with this article that they updated until the story ended.

Can editors and reporters crack TechCrunch’s real-time conundrum? My observations from (a video of) the final roundtable discussion in a daylong conference about the “real-time web.” Much of the talks centered around the task of filtering real-time streams to make them more useful and relevant to users.

Fatal assumptions: Steve Yelvington takes a critical look at the “givens” upon which the American Press Institute’s “Newspaper Economic Action Plan” is based.

Best schools for journalism: Blogger Jeremy Porter compiled this admittedly non-scientific list based on the opinion of his Twitter followers.

How to Build a New-Media/Old-School Journalism Hybrid: Renay San Miguel takes a look at how new technologies have exposed flaws of traditional journalism, and then proposes a workshop that “combines new and old technologies, social media and on-the-ground reporting.”

The following popular links are from Almighty Link:

First rough sketch of storystreaming platform, Twitter first: My first attempt to describe one part of a platform that would include live streams of data as part of any given article, moving beyond the static narrative or even a wiki-style presentation.

8 Reasons journalists need a curation system: The role of journalist-as-curator isn’t supported by today’s content management systems, and here are a few curation challenges that a true “curation system” could help tackle.