[Release] PHR: Forensic conflicts over death of video-journalist Brad Will

The Physician for Human Rights (PHR) restates its case that American video-journalist Brad Will, who died of gunshot wounds while covering protests in Oaxaca in October 2006, was hit by a ricochet bullet in the chest, supporting the theory of longer-range gunshots.

Mexico’s Attorney General (PGR) claims Will was killed by gunshots from within his immediate vicinity. Full release…

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Dave Lee: Cunning stunt targets BBC webcam

Some juvenile humour on the BBC Nottingham webcam, just to lighten the mood.

Full story at this link…

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NMA: Publishers moving away from ad networks

Publishers are building internal sales teams to replace ad network deals, as part of cost-cutting, according to this report.

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Stock-photo blog: Getty closes cit-j photo site Scoopt

Getty Images has announced the closure of citizen journalism photography site Scoopt, which it acquired in 2007.

Full article at this link…

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AP: NYTimes to reboot online access fees?

The Times’ executive editor Bill Keller has suggested micro-payment systems and full-access subscriptions are being considered for online content.

The paper ended its paid-for access model, TimesSelect, in September 2007.

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Scotsman.com: TV cameras to be allowed in UK Supreme Court

Justice Secretary Jack Straw told parliament yesterday that judgments from the soon-to-be-created UK Supreme Court could be televised.

The proposals were anticipated by media law commentator Joshua Rozenberg’s thoughts on the Supreme Court in his interview with Journalism.co.uk.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – Mashable tips on breaking news

News reporting: The tips in this Mashable article about using social media to track Gaza could be used for following other breaking news stories. Tipster: Judith Townend.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link – we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

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NYTimes.com: Exec editor takes NYTimes reader questions

Got a large cup of tea and several biscuits for this one? Good. Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times is answering, impressively comprehensively, NYTimes readers’ questions. First up, the ‘existential question’: just what is the future of print?

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Monkey puzzled: Bizarre Express URL actually Goldacre’s handiwork

So, Guardian’s Media Monkey reports a funny URL on an Express story entitled ‘Danger from just 7 cups of coffee a day’:

“(…) mention this after catching sight of the URL at the top of the story, which ends with the immortal phrase ‘utter-cock-as-usual’”

But – the plot thickens – actually it was the work of the Monkey’s colleague, as Monkey updates below the original post. Yes, Dr Ben Goldacre, Guardian columnist among other occupations, lays claim to the mischievous URL. He writes on the Bad Science blog:

“Heh, er, so obviously I’m delighted that my grown up humour slipped unnoticed into the Guardian’s Media Monkey today, but ‘Utter Cock As Usual‘ was not the web address of the Express’s recent story ‘Danger from just 7 cups of coffee a day‘.

“It’s just the web address I cheekily gave it on my blog post two weeks ago. I thought this was fairly well known, but for those who haven’t joined in the lolz, the websites of Express and the Telegraph, at least, let you substitute whatever text you want at the end of their web addresses.”

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Gaza images projected on BBC Broadcasting House

Courtesy of photographer Fil Kaler come these images from BBC Broadcasting House on Portland Place, London, on Monday night: the International Solidarity Movement projected the DEC Gaza appeal onto the building in protest at the BBC’s decision not to broadcast the appeal. These other and other images relating to the Gaza protests can be viewed on Kaler’s Flickr account.

(c) All rights reserved Fil Kaler

(c) All rights reserved Fil Kaler

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