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Special Series: Year in Review 2011

It's holiday time, and that means travel mania, less work and yes, year-end roundups. Yes, they are the lazy way to finish out the year for journalists and bloggers around the world, the ultimate in traffic catnip. But we thought we could take a different approach, doing year-end roundups for each niche we cover at MediaShift, giving our correspondents the space to talk about important trends that happened in 2011, and pointing us toward what we might expect in 2012. Happy reading, and happy holidays!

Year-End Posts

> Year in Review: Most Viral Student Media of 2011 by Dan Reimold

> Wiretapping, SOPA, Occupy: 2011 Was a Tumultuous Year in Media Law by Rob Arcamona, Jeff Hermes and Andy Sellars

> Public Media: A Wish List for 2012 by Amanda Hirsch

> Top 10 Media Stories of 2011: Arab Spring; R.I.P. Steve Jobs; Phone Hacking by Mark Glaser

> Idea Lab Year in Review by Desiree Everts

> How Did My Predictions for 2011 Turn Out? by Dorian Benkoil

> Year in Review: 6 Trends in Journalism Education by Adam Glenn

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What do you think about our series? Did we miss anything? What were your top media moments of 2011 and where do you see things heading in 2012?

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

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