The Local: Free Dawit Isaak, says Swedish newspapers

Sweden’s four largest titles – Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet and Expressen – have teamed up for a campaign calling for the release of Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, who has been jailed in Eritrea for the last 2,742 days.

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Nonprofit journalism: Survey suggests ‘dramatic drop’ in local newspaper content

Jeff Williams, former city editor of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, has been monitoring the number of pages, local story bylines and number of sections in the title over the last four Februaries.

His results suggest ‘a dramatic drop’ in content.

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Sarah Hartley: More social media and metadata for BBC, says multimedia head

Speaking to students at Salford University on Tuesday, Pete Clifton said more social media features – including the possibility of passport-type registration and user profiles – are being planned for the BBC website.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – investigative training site

Training: Media Helping Media is a journalism resource website aimed at investigative work. The site has free modules on editorial ethics, journalism training and media management among others. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

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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Online Journalism Blog: What should an MA in Online Journalism teach?

Ahead of the launch of a new MA in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University, course leader Paul Bradshaw wants to know what you think it should cover.

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Editor&Publisher: Canada’s print readership outperforms online newspapers

According to figures from the Newspaper Audience Databank, almost 75 per cent of Canadian adults read a newspaper in print each week compared with less than 20 per cent, who read an online edition during the week.

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AFP: LA Times and Chicago Tribune in foreign desks merger

The LA Times and Chicago Tribune are pooling their foreign reporting operations to serve all Tribune newspapers. The operation will be run from Los Angeles.

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Media Release: UK government launches local media inquiry

The UK’s Culture, Media and Sport Commons Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the future of regional and local media.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – video back up

Multimedia: Try taping audio when doing a video interview. It provides back up and, if you decide not to use the visuals, the audio can be used alone without needing to extract it from footage. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

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Media Release: BBC Trust and Executive respond to Digital Britain report

Partnership approach is best way to create new value for public service broadcasting in the UK, says Trust.

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