Kevin: Charlie Beckett highlights a post by Nikki Usher in the Online Journalism Review in the US that shows why changing mindsets is just as important in building out skillsets at journalism organisations. One of the most important quotes from Nikki is: "Silos, departmental rivalries, and departments that don’t communicate with each other cannot exist if multimedia initiatives are to succeed."

Kevin: Juliet Eysenck, a 23-year-old trainee journalist with Trinity Mirror's Paddington, Marylebone and Pimlico Mercury, successfully challenges a gag order in a manslaughter case using her knowledge of media law. Well done.

Kevin: Steve Coast from the the OpenStreetMap Foundation talks about the groups work to create an open, Creative Commons licenced geo-data set. The Foundation loans out GPS devices to map areas. They currently have about 5GB of data.

Kevin: The LA Times asks Angelenos about where they think their neighbourhoods begin and end. "For several weeks, we plan to listen as we finalize what will become The Times' standard for L.A. neighborhoods and the basis for more interactive projects to come." Excellent way to involve readers.

Kevin: Visualising where US taxes go. Amazing way to show a lot of information. With the economic crisis, it's nice to see that this shows up on Martha Stewart if for no other reason, it means that Americans are re-engaging with politics.

Kevin: With the passage of the stimulus bill in the US, the Obama administration has added details to its recovery.gov site. It's a very different way of government to operate. The stimulus bill ran into strong criticism from conservatives online. Follow #tcot on Twitter to see some of the strongly-worded comments. After a lack of transparency with the bank bailout/rescue (depending on one's view of the effort) has been very poor in terms of transparency and accountability. Will this site maintain public support of the effort by being more public, open and accountable? We'll see.

Kevin: Fred Wilson explains why Hulu, the digital video download service in the US, should embrace Boxee, free media centre software that runs easily on Linux, Macs and Apple TV. Wilson's Union Square Ventures is an investor in Boxee. It's interesting that Hulu, Boxee and Fred are having this discussion in the open. I tend to agree with Fred when he says, "Hulu users don't understand the distinction between watching Hulu through Firefox or Safari and wathicng Hulu through Boxee."