Kevin: People are already starting to use Google’s My Maps to tell stories. If average people are doing it, why aren’t more journalists? It’s dead easy.

Kevin: Thanks to my friend Steve Klein for this link. “Fundamentally, most reporters writing blogs are doing so because they have to do it; not because they want to do it. As a result, these blogs lack passion and enthusiasm – two critical elements for su

Kevin: Robin writes about the Telegraph blogger open house. He says that traffic has trippled over the last 10 months and that they take in about 1500 comments a day. We will be doing some Guardian blogging events. Watch this space.

Kevin: My friend Stanislas Magniant writes on Netpolitique whether a French presidential candidate will be “the JFK of the Net”, a political figure who does for the internet what JFK did for television. It’s a great election to watch.

Kevin: Roy Greenslade at the Guardian highlights findings from the World Editors’ Forum about the online strategies of Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sun and the Daily Mirror in the UK. To integrate or partially integrate?

Kevin: Metro and Six Apart’s Vox partner for user blogs.

Kevin: A range of stats at the top US newspapers. Fascinating to see how long people spend on the sites. Almost 40 minutes per visit at the NYTimes.com.

Kevin: Robin Hamman gives a nice review a talk by Justin Hall at the BBC. Justin discusses aggregating his life online through various social networking sites and services. More than that, Justin discusses our activities online and privacy.

Kevin: A site about passive online multiplayer games. Follows activity online.

Kevin: European editors are hopeful about the future. They are looking to digital for new revenue streams. Listen to Bruno Patino at Le Monde. I met him last October, and he’s a sharp mind. Also interesting things at Svenska Dagbladet.

Kevin: Terry Heaton draws parallels between the 15th Century and media today. “here’s money to be made in this new world, but the ticket for entry requires, among other things, a willingness to let go of the weighty baggage of the world that preceded it

Kevin: Amy Gahran thinks the lessons from the 15th Century and a fight for control over printing Bibles is similar to today’s battle over intellectual property and copyright.

Kevin: Peru’s El Comercio tests out novel AJAX-based timeline to navigate the news. I like the idea, but I found it slow to load. I hope it catches on and is refined.

Kevin: Random link for Easter weekend. Lateral or should I say parallel thinking. Strapping together a bunch of Sony PS3’s for research. Put all that gaming power to good use.

Kevin: News and community strategist Steve Yelvington encourages journalists to get our from behind their desks and talk to real people. Steve is involved in project that is sending journalism students out to talk to hundreds of people in communities. Mor

Kevin: Tim Porter (of First Draft) and Michele McLellan (ex-Oregonian) announce the results of their American newsroom tour. “It’s the people who have to change, they say in an excerpt from their new book. And guess what? It’s happening.”

Kevin: The Guardian’s Simon Waldman expands on the BBC’s Richard Sambrook’s short post on journalists re-imagining their role with a consideration of what is possible on the web. Mashups and interactive graphics can tell complex stories.

Kevin: My esteemed colleague Roy Greenslade opens the doors at the Guardian as we discuss 24/7 working. Note this figure: About 12% of Guardian revenue comes from web advertising and it’s growing at 50% a year. That’s a tipping point.

Kevin: UK political blogger Guide Fawkes takes the political journalism establishment to task. What do journalists give up for access? Well worth watching. Curious what would happen if this were made in Washington. My old patch.

Kevin: Richard Sambrook, head of the Global News Division at the BBC, talks about how the artifice in TV news production may come under pressure as raw, unfiltered video make those TV tricks seem out-dated.

Kevin: Here is the blog post on the BBC Newsnight blog about Guido Fawkes and his accusations against political journalism. Fascinating comments. I like the feature that highlights when the blog’s authors from the BBC contribute.

Kevin: Just to cover the record on this. UK political blogger apologises and corrects the record. He had said that the BBC’s Nick Robinson was a source for one of his stories.

Kevin: Ira Glass of This American Life talks about story telling on YouTube. Suw and I are huge This American Life fans, and we just saw the first episode of the new TV show as well. Thanks to Mindy McAdams for the notes. Ira is a great story teller.

Kevin: What’s the best way forward for news organisations? Separate newsrooms for online and for print or broadcast? Discuss. Adrian Holovaty thinks integration would make his life easier. Quite possibly.

Kevin: Bruno reviews an amazing organic hyperlocal journalism project. Thanks for a great write up Steph. Many lessons here for news organisations not only in new models for journalism but also in new models for project development.

Kevin: McClatchy and Yahoo partner on international news and blogs. There are some interesting ideas here, and as an American, I’m pleased to see an attempt to broaden international coverage. But news organisations should try novel partnerships.

Kevin: My friend Michael Mullane of the European Broadcasting Union has an excellent post on 10 ideas for a multimedia strategy. I agree with him that sustainability is important. You can’t have a strategy based on a back-breaking push you can’t keep up.

Kevin: Ben Metcalfe turned me on to Justin.tv yesterday, and the site is already up on Wired. This about sums it up: “The end result comes across as a combination of JenniCam and American Idol.”

Kevin: Video blog RocketBoom looks for a new business model. Advertising isn’t keeping the lights on. Advertisers don’t want a focused niche, they want broadcast millions. Current model? Making money because of Rocketboom, not with Rocketboom.

Kevin: Doc Searls rounds up a discussion kicked off by Tim O’Reilly RE: SFChron. “Apparently, Phil Bronstein, the editor-in-chief, told staff in a recent “emergency meeting” that the news business ‘is broken, and no one knows how to fix it.'”

Kevin: The original post from Tim O’Reilly that kicked this off. To sum up, Tim asks this question: “If your local newspaper were to go out of business, would you miss it?” The comments and conversation there are worth reading.