* TV reporter and product-peddler: Sara Hopkins (left), a reporter for WWAY-TV (Wilmington, NC), has doubled
her income by posting ads to her social media accounts. News director Scott Pickey knows about her sales jobs. “[Sara] was active on social media before we hired her,” he says. (newslab.org)
* David Plotz steps down as Slate editor-in-chief; deputy editor Julia Turner succeeds him. (slate.com)
* “It seems like every newsroom in the country is taking a swing at data journalism.” (fastcompany.com)
* Dustin Petzold, the co-founder of Crooked Scoreboard, comes out. “The worst that could happen,” says the 22-year-old, “is I’ll have a couple fewer Facebook friends tomorrow, and I think we could all afford to lose a few of those.” (outsports.com)
* WaPo’s Gene Weingarten blasts SI.com’s LeBron James post: “This was not a scoop. It wasn’t even good journalism.” (washingtonpost.com)
* The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s looking for someone to cover the Cavs. (jobinfo.com)
* She’s no Chelsea! Maureen Dowd gets $30,000 per speaking gig. (mediamatters.org)
* Fired Pando writer David Sirota joins International Business Times. “They’ve been around a long time and are slowly but surely increasing their capacity,” he says of IBT. (digiday.com)
* Arizona Daily Star avoids using the “P-word” as it introduces its … paywall. (tucsonsentinel.com)
* Howard Kurtz & Co. address the “Fox Blondes” flap. (mediaite.com) | (@HowardKurtz)
* A Marquette journalism school graduate’s $1 million gift will be used for a new Jesuit residence on campus. (jsonline.com)
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