Archive for March, 2009

Online journalism in Uruguay

Maite Fernandez provides an overview of how news organisations have taken to the web in Uruguay In Uruguay there are nearly 50 information websites, of which only five are considered as the main competitive news websites in Uruguay:   www.elpais.com.uy (from the newspaper El País) www.observa.com.uy (from the newspaper El Observador) www.espectador.com.uy (from the news radio El Espectador) www.180.com.uy (independent)
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It’s the Sun wot won it at Fark

The Sun has had more submissions to Fark, the social news site, than any other UK newspaper. The Guardian is second.

NewsCred founder Shafqat Islam about startups and the future of media

While everybody in journalism is wondering how the future of media looks like, entrepreneurs try to shape it. They develop new products and services that maybe could be the next big thing in journalism. OJB asks those entrepreneurs three simple questions in a series of interviews. First up: Shafqat Islam from NewsCred. For everyone who has never heard of NewsCred:
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#twask : Help teach twitter

If you have a few minutes to spare this afternoon, log in to Twitter and look for the hashtag #twask. What is #twask? Well, anyone wanting to ask a question about Twitter can use the tag – and anyone answering those questions can do the same. Questions find answers. Hopefully. The whole thing is the idea of final year journalism
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A possible explanation for blogging’s appeal as ‘Estate 4.5′

Here’s a quote from Peter Wilby in The Guardian on why most UK newspapers ignored the News of the World hacking story: What accounts for this reluctance to run with stories that involve the highest circulation UK paper, the world’s biggest media corporation and a key aide to the possible next prime minister? First, newspapers prefer to ignore each other’s
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