Today’s tweets

* J-prof who profiled Newt in 2005: “I’m troubled when Gingrich denigrates reporters for cheap applause lines.” (American Journalism Review)

* PBS MediaShift launches Collaboration Central, its third site. (PBS MediaShift)

* Gawker’s Daulerio: “Sometimes I get overly obsessed with a story and just don’t let it go even though I probably should.” (Business Insider)

* Seattle Times reporters win $35,000 Selden Ring Award for “Methadone and the Politics of Pain” series. (USC Annenberg)

* Conservative media world rocked by ouster of American Spectator publisher Alfred Regnery. (Washington Examiner)

* Organic Consumers Association sics supporters on Sacramento Bee columnist. (Sacramento Bee | The column)