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  • newMatthew Anderson stands down as News Corp’s group corporate affairs chief
    Matthew Anderson, News Corp’s group director of strategy and corporate affairs for Europe and Asia, announced this afternoon that he is standing down from his position.Anderson, who is often described as James Murdoch’s right-hand man, said:I…
    - 17 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:18pm -
  • newAFP photographer wins Germany's Rueckblende prize
    Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer John MacDougall has won Germany’s Rueckblende prize.
    - 19 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:18pm -
  • newPCC faces grilling at Leveson Inquiry next week
    The Leveson Inquiry will focus on the role of regulators next week when representatives from the Press Compliants Commission, media regulator Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Agency will give evidence.On Monday the current director of the PCC, St…
    - 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 12:03pm -
  • newAlex Crawford to present Bob Friend Memorial Lecture
    The University of Kent has announced that Sky News’s Alex Crawford will present this year’s Bob Friend Memorial Lecture. The special correspondent, who has been named Journalist of the Year on three occasions by the Royal Television Society, wil…
    - 22 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 11:30am -

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Kunda Dixit: New forms of journalism in Asia
Kunda Dixit: New forms of journalism in AsiaKunda Dixit is one of Nepal's leading journalists and editors (founder editor of Nepali Times) and an international authority on the press in Asia. For Mediafabric he'll talk about his work, experien…
- 54 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:33am -
BCIT Magazine: January 26th, 2012
BCIT Magazine: January 26th, 2012On today's BCIT Magazine: The BC Liquor Board bans The Rio Theatre from showing movies, SFU sets a world record on Robbie Burns Day and BCIT's Evolution 107.9 FM turns 30. We hear from a pair of prominent alumni w…
- 5 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:59am -
CONTROLLED MEDIA Reporter Agrees Servile Corporate Media Seeked Pro-War PR Coverage Of Iraq
CONTROLLED MEDIA Reporter Agrees Servile Corporate Media Seeked Pro-War PR Coverage Of IraqHow To Go To Heaven: www.jesus-is-savior.com www.salon.com May 29, 2008 3:03 AM Pacific Standard Time CNN/MSNBC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-B…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:47pm -
CTJT - training that works
CTJT - training that worksCTJT offer affordable distance learning courses in the NCTJ diploma, writing, journalism, proofreading and web writing. For more information, visit: www.ctjt.bizFrom:CTJT01Views:0 0ratingsTime:01:05More inE…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 6:59pm -
Community College News 2012 Episode #2
Community College News 2012 Episode #2News from New Brunswick entirely produced by NBCC Journalism Students.From:JschoolNBCCViews:1 0ratingsTime:11:31More inNews & Politics
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 6:58pm -
How Scarce Resources Could Shape US Politics
How Scarce Resources Could Shape US PoliticsIn a time of scarce resources, plans to cut deficits and reduce spending can develop into campaign issues. Judy Woodruff and Tom Edsall, a longtime Washington Post reporter who's now a New York Times co…
- 16 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 5:33pm -

Newspaper Death Watch

  • eMarketer: Online Ad Spend To Pass Print in 2012
    this release is republished verbatim from eMarketer. More here. US online advertising spending, which grew 23% to $32.03 billion in 2011, is expected to grow an additional 23.3% to $39.5 billion this year-pushing it ahead of total spending on print n…
    - 9 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 6:59pm -
  • Fewer Daily Newspapers Deliver Daily
    Two-thirds of Michigan households will be unable to get daily newspaper delivery after the end of this month, notes Alan Mutter in his column in Editor & Publisher. Michigan is only the most dramatic example of a quiet yet dramatic change that is swe…
    - 16 days ago, 12 Jan 12, 2:40pm -
  • Patch Business Model Flounders
    We’ve posted several positive items about the local Patch operation in our community, a one-person news bureau that has become our favorite – and most timely – source of information about local events. So we feel it’s also important to shar…
    - 23 days ago, 5 Jan 12, 4:25pm -
  • Can 1,400 Dailies Die in 5 Years? Yes
    The Annenberg School at the University of Southern California created a stir last week with its prediction that only four US daily newspapers will still be in print in five years. “We believe that the only print newspapers that will survive will be…
    - 39 days ago, 20 Dec 11, 6:11pm -

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  • newA lesson in UGC, copyright, and the law (again)

    - 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:56pm -
  • newThe £10,000 question: who benefits most from a tax threshold change?
    Here’s a great test for eagle-eyed journalists, tweeted by Guardian’s James Ball. It’s a tale of two charts that claim to show the impact of a change in the income tax threshold to £10,000. Here’s the first: And here’s the second: So: same…
    - 17 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:34pm -
  • newA new Scottish datablog (and a treemap in Liverpool)
    The Scotsman has a newish data blog, set up (I’m rather proud to say) by one of my former PA/Telegraph trainees: Jennifer O’Mahoney. This is particularly important as so much data covered in the ‘national’ press tends to be English-only due…
    - 18 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:24pm -
  • Word cloud or bar chart?
    One of the easiest ways to get someone started on data visualisation is to introduce them to word clouds (it also demonstrates neatly how not all data is numerical). Using tools like Wordle and Tagxedo, you can paste in a major speech and see it visu…
    - 1 day ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:54am -

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  • newMedia links of the day
    The Washington Post has launched a new section on its website titled to publish links to the best coverage of the US election. The Post gathers links shared by Twitter users tweeting with its hashtag #campaignreads. Facebook hires Bloomberg's Da…
    - 16 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 5:51pm -
  • newChina and India gaining prominence in international newspapers
    Starting from the current issue The Economist will have a weekly section devoted to China, the paper's leader announced. This is the first time since 1942, when the a US section was introduced, that the news magazine is dedicating an entire section t…
    - 18 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:24pm -
  • Mail Online is the world's biggest newspaper site, according to comScore
    The Daily Mail has overtaken The New York Times to become the world's biggest newspaper site, according to data from comScore. Buzzfeed reports that in December 2011 Mail Online reached 45.3 million users, compared to 44.8 million reached by the The…
    - 1 day ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:54am -
  • Media links of the day
    What are the differences between Story Visualizations and Answer Visualizations? Why human filters are the future of the web: the importance of role of real editors rather than algorithms online. Latest numbers indicate New York Times traffic is flat…
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:50pm -

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  • #AOPsummit: B2B media and the value of communities
    Make a connection with your audience and harness the power of focused communities around your niche, media groups advised publishers during a panel discussion on how B2B publications can benefit from and offer value to their readers. John Barnes MD o…
    - 15 Oct 10, 5:29pm -
  • Shiny Media hits 30m views on YouTube
    Shiny Media, a company that produces websites across a number of areas including fashion, technology and lifestyle, has achieved 30 million views on two of its YouTube channels, Shiny Fashion and tech-based Shiny Media. Shiny Media co-founder, Ashley…
    - 15 Oct 10, 4:09pm -
  • #AOPsummit: Media leaders encourage experimentation and openness to failure
    Experiment, experiment, experiment – that was the message from the heads of ‘leading media’ at the AOP Digital Publishing Summit this morning. Google UK’s MD Matt Brittin said publishers can’t afford not to experiment. Be distinctive … th…
    - 15 Oct 10, 3:22pm -
  • Daily Echo journalist defends Bournemouth Uni after Kelvin Mackenzie swipe
    Bournemouth Daily Echo journalist Steven Smith has written in defence of the Bournemouth University’s journalism school, following criticism of the department by former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie. According to the Echo, Mackenzie on Wednesday desc…
    - 15 Oct 10, 3:12pm -

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Suzanne Malveaux Hosts NABJ Hall of Fame Induction 2012
Suzanne Malveaux Hosts NABJ Hall of Fame Induction 2012
- 50 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:37am -
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
- 51 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:36am -
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
- 51 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:36am -
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
Gwen Ifill is inducted to the NABJ Hall of Fame
- 52 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:35am -
Michael Fields receives Ida B. Wells Award at NABJ Hall of Fame
Michael Fields receives Ida B. Wells Award at NABJ Hall of Fame
- 53 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:34am -
Michael Fields receives Ida B. Wells Award at NABJ Hall of Fame
Michael Fields receives Ida B. Wells Award at NABJ Hall of Fame
- 54 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:33am -

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  • How to create online layout exercise for journalism students
    What's a good online layout exercise for journalism students? Seeking tools and ideas. I'm teaching an undergrad journalism course on editing/presentation. Along with grammar and usage, we cover headlines, photo captions, etc. -- the building blocks…
    - 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 1:26pm -
  • What do reporters mean when they say that someone "declined to speak on the record?"
    Help me understand a bit of journalese. When reporters say in an article that someone "declined to speak on the record" (which is a phrase that crops up very often) is the journalist indicating that the person in question was interviewed off the reco…
    - 10 days ago, 18 Jan 12, 6:06pm -
  • How can I get better at interviewing people for stories?
    How do I not sound naive and awkward when interviewing people for freelance stories? Hello! I am doing some freelance writing, and having to cold call people to get information -- enough to make compelling pitches. (I know this becomes much easier…
    - 15 days ago, 13 Jan 12, 4:22pm -
  • Translating WriteNow Mac files
    How can I translate thousands of files written in an old Macintosh word processing program called WriteNow, into a format that is easily accessible, probably Microsoft Word or RTF? It's a problem. I'm a writer and I used WriteNow exclusively for abou…
    - 28 days ago, 31 Dec 11, 9:27pm -

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PRN Meet the Media W/ Oliver Ralph
There was a festive feel to December’s Meet the Media, as public relations and communications professionals gathered at Wax Chandlers Hall in the heart of the City to hear Oliver Ralph, UK Companies Editor of the FT, give an insight i…
- 3 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 12:00am -
Thrash Hits TV: Sylosis @ Sonisphere Festival 2011
A http://www.ThrashHits.com thing - Sometimes people accuse Thrash Hits of not taking our music journalism seriously. Well, we expect that to change after people see our interview with SYLOSIS backstage at Sonisphere Festival 2011. Who…
- 15 days ago, 13 Jan 12, 12:00am -
Hostess Files for BANKRUPTCYy!!!!
Gabby Birchak and Gab's Blabs Breaking News: Hostess files for bankruptcy making our First World Problems even greater!Ranked 2.28 / 5 | 77 views | 0 commentsClick here to watch the video (00:47)Submit…
- 17 days ago, 11 Jan 12, 12:00am -
Skyrim Vs Saints Row: Which is the Better Santa Simulator? - Destructoid
The studio's closed today, but that didn't stop Max from delivering some hard-hitting holiday-themed game journalism. Find out which video game makes a better Santa Claus simulator: Saints Row The Third, or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?…
- 32 days ago, 27 Dec 11, 12:00am -
HipMojo 20C: YouTube’s Trillion Views in 2011
In part 3 of show 20 of HipMojo, Ash and CT tackle lightning round and answer the Email of the Week.Ranked 3.53 / 5 | 21 views | 0 commentsClick here to watch the video (11:27)Submitted By: watch…
- 36 days ago, 23 Dec 11, 12:00am -
Guerilla Journalism
From the movie Broadcast News - Jane (Holly Hunter) manages a news segment in the jungle amid gun fire with Aaron (Albert Brooks) reporting.Ranked 4.00 / 5 | 11 views | 0 commentsClick here to watch the video…
- 45 days ago, 14 Dec 11, 12:00am -

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