[Keyword: online journalism]. Press Gazette reports on a speech from Telegraph online editorial director Edward Roussel that gives an insight into the new challenges facing editors who must manage content consumed by different audiences through different media: “Roussel said there is only a 13 per cent overlap between the Telegraph’s print and online readership. “”Groups like ours that are used
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[Keyword: online journalism, video journalism]. Journalism.co.uk reports that Washingtonpost.com has won the inaugural broadband video news Emmy for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina: “The first-ever Emmy for outstanding individual achievement in content for non-traditional delivery platform was presented to Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com’s senior video journalist, for his films on the fallout of the disaster that hit Louisiana and Mississippi, in
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Press Gazette are posing the question on their discussion forums of who are the movers and shakers in the new online journalism landscape. A great idea – here are my suggestions: Number one has to be Simon Waldman, group director of digital strategy and development for Guardian Media Group (GMG), and the new chairman
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Some food for thought from the INMA (International Newspaper Marketing Association) European Conference in Barcelona. As reported by Innovations in Newspapers, the last speaker, Earl Wilkinson, the Executive Director of the International Newspaper Maketing Association gave his view about tomorrow´s newspaper as follows: “1. Core print product will become smaller to fit consumer lifestyles
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. I’ve been writing a column about the media for the past five weeks on new website TheStirrer.com. I have been trying to persuade them to not centre-align text, but they seem attached to it. You may want to read it (and email them asking them to change the alignment!)… Save this story on del.icio.us
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[Keyword: online journalism, computer assisted reporting]. Here’s a great piece at Poynter which outlines how one blogger used online resources to investigate the truth behind the LonelyGirl15 controversy (a YouTube video that purported to be an online diary but which actually turned out to be a hoax). Here’s the details: “On Sept. 8 [Mark Glaser] announced a contest to determine
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. There seems to be a raft of activity at the moment that’s seeing publishers spreading into other media and other territories. Firstly, there’s the trend towards using web as a platform to invade new markets. The Guardian and The Times have already used their online brands to target America, and now NME, reports Press
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Following my column in The Stirrer last week about the surge in free newspapers, there was something of an outcry when a Media Guardian article dared to do the maths on what would happen if all newspapers were free. One line from the article caused particular offence, as it looked at ways to cut
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Heartening news for online journalists comes from an unlikely quarter: the previously awful Daily Mail website, reports The Guardian, “has seen massive online readership growth this year since it … increased resources for the website and put more content from the print edition on the web.” “Web traffic on DailyMail.co.uk has grown from 1.3 million unique users
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[Keyword: online journalism]. So a Belgian court has ruled that Google must de-list news stories from French-language newspapers, the latest move in an increasing grumbling from newspaper executives who see the search engine company as profiting from their material. (Agence France-Press brought a similar case last year). Margaret Boribon, general secretary of Copiepresse, the company who brought the complaint, (and
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