Media Week: NatMags axes Ballantyne and Flint with web staff

NatMags has confirmed the departure of Hearst Digital managing director Alex Ballantyne and group agency sales chief, Stuart Flint, as part of layoffs that will reportedly affect half of the publisher’s digital operation.

Full story at this link…

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WebProNews: NYTimes’ hyperlocal article – the follow-up

An interesting debate over at WebProNews, following publication of the NYTimes’ article looking at new hyperlocal news models. Chris Crum asks: “‘What separates a blogger from a journalist? I’ve seen plenty of credible and non-credible bloggers, as well as credible and non-credible ‘journalists.’” A range of views follow his post.

Particularly interesting is a comment from Editor&Publisher columnist Steve Outing – claiming that he was quoted out of context in the original NYTimes’ article: “It appears to contradict what I believe, which is that for many niche-topic bloggers, they know far more than the journalist who’s parachuted in to cover a story without being an expert,” Outing writes, as part of a longer comment at this link.

[NB - Outing made a similar point via Twitter yesterday]

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John Welsh: Seven tips for conference 2.0

John Welsh’s latest tips offer guidance for making the most of web applications while participating in a digital conference. And for number seven, he goes old-school:

“Do some traditional note taking. Most delegates spend every session with their heads over a laptop, interacting with the speakers online. It is very addictive. But you are far less likely to walk out with decent notes or even listen properly. So, just occasionally, close down the laptop, shut off the mobile device, ignore the Twitter feed and open a notebook instead.”

Full post at this link…

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paidContent:UK: News Corp forms global editorial hub

News Corp is ‘setting up a new unit designed to share content’ from all of the company’s global sources, reports paidContent.

“The News Corp editorial portal will be headed by John Moody, who has been EVP for News Editorial at Fox News. Moody will report directly to Murdoch.”

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PeterboroughToday: ‘A tour of the new Media and Journalism Centre’

Peterborough Today’s feature, with photo gallery, on Peterborough Regional College’s new media and journalism centre:

“This is better than some of the studios at the BBC,” said actor Ralf Little, as he was shown around Peterborough Regional College’s new Media and Journalism Centre.

“I am very impressed.”

£750,000 has transformed an empty building ‘into a state-of-the-art facility helping to train budding media stars of the future,’ writes Julia Ogden.

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GlobalVoicesOnline: ‘DigiActive’ guide to Twitter for activism

If you’re covering, or interested in, protests and want to understand how activists are using – or could use – Twitter, have a look at this on the Global Voices’ Advocacy blog:

“DigiActive, an organisation dedicated to helping the world’s grassroots activists use digital technology, has just released The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism. Following the recent protests in Moldova, the value of Twitter as a tool for digital activism is more prominent than ever.”

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ThisIsAfricaOnline: Africa’s digital generation

A look at the ‘digital generation in Africa’, with reference to its changing media. For example, when publishers of the Kenyan Daily Nation, Nation Media Group, started using YouTube ‘within less than three months they had overtaken the BBC World Service in terms of views’.

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FT.com: Aggregators should pay for news, says Bild publisher

New copyright laws are needed in Europe to stop aggregators using content from news sites for free, Mathias Dopfner, chief executive of Axel Springer, tells the Financial Times.

“Asked if he wanted to see a position where Google was contributing to Axel Springer’s costs if it was going to use its content, he said: ‘Right, yes.’,” writes the FT.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – Twitter networking for digital editors

Twitter: Digital editors – journalists working online/on multimedia/or on web projects – send @journalismnews a message and join our Twitter list for networking and group problem-solving?. 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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Washington Times: Times launches cit-j news pages

The Washington Times begins its new citizen journalism news project today: a full print page in each daily edition of ‘stories written and reported by average citizens in local communities’.

The daily pages will features news from six communities, focusing on a different topic each day.

Former Times journalists will be heavily involved in overseeing the contributions.

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