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New manager for Northsound
From Radio Today. Posted May 16 2008, 12.31pm
Radio Forth programme director Luke McCullough is returning to his former station Northsound to take up the role of managing director. (more)

Online Journalism China: shortcomings in the earthquake relief effort going unnoticed in the scramble to present a front of national unity
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 16 2008, 11.43am
As the catastrophe and media blackout in Burma continues, coverage of the Wenchuan quake in China has taken centre stage. While pictures and information on Burma are scarce, the international media has been given a free hand on the ground in Sichuan province, perhaps as natural disasters offer an unrivalled opportunity for the government to show [...] (more)

Missing Live to return to BBC1
From Media Guardian. Posted May 16 2008, 11.23am
BBC1's daytime show Missing Live, which attempts to reunite missing people with their families, has been recommissioned after a successful first run. By Tara Conlan (more)

Newsquest 'astonishment' at planned five-day strike by journalists
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 16 2008, 10.20am
Company believes its offer is looking "increasingly attractive" (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: slick searching with Google’s ‘inanchor’ operator
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 16 2008, 9.15am
Slick searching: Use Google's 'inanchor' operator to search only within the text that links to another page. It's a great way to find leads with unusual search terms. Use it like this inanchor:plesiosaur or like this for a phrase or name inanchor:"loch ness monster". Tipster: Colin Meek Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. (more)

Journalist's "months to live" fear as relapse takes hold
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 16 2008, 8.00am
Big decision on chemotherapy versus quality of life holds key (more)

ITV says turnaround 'on track'
From The Scotsman. Posted May 16 2008, 12.00am
ITV said yesterday that its turnaround plan was on track as it looked set to outperform the overall UK advertising market for the first time in eight years. (more)

MPs lose bid to hide expense claims from journalists
From Press Gazette. Posted May 16 2008, 12.00am
The House of Commons has lost its High Court battle over an information watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses. (more)

Boris Johnson to return to Daily Telegraph column - on £250,000 a year
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 12.47pm
Boris Johnson will return to the Daily Telegraph - where he is expected to earn about £250,000 a year for his weekly column. By Stephen Brook (more)

ITV battles advertising downturn
From BBC News. Posted May 15 2008, 12.15pm
ITV predicts no growth in advertising revenue for the first half of 2008 as the UK economy slows. (more)

Innovations in Journalism - tracking conversations and researching stories with YackTrack
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 11.18am
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. This week's starter for ten is the aptly named YackTrack, designed to find info related to a single issue across various sites. 1) who are you and what's it all [...] (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - Using Google Timeline to get a story’s history
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 10.18am
Story context: Use Google's Timeline tool to get a story's history. You can zoom in on specific years. Go to news - news archive search, enter a search term and click the 'show timeline' button. Tipster: Colin Meek Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. (more)

Student journalists complete video training on PA course
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 15 2008, 9.20am
Transformation programme for Press Association course as it moves from print to multimedia (more)

Journalist goes undercover in kerb crawl probe
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 15 2008, 9.20am
Advertiser crime reporter experiences Swindon's seedier side in special investigation (more)

Inflection Point: Pay per performance for online journos
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 14 2008, 10.09am
Journalism.co.uk wrote a story last week about comments RBI managing director Jim Muttram made to the PPA conference about performance related pay for journalists. Back on his own blog Jim has posted about the hubbub surrounding the issue. "If any pay for performance scheme were ever to be implemented in a blanket fashion that very well might be the result - which, for the record, would be a bad thing! "However, in an online world where attention is firstly more valued and more difficult to get, and secondly increasingly measurable it surely comes as no surprise that questions about how to maximise it arise from time to time." I recommend a click through to read the whole post. (more)

Journalists vote for five-day strike at York Press
From Press Gazette. Posted May 14 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at Newsquest York have voted to take five days of strike action after rejecting a pay offer of three per cent. (more)

Journalism.co.uk press release distribution service now on Twitter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 13 2008, 11.00pm
PressGo, Journalism.co.uk's service to publish and distribute press releases, now available on SMS through Twitter (more)

Wall Street Journal appoints chief technology officer
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 13 2008, 3.16pm
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has named Sarabjit 'Ruby' Walia as chief technology officer for its digital network. Walia will manage the technology across WSJ.com and Dow Jones' sister websites Barrons and MarketWatch. He joins the Journal from business and financial communications consultancy Financial Dynamics. "Ruby's success leading digital technology businesses within large media companies in this space [...] (more)

The Times turns to US Vogue for Luxx magazine editor
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 11.12am
The Times has hired a new editor for its quarterly glossy magazine Luxx from US Vogue. By Stephen Brook (more)

BBC World Service scoops four Sony Awards
From Press Gazette. Posted May 13 2008, 12.00am
The BBC World Service has swept the board in the journalism categories at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards. (more)

Government to look at copyright rules which 'treat journalists like serfs'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 13 2008, 12.00am
Media secretary Andy Burnham has promised to meet MPs to discuss journalists’ concern that the government review of copyright law is threatening their livelihoods. (more)

James Whale to host talkshow on internet radio site Play Radio UK
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 5.17pm
Sacked TalkSport radio host James Whale is to return with a talkshow on internet radio site Play Radio UK. By John Plunkett (more)

Wapple turns print interactive
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted May 12 2008, 1.45pm
- Wapple Canvas ZestTM automatically generates data matrix and QR codes to link print media to the mobile web - 12 May 2008: With Wapple Canvas Zest, the latest mobile internet site builder and publishing tool from Wapple (http://wapple.net), it is now possible to make traditional print media interactive by linking it directly to the mobile web. Wapple Canvas Zest automatically generates a unique data matrix code and QR code for each mobile web page... (more)

Robin Banks returns to radio
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 11.59am
The former Kiss 100 and Virgin Radio DJ Robin Banks is set to take over the breakfast slot on GCap Media's Leicester Sound. By John Plunkett (more)

Robin Banks back on air
From Radio Today. Posted May 12 2008, 11.37am
Former Kiss 100 and Virgin Radio presenter Robin Banks is returning to radio, as the new breakfast show presenter at GCap's Leicester Sound. The established radio and television host will step into his new role on Monday 30th June. (more)

Paul Howlett's TV film picks: Flags of Our Fathers | Dogville | The Bourne Identity
From Media Guardian. Posted May 11 2008, 11.07pm
Paul Howlett on Flags of Our Fathers | Dogville | The Bourne Identity (more)

How we developed great comedy, despite Radio 4
From Media Guardian. Posted May 11 2008, 11.04pm
John Pidgeon: Hopefully Happy Mondays will generate a return on BBC Vision's investment in Radio 4 comedy with a glut of TV transfers (more)

Networks closing on Facebook will restrict journalists' access
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 11 2008, 11.00pm
Journalists who use the site for newsgathering say the closure of Facebook's network pages is a sign of increasing restriction of information on the social network (more)

Kate Kellaway on the week's radio
From Media Guardian. Posted May 10 2008, 11.05pm
Miranda Sawyer on Robbie Williams and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side | On the Ropes | Landscape (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: Google Trends
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 9 2008, 11.13am
Story context: Quickly get the heads up on an issue using Google Trends. Enter your term and see how the search volume has changed over time and track news 'spikes'. You can also compare terms. Tipster: Colin Meek Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. (more)

Online Journalism China: The voices in-between the official press and the western media
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 9 2008, 10.42am
Adding to the burgeoning hoard of international bloggers on Journalism.co.uk, China Daily's Dave Green offers an insight into the world of online journalism in China. Domestic furore over the Western media's reporting of the Tibet risings and the Olympic Torch relay was as inevitable as night following day, but the nature of the backlash wasn't as [...] (more)

Social Media Journalist: “The problem with most news organisations is a lack of editorial understanding of social media” Kevin Anderson, Guardian blogs editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 9 2008, 10.39am
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Kevin Anderson, Guardian.co.uk. 1) Who are you and what do you do? Kevin Anderson, blogs editor at Guardian.co.uk. My title is misnomer seeing as desk editors handle most of the commissioning. My role [...] (more)

Innovations in Journalism: Flock’s social web browser
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 9 2008, 10.38am
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it's the evolution of the browser with social browsing software from Flock. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? Hi I'm Evan Hamilton, community ambassador for Flock. Flock [...] (more)

Freelance journalist's rare footy photo find generates national headlines
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 9 2008, 9.00am
Nostalgia website's 'world picture exclusive' of 1800s England football team (more)

Guardian mulling on guidelines for journalists participating in comment threads
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 8 2008, 11.00pm
Staff on the paper are engaged in internal discussions about how journalists should interact with readers in comments (more)

ABC to set up university news bureaus at five US journalism schools
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 8 2008, 11.00pm
The news network, in return for filing stories for digital and broadcast platforms, will mentor a paid staff of students (more)

US journalist elected mayor of UK market town
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 3.40pm
Burt called a halt to globe-trotting journalism career to settle in Lincolnshire (more)

Celebrity journalist Coleen snubs newspaper's work experience offer
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 2.30pm
Famous WAG says "no thanks" to newsroom trial with Crewe Chronicle (more)

Ant and Dec to return comedy award after botched phone vote exposed
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2008, 12.28pm
Ant and Dec are to return their 2005 people's choice British Comedy Award after an ITV investigation found that Catherine Tate should have won the phone vote for the prize. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Local newspaper reporters do battle for Mind journalism award
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 6.00am
Three candidates from regional press line up against national journalist in charity's annual awards (more)

Journalists warn of Euro Parliament sport rights threat
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
Journalists and press freedom campaigners are calling on the European Parliament to scrap legislation that would curb news organisations' rights to report from sporting events. (more)

Bad news as Trinity Mirror reflects on downturn in advertising at papers
From The Scotsman. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
NEWSPAPER publisher Trinity Mirror said today that advertising markets remain "difficult and volatile" as firms continue to scale back their marketing budgets. (more)

Don't turn BBC into a ghetto, warns Stephen Fry
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 11.43pm
Broadcaster and writer warns that 'ghetto-ising' its programming could fatally undermine it (more)

BBC in talks with Aherne and Cash over Royle Family return
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 2.43pm
The BBC has confirmed it is in talks with Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, the creators of the Royle Family, about bringing the hit comedy back for one more episode. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Record Finds SPL Not for Turning
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted May 7 2008, 7.43am
Not the best day at the office for the sports desk of the Daily Record, yesterday. And it wasn’t just getting wrong that fixtures were being rearranged to assist Rangers’ congested playing schedule, including the UEFA Cup final, a week today. ‘SPL do U-turn to... (more)

Award-winning reporter opens new �300,000 journalism training centre
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 7 2008, 6.10am
University of Brighton welcomes Andrew Jennings for lecture and opening ceremony (more)

Risks of football journalism and 'insolent' contumelious reporting
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 7 2008, 6.10am
Sports news and comment attracts spate of litigation (more)

B2B publishers 'feeling effects of downturn'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 7 2008, 12.00am
Business to business publishers are already feeling the effects of the economic downturn in certain sectors, according to a panel of chief executives at the Periodical Publishers Conference in London yesterday. (more)

Spackman: Journalism and search optimisation are 'completely interwoven' at Times Online
From Press Gazette. Posted May 7 2008, 12.00am
Journalism and search engine optimisation are completely interwoven at Times Online, the site's editor-in-chief Anne Spackman has told the digital seminar at the PPA Conference in London. (more)

Search is central to TimesOnline's journalism, says Spackman
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 6 2008, 11.00pm
Optimising content for search engines has become a key focus for TimesOnline staff since the site's revamp says editor-in-chief (more)

Adam Curry comes to Arrow Classic Rock
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 6 2008, 3.55pm
Starting next Monday, 12 May, popular presenter Adam Curry returns to Dutch radio for the first time since 2004, with a new weekday show on Arrow Classic Rock called “Curry’s Wake Up Call”. Curry was last on the air with Radio Veronica, then left to pursue his passion of developing his podcast ‘The Daily Source [...] (more)

Fiona Bruce turns action hero in BBC HD ad
From Media Guardian. Posted May 6 2008, 10.56am
The BBC is promoting the launch of its HD TV channel with an ad featuring newsreader Fiona Bruce as an action hero. By Mark Sweney (more)

BBC Urdu bulletins return to Pakistan FM stations after six-month ban
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 6 2008, 10.39am
BBC Urdu is relaunching its live five-minute news bulletins on local Pakistan FM partner stations today. This follows their disruption by Pakistani regulators after the imposition of emergency rule on 3 November last year. Pakistan’s Information Minister Sherry Rehman told the BBC that, in keeping with the new Government’s media policy, there were now no restrictions [...] (more)

Fourth novel brings hope of more success for journalist-turned-author
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 6 2008, 9.00am
World of "dark and dangerous secrets" comes alive for Wiltshrie journalist and author (more)

Le Monde journalists in third strike
From Media Guardian. Posted May 6 2008, 8.22am
Staff at France's most prestigious daily newspaper are staging a third one-day walkout in an increasingly bitter dispute over job cuts (more)

International Golf Tournie Invite to Hacks
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted May 6 2008, 8.04am
If you're a hack and you play golf, the press equivalent of the Ryder Cup wants to hear from you. The Ailsa Cup is played for by journalists from Europe and the USA, and this year it is taking place at Turnberry, in Ayrshire. Five years old, the tournament used to be called the Kintyre... (more)

RBI considers pay-per-page view for online journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 5 2008, 11.00pm
A pay-per-view pay model for online content has been discussed by the publisher (more)

Moldova jams Pridnestrovie TV and radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 5 2008, 11.53am
The Tiraspol Times, which reports on events in the breakaway state of Pridnestrovie, leads this week with the news Moldova has placed a series of jamming devices which interfere with the radio and TV signals that broadcasters in Pridnestrovie distribute to their customers. The new jamming equipment was installed and turned on in the last week [...] (more)

Burnham questions: The Secretary of State for Culture takes a bow
From The Independent. Posted May 5 2008, 12.00am
Imagine, if you will, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, ensconced in his armchair and clutching his remote, jabbing it in the direction of the television just like Jim, the Ricky Tomlinson character in the northern sitcom The Royle Family. (more)

'Eve' plots to tempt readers and turn 'Red' green
From The Independent. Posted May 5 2008, 12.00am
Dressed smartly in trousers and a red pin-striped blouse, there is a more newsy quality to Nic McCarthy than your typical woman's magazine editor. Perhaps this is not surprising, given that the new editor of Eve magazine oversaw Richard Desmond's weekly celebrity title OK! for three years and also edited US Weekly. (more)

Peter Preston: Black and white photography turned into gold
From Media Guardian. Posted May 3 2008, 11.03pm
Peter Preston: Don't be surprised if the whole question of newspaper colour doesn't grow a little more contentious (more)

Dual focus for Mercury journalists on McCann anniversary as 500 new posters are printed
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 2 2008, 9.30am
Leicester Mercury talks to crime experts and examines worldwide media coverage of Madeleine story (more)

Media Talk podcast: the future of DAB and the Dawn Airey returns to Five
From Media Guardian. Posted May 2 2008, 9.21am
The panel discuss the future of the UK radio industry and Dawn Airey's shock return to Five. And Gareth McLean reports from behind the scenes of the BBC's drama department. With Matt Wells, Paul Robinson and Janine Gibson (more)

Media Talk podcast: the future of DAB and Dawn Airey returns to Five
From Media Guardian. Posted May 2 2008, 9.21am
The panel discuss the future of the UK radio industry and Dawn Airey's shock return to Five. And Gareth McLean reports from behind the scenes of the BBC's drama department. With Matt Wells, Paul Robinson and Janine Gibson (more)

Randi Rhodes Returns to XM Satellite Radio
From radio.about.com. Posted May 2 2008, 1.00am
XM says Rhodes will return to its programming lineup beginning May 5. Now syndicated by Nova M Radio, the new "Randi Rhodes Show" will air from 3 - 6... (more)

Journalist freed from Gitmo will work for Al Jazeera again
From Press Gazette. Posted May 2 2008, 12.00am
The Al Jazeera cameraman released from Guantanamo Bay after six years detention will work for the broadcaster again, according to its director general. (more)

Huff Post is death to professional journalism, says Keen
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 11.00pm
News sites such as The Huffington Post will kill off professional journalists, says Andrew Keen (more)

Dutch citizen journalism site Skoeps closes
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 11.00pm
Skoeps site closed after failing to find profitable business model (more)

Jo Burgin's al-Jazeera employment tribunal adjourned until September
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2008, 4.24pm
A potential £1m tribunal brought by a former al-Jazeera English executive has been adjourned until September after a day of legal wrangling. By Ben Dowell (more)

Gremlins return to face 'Dragon' Jones
From Digital Spy. Posted May 1 2008, 3.45pm
The creatures from the '80s film Gremlins feature in a new BT advert with Dragon's Den's Peter Jones. (more)

Pentagon launches foreign news websites - USA Today
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 1 2008, 1.42pm
USA Today reports that the Pentagon is setting up a global network of foreign-language news websites, including an Arabic site for Iraqis, and hiring local journalists to write current events stories and other content that promote US interests and counter insurgent messages. The paper says that the news sites are part of a Pentagon initiative [...] (more)

Five's Jane Lighting strikes out as Dawn Airey returns
From The Times. Posted May 1 2008, 1.24pm
Jane Lighting has been ousted from her job as Five’s chief executive as the broadcaster’s owner decided to bring back Dawn Airey, who earlier this week dramatically quit her job at ITV. (more)

Innovations in Journalism - Opinion Tracker
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 12.47pm
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it's monitoring what people are talking about on the web with Opinion Tracker. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? Hi, I'm Chris Quigley, managing partner at Delib [...] (more)

Citizen journalists supply front page scoops with stills and video for news websites
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 1 2008, 8.00am
Readers respond in droves when news happens around them (more)

Student Journalism Blog: using Google to run your student newspaper
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 8.00am
Dave Lee offers tips on how to make the most of simple Google apps - calendar, email and documents - to organize operations at a student newspaper. Simple steps, which more importantly can be implemented for free. (more)

Freelance picks up personal finance journalist of the year prize
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Freelance journalist Sylvia Morris was named journalist of the year last night at the Headlinemoney.co.uk awards for personal finance journalists. (more)

Mobile video journos boost Liverpool polls coverage - local elections round-up
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
The Liverpool Daily Post and Echo have employed a number of new digital tools to provide instant updates and interactive options as part of their online coverage of today’s local elections. (more)

Maxim editor terms trade journalists 'wankers' after report of April sales dip
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Maxim editor Michael Donlevy has sent an email to staff to boost moral after it was reported that the magazine sold just 24,000 copies of its April issue, claiming that a drop in sales was necessary to move the title away from its lads mag... (more)

Maxim editor calls trade journalists 'wankers' after report of April sales dip
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Maxim editor Michael Donlevy has sent an email to staff to boost moral after it was reported that the magazine sold just 24,000 copies of its April issue, claiming that a drop in sales was necessary to move the title away from its lads mag... (more)

Search Engine Journal: using Del.icio.us to analyse site performance
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 30 2008, 11.52am
Handy tips on how to use social bookmarking tool del.icio.us to discover why people are tagging your content and what keywords they are using. The tool can also be used to assess the popularity - in terms of bookmarked content - of your competitors' sites. (more)

Sales rise for Wall Street Journal and USA Today as US circulations plummet
From Media Guardian. Posted April 30 2008, 8.35am
USA Today and Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal have recorded year-on-year sales rises to buck the trend as US newspapers continue to haemorrhage readers. By Elana Schor (more)

Airey quits ITV to return to her old stamping ground on Five
From Media Guardian. Posted April 29 2008, 11.26pm
She takes over as chair and chief executive of the broadcaster following surprise defection (more)

Chris Anderson: Journalism jobs will be lost and news media smaller in the digital future
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 29 2008, 11.00pm
The Long Tail author says news media has to add value above that available from amateurs to survive in a digital future where getting content for free is the norm (more)

Chris Anderson: Journalism jobs will be lost and news media could become smaller in the digital future
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 29 2008, 11.00pm
The Long Tail author says news media has to add value above that available from amateurs to survive in a digital future where getting content for free is the norm (more)

Deutsche Welle and Mauritanian Radio sign cooperation deal
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 29 2008, 5.11pm
Erik Bettermann, Director-General of Deutsche Welle (DW), and officials of the Mauritanian Radio Television (RTM) have signed a cooperation agreement on broadcasting. France Grebern, head of DW programme distribution in Africa and Middle East, said RTM would broadcast DW programmes whereas DW will train Mauritanian journalists and technicians, adding that Germany was ready to support broadcasting [...] (more)

'Dirt' makes muted return for Fiver
From Digital Spy. Posted April 29 2008, 5.02pm
Fiver failed to make a mark in the ratings last night with the return of Dirt to UK television. (more)

Time Warner to return $4bn from cable spin off$
From The Times. Posted April 29 2008, 4.31pm
Jeffrey Bewkes, chief executive of Time Warner, will tomorrow announce the spin off of its cable-television unit in a deal that is expected to see around $4 billion worth of cash released back to shareholders, The Times has learnt.$ (more)

Press agency reporter joins up with journalism students
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 29 2008, 7.40am
UCLan final-year student newspaper welcomes star columnist (more)

Exmouth RSL plans to return
From Radio Today. Posted April 28 2008, 11.53pm
Exmouth’s community radio station Bay FM is due to broadcast during the Exmouth Festival, 24 hours a day. The RSL, on 107.9 FM will start on 19th May. (more)

'Murders' return defeats 'Austen' drama
From Digital Spy. Posted April 28 2008, 8.59pm
The return of Midsomer Murders to ITV1 trumps a drama about the life of Jane Austen in the ratings. (more)

Friends and family mourn BBC TV presenter Mark Speight
From Media Guardian. Posted April 28 2008, 2.56pm
About 200 people have attended the funeral of children's TV presenter Mark Speight. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Radio Sweden turns 70 this year
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 28 2008, 2.30pm
This year, the external service of Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio) turns 70. On July 1, 1938 the first ever broadcast from Stockholm directed abroad was in Swedish. A year later, programmes in English and German went on air. Today Swedish Radio broadcasts in 13 different languages. Ahead of an anniversary programme in September, the Radio Sweden website [...] (more)

Online Journalism Scandinavia: “Computer programming is journalism”
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 1.28pm
Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at innovate use of Google mash-ups and online databases by the Norwegian press. "Computer programming is also journalism," Espen Andersen, the man charged with bringing the current affairs journalism of Norway's public broadcaster (NRK) kicking and screaming into the internet age, told Journalism.co.uk. He should know. Andersen is one of Scandinavia [...] (more)

Central Asian broadcasters call for more independent reporting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 28 2008, 12.03pm
Journalists working for state broadcasters should write more stories that are relevant to the lives of ordinary citizens, a workshop on regional journalism was told on Friday. Gulnara Ibrayeva, Head of Apparatus for the National TV and Radio Corporation of Kyrgyzstan, was speaking at a roundtable on “Challenges Confronting Regional Journalists” held as part of [...] (more)

Innovations in Journalism - a plug in to ease sorting through web images and video from PicLens
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 10.30am
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it's searching easily though web images and video with PicLens. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? Hi, I'm Alec Jeong from Cooliris. We've developed PicLens, a plug-in that [...] (more)

Social Media Journalist: “I’ve never met anyone who isn’t a media type who’s ever heard of Del.icio.us.,” Robert Hardie, Northcliffe Media
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 9.53am
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Robert Hardie, from UK regional newspaper publisher Northcliffe Media. 1. Who are you and what do you do? Robert Hardie, content strategy director for Northcliffe Media. 2. Which web or mobile-based social [...] (more)

Readwriteweb: How we use Twitter for journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 9.03am
The good people at Readwriteweb explain how they use Twitter for journalism. Pretty much the same as us at Journalism.co.uk - they say it falls into four distinct categories: The discovery of breaking stories People they follow tipping them off Interviews "When we got to interview Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW this year, we solicited interview questions via Twitter." Quality assurance Readers picking up on their factual errors. Promotion Tipping off the people that follow them (more)

Golf Day to Raise Funds for Journalists� Charity
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 28 2008, 7.55am
The Glasgow and West of Scotland branch of the Journalists’ Charity - which supports media workers who have fallen on hard times as was previously known as the Newspaper Press Fund - are organising a fund-raising golf day at one of the country’s best-known golfing locations. ... (more)

'Death of journalism' debate at press freedom day
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 28 2008, 6.10am
Key speakers lined up for debate, Telegraph hands out free sweets and more news in brief (more)

Where do trainees study for professional journalism qualifications?
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 28 2008, 6.10am
The National Council for the Training of Journalists shows us where its candidates came from... (more)

Key players in European student journalism team up for debate
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 28 2008, 5.10am
Conference theme is 'European Youth Journalism: where do we go from here?' (more)

'Getting out' is secret to Century Radio success
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
A winning streak at Century Radio in the north-west of England is down to a year of original, campaigning journalism, according to its head of news. (more)

What's next for BBC College of Journalism?
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
Maggie Brown looks at the evolution of the BBC's College of Journalism, and its director’s long-term ambition to open up facilities to outsiders (more)

What's next for the BBC College of Journalism?
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
Maggie Brown looks at the evolution of the BBC's College of Journalism, and its director's long-term ambition to open up facilities to outsiders (more)

Are strikes back in fashion for journalists?
From Media Guardian. Posted April 27 2008, 11.02pm
Question of the week: It is not only teachers who are taking industrial action. After a long period of surface calm, newspaper journalists are feeling provoked over pay and arbitrary dismissal, in titles as disparate as the Telegraph and the Express (more)

Future of NUJ's The Journalist magazine 'under review'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 27 2008, 11.00pm
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to extensively review its magazine, website and communications department (more)

ONA expands Online Journalism Awards
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 25 2008, 2.52pm
The Online News Association (ONA) has expanded its annual digital journalism awards with two new categories. New prizes will be given for online video journalism and general excellence in online journalism - non-English, in addition to 10 other digital categories. Deadline for entry to the 2008 Online Journalism Awards is May 31. (more)

Comment Is Free: Jarvis vs Tomasky: what rules for citizen journalists?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 25 2008, 1.09pm
Media commentator Jeff Jarvis and Guardian America editor Michael Tomasky debate whether citizen journalists have the same responsibilities as a journalist when reporting news. Jarvis: 'openness for all' "With more openness and more reporting - by all - we will end up with more stories, the public will get more information, and politicians will learn that anything and everything they say and do can (and should) be reported," writes Jarvis. Tomasky: Cit-j accounts need verification "And very few journalists I know would favour '[hiding] anything from the public.' They would, however, favour not publishing something until it's verified. That's scarcely complicity in secret-keeping. That's just being responsible." (more)

US Senator calls for more oversight of VOA Persian service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 25 2008, 11.03am
Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican and a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has called for more oversight over the VOA Persian Service, which, he said, has delivered broadcasts that have been slanted in favour of the Iranian government. He said the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees US government international [...] (more)

Innovations in Journalism - AccessInterviews.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 25 2008, 10.31am
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it's indexing interviews across the web from Access Interviews. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? My name is Rob McGibbon and I am a freelance journalist with a [...] (more)

Sports journalism standard is 'abysmal'
From Press Gazette. Posted April 25 2008, 12.00am
The veteran investigative reporter behind a long-running probe into alleged corruption at Fifa has launched an attack on what he called the "abysmal" standard of British sports journalism. (more)

Andrew Jennings: Sports journalism is 'abysmal'
From Press Gazette. Posted April 25 2008, 12.00am
The veteran investigative reporter behind a long-running probe into alleged corruption at Fifa has launched an attack on what he called the "abysmal" standard of British sports journalism. (more)

Social media training course for journalists launched
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 11.00pm
One-day London course designed to help journalists follow online breaking news (more)

Afghanistan?s National Journalists Union protests government ban on Indian television serials
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 24 2008, 6.49pm
Members of the Executive Committee of the Afghanistan’s National Journalists Union and representatives of Tolo TV attended a meeting at which the contents of a number of letters from the Ministry of Information and Culture ordering the cessation of further broadcasts of a number of Indian television serials by private television stations was discussed and considered.  The [...] (more)

Digital Journal launches revenue sharing for its citizen journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 2.06pm
Digital Journal has relaunched its citizen journalism site, which now includes a revenue sharing initiative for citizen journalists. Regular contributors to the site can now qualify for a share of the 'moneypot' made up from advertising revenue and the site has reportedly already paid out $38,000 to citizen journalists. The initiative applies to news stories, rather than [...] (more)

Former Cambridge Evening News editor to return as editor-in-chief
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 24 2008, 9.30am
Rumours proved right as Herts & Essex Newspapers boss returns to the fold (more)

New journalism degree is ready for students to take their seats
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 24 2008, 8.20am
NCTJ recognises University of Kent course at new campus (more)

BNP row prompts journalists' union to re-publish race reporting guide
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 24 2008, 8.20am
Future guidance may also have to include advertising, says NUJ (more)

Whitehaven repeat may be ruled out by Digital UK
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 6.17am
The body responsible for digital switchover is considering turning off the analogue signal for all the UK's terrestrial channels in one go. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

BBC News opens multi-platform newsroom
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
The first stage of the BBC News newsroom integration project was completed on Monday as journalists from the corporation's rolling television news service began working in a common newsroom with their colleagues from radio and television... (more)

TV stars on the run for charity
From allmediascotland. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
BAFTA award winning ‘Stacey’ from Gavin and Stacey, Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams and BBC Scotland Radio DJ Bryan Burnett have all signed up with a host of other famous faces to take part in the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run on 4 May. Stars taking part hail from popular TV... (more)

BNP councillor brands local journalist a 'Nazi'
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
The British National Party has defended a London councillor who verbally abused a local newspaper journalist just days before his party's push for London Assembly seats in next week’s local polls. (more)

Innovations in Journalism - live streaming video from mobiles developed by Qik
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2008, 9.09am
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it's live video streamed over the web from mobile phones from Qik. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? Hi. I'm Bhaskar Roy, co-founder of Qik. Qik's vision is [...] (more)

Runners and riders from annual equine journalism awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 23 2008, 7.40am
Evening Express reporter is pipped by a nose to top gong at prize ceremony (more)

Murdoch influence on Journal grows with exit of managing editor
From Financial Times. Posted April 23 2008, 3.00am
Four months after buying Dow Jones for $5bn, Rupert Murdoch has cemented his influence over the Wall Street Journal, the media group's flagship, with the resignation... (more)

Murdoch's grip tightens on Journal with exit of managing editor
From Financial Times. Posted April 23 2008, 3.00am
Four months after buying Dow Jones for $5bn, Rupert Murdoch has cemented his influence over the Wall Street Journal, the media group's flagship, with the resignation... (more)

Resignation tightens Murdoch's grip on the Journal
From Financial Times. Posted April 22 2008, 11.17pm
Marcus Brauchli has stepped down as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, following clashes over the pace of change after News Corp's $5bn takeover (more)

London School of Journalism to offer lectures in Second Life
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 22 2008, 11.00pm
Students in the virtual world can attend a series of sessions over the next six months (more)

Number of journalists not in decline, says GMG chairman
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 22 2008, 11.00pm
Staffing across the industry will not decrease to the extent it has in print as journalists adapt themselves to new media, says Paul Myners (more)

Ditchy back in Manchester
From Radio Today. Posted April 22 2008, 6.13pm
David Ditchfield is returning to the north-west to join 105.4 Century Radio’s breakfast show, just months after leaving Bauer Radio's flagship station Key 103. Ditchy is the third breakfast presenter for the GMG Radio station in the past 15 months. (more)

New York Film Academy teams up with NBC to train digital journalists of the future
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 22 2008, 2.33pm
The New York Film Academy has teamed up with NBC News to offer a year-long training course in '21st Century broadcast journalism'. The course aims to train the next generation of journalists to 'be prepared to navigate the evolving landscape of digital journalism.' Students will have the chance to attend 'master classes' conducted by NBC news staff [...] (more)

Social Media Journalist: “Our future isn’t traditional online but in mobile media platforms,” Steve Smith, Spokesman-Review
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 22 2008, 1.20pm
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Steve Smith from The Spokesman-Review, USA. 1. Who are you and what do you do? I am the editor of The Spokesman-Review, a 90,000 circulation daily serving several counties in [...] (more)

Wall Street Journal editor Marcus Brauchli 'to resign'
From Media Guardian. Posted April 22 2008, 9.26am
Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli is reportedly set to resign just four months after News Corporation took control of parent company Dow Jones. By Stephen Brook (more)

Prizes for journalists who excelled in their exams
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 22 2008, 6.20am
Four newly-qualified reporters have been handed awards (more)

MoS editor Wright: "Freedom of speech must unite all journalists"
From Press Gazette. Posted April 22 2008, 12.00am
A Turkish journalist jailed for republishing an interview given by his father which mentioned the Armenian genocide has won the 2008 Index on Censorship journalism award. (more)

Peter Wright: 'Freedom of speech must unite journalists'
From Press Gazette. Posted April 22 2008, 12.00am
Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright has presented the 2008 Index on Censorship journalism award to a Turkish journalist jailed for republishing an interview given by his father which mentioned the Armenian genocide. (more)

Market forces: ITV bid serial returns to traders' screens
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 11.09pm
Nick Huber: Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster leads the FTSE 100 risers (more)

BBC embraces Russian bloggers with Live Journal partnership
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 11.00pm
A new project sees BBC Russia linked to leading Russian blogging site LiveJournal (more)

How to: master Twitter if you're a journalist
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 11.00pm
Twitter can be an absolute goldmine for a journalist looking for new ways to publish, news-gather and create content, the only limitation is your imagination. Here are some suggestions about how to do this (more)

How to: master Twitter, if you're a journalist
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 11.00pm
Twitter can be an absolute goldmine for a journalist looking for new ways to publish, news-gather and create content, the only limitation is your imagination. Here are some suggestions about how to do this (more)

Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off strike action
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 4.36pm
Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off further strike action today after accepting a deal to discuss bringing outsourced work back in-house. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Express journalists accept pay deal and call off further strikes
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 4.36pm
Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off further strike action today after accepting a deal to discuss bringing outsourced work back in-house. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

BBC Russian launches new blogging community on LiveJournal.com
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 21 2008, 4.03pm
BBC World Service has taken its engagement with user-generated content to a new level thanks to a joint project with the leading Russian-language blogging platform, LiveJournal.com. The joint global project, Live Report, provides a unique platform for the Russian-speaking blogging community. It connects bloggers with the BBC Russian website, bbcrussian.com, via Russia’s largest blogging platform, LiveJournal.  In [...] (more)

Online Journalism Scandinavia: Personality pays in the pay-per-click economy of blogging
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 2.46pm
Kristine Lowe's (left) Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at the high demand for celebrity bloggers in Sweden. Swedish lifestyle sites are using celebrity bloggers to drive traffic and to help lure attractive advertisers to their sites. Swedish blogger Katrin Schulman (below) recently made it known she was keen to move her delicately named blog, Fuck you [...] (more)

Innovations in Journalism - live geo-tagged video broadcast from Seero
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 1.00pm
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, live video streamed over the web with extra geographical information mapped in real-time from Seero. 1) Who are you and what's it all about? Hello, I'm Justin Cutillo, co-founder of [...] (more)

'The Street' to return for third series
From Digital Spy. Posted April 21 2008, 12.03pm
The co-creator of The Street reveals work is underway on a third series. (more)

TV ratings - April 18: Triumphant return for satirical quiz
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 11.28am
Have I Got News For You made a strong return to BBC1, pulling in 5.9 million viewers and beating ITV1's sitcom Benidorm. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2008, 11.00am
Freelancing: Bills from constant phone interviews costing you a packet? Get Skype: free to call other users; buy credit online for cheap-as-chips calls to landlines; and download a call recorder add-on to make MP3 recordings. Tipster: Oliver Luft Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. (more)

Mellor confirms 'Two Pints' return
From Digital Spy. Posted April 21 2008, 10.50am
Will Mellor reveals that there will be another series of BBC sitcom Two Pints. (more)

RNW journalist arrested in Israel
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 21 2008, 9.50am
Radio Netherlands Worldwide journalist Abir Sarras was arrested at Tel Aviv airport on Sunday night. She was told that she would not be permitted to enter Israel. Ms Sarras, who is of Palestinian descent, had been planning to produce a series of reports about Israel’s 60 year existence. She will fly back to the Netherlands [...] (more)

RNW journalist refused entry to Israel
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 21 2008, 9.50am
The Dutch journalist Abir Sarras, who works for Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), was arrested last night at Tel Aviv airport. She was told that she was refused entry to Israel. Sarras is of Palestinian descent and holds dual Dutch and Palestinian nationality. She was planning to produce, with a colleague, a series of reports about [...] (more)

News report 'most difficult' part of spring NCE for journalists - examiners' report
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 21 2008, 8.30am
Click through to find out what the examiners thought of this season's candidates (more)

Contenders named for top North East journalism awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 21 2008, 8.30am
Find out who's in the mix for the region's biggest press awards (more)

UBC to review digital costs
From Radio Today. Posted April 21 2008, 8.12am
Former owners of the Classic Gold network, UBC Media, are expected to announce turnover profits up 17 per cent for the year ending 31st March. The company will also continue to review its exposure to recurring digital costs, with more details to be announced in an end of year report in June. (more)

My Mentor: Sarah Mukherjee on Stephen Mitchell
From The Independent. Posted April 21 2008, 12.00am
I first met Steve Mitchell when I left local radio and started working for a little- known but vital part of the BBC called GNS, the General News Service, and he was my boss's boss. It supplies all the national and international news to the BBC's network of local radio stations. The combined audience is huge and tends to be the people the BBC is often accused of ignoring – those on lower incomes, the elderly, people living in rural areas. GNS reporters break national and international stories, produce great original journalism and are well-known names outside the M25. However, they're unknown within TV Centre. And if people don't know your work, they don't trust your editorial judgement. And, more importantly, don't give you a job. We used to call it the "Hotel California". (more)

Spoof edition of Wall Street Journal hits US newsstands
From Press Gazette. Posted April 21 2008, 12.00am
Twenty six years between issues. That’s the time that has elapsed since a group of young American journalists put out a parody of the Wall Street Journal called Off The Wall Street Journal. (more)

Journalism.co.uk launches PressGo, a new press release repository
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 20 2008, 11.00pm
The new service will enable 'smart' PR distribution to the journalism community (more)

Charlie Brooker's screen burn: The Apprentice
From Media Guardian. Posted April 19 2008, 9.28am
Wake up, girls! Can't you see Alex is tricking you with his beauty? Stop feeding him! (more)

'Gladiators' return hit by injuries
From Digital Spy. Posted April 18 2008, 5.11pm
The Gladiators' return to TV is hit by a series of injuries. (more)

Gladiators return hit by injuries
From Media Guardian. Posted April 18 2008, 3.16pm
Sky One's eagerly anticipated return of Gladiators has been hit by injuries and problems with the set as they prepare to shoot the first show. By Tara Conlan (more)

Press Gazette: FT Alphaville wins digital journalism award
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 12.00pm
The FT's Alphaville blog has become the first recipient of the Harold Wincott Award for online financial journalism. The annual ceremony recognises the best in financial journalism and inaugurate its prize for online journalism this year. (more)

Online Journalism Scandinavia: VG online awarded investigative prize for biggest ever multimedia project
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 10.59am
Kristine Lowe's (left) Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at a groundbreaking multimedia project run by VG newspaper that led to awards recognition. Journalists from Norway's VG online were last week awarded an investigative prize for developing the newspaper's biggest ever multimedia project. VG journalists Anne Stine Saether and Anders Sooth Knutsen were presented with [...] (more)

TV ratings - April 17: Norton holds his own with chatshow return
From Media Guardian. Posted April 18 2008, 10.22am
The Graham Norton Show returned to BBC2 in a 9pm slot with 1.7 million viewers. By Ben Dowell (more)

Journalists' Forth Bridge plunge set to raise heart money
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 18 2008, 8.50am
Kirkintilloch Herald quartet in 165ft free-fall abseil (more)

Spring NCE results: More than 100 trainees qualify as senior journalists
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 18 2008, 8.50am
See who qualified - and read what the examiners thought of the test (more)

Tesco sues a second Thai journalist for libel
From Media Guardian. Posted April 17 2008, 11.23pm
Tesco in Thailand is suing a second columnist from a Bangkok business newspaper for £1.6m in libel damages. By Ian MacKinnon (more)

'Citizen journalism start-ups are doomed'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 17 2008, 11.00pm
John Ndege, founder, ScribbleSheet (more)

US version of Wall Street Journal may sell in Europe
From Media Guardian. Posted April 17 2008, 11.57am
The US version of the Wall Street Journal could be rolled out to other parts of Europe following its launch in London. By Stephen Brook (more)

Asylum seeker's campaign may turn on newspaper's backing
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 17 2008, 8.00am