AP: US military backs down on photography ban on soldier casualties

US military leaders in Afghanistan have reportedly backed down on plans to ban news organisations from photographing or videoing US soldiers killed or injured in battle.

According to the Associated Press (AP), some confusion remains about what images can be captured by reporters embedded with the army in war zones.

The proposed ban came partly in response to the AP’s recent decision to publish images of a fatally wounded marine.

Full story at this link…

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Beet.tv: WSJ to expand live news video online

Alan Murray, executive editor, Wall Street Journal Online, discusses the site’s plans to expand its live video news online in a beet.tv interview:

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WebProNews: Twitterers want news links, suggests ad network survey

WebProNews reports on a survey by online ad network Chitika, which studied its users and found that (based on a sample of 973,661 impressions across the Chitika network) 28 per cent of links shared on Twitter went to news sites.

When compared with the results for older social sites, such as Facebook, ‘the value and perception of Twitter’s speed become more obvious’, says the ad network.

Full story at this link…

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#FollowJourn: @nikkib/freelance journalist

#FollowJourn: Nikki Bayley

Who? Freelance journalist with more than 15 years experience.

What? Journalist, copywriter, broadcaster and web editor with a focus on health and travel.

Where? See more details on Nikki’s work on her website, NikkiBayley.co.uk.

Contact? Follow her on Twitter or email nikki [at] nikkibayley.co.uk.

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to judith or laura at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – guide to freelance survival

Freelancers: Website Freelancers Anonymous has created a 12-step guide for surviving as a freelance journalist. You can download the handbook and manifesto for free. 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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New York Observer: Ruth Reichl on Gourmet’s closure – ‘Our circulation had never been better’

Some chilling observations on the idea that good content will out in the current industry downturn from (now former) Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl, after publisher Conde Nast announced the magazine’s closure.

“It was a magazine that depended on luxury advertising, unlike many of the epicureans. Most of our competition gets a lot of different kinds of advertising. Our main categories were travel, automotive, financial, jewellery – that all went away (…) I guess at a certain point the company decided that advertising wasn’t coming back. I wasn’t privy to those discussions,” Reichl told the Observer.

She goes on (suggesting perhaps too much distance between the magazine’s editorial and commercial teams?):

“I did know that this was bad, but on the other hand our circulation had never been better. The editorial product was a big hit with the readers, and I did not anticipate this.”

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Mail Online confirms withdrawal of ads on Moir article; defends free speech

A statement from Mail Online received late on Friday night confirmed to Journalism.co.uk that the title had indeed pulled advertising from a heavily criticised column by Jan Moir on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.

“Following the publication of advertisers’ telephone numbers by the heavily orchestrated campaign attacking Jan Moir’s column, Mail Online – of its own volition – withdrew the ads alongside her article,” the statement said.

“As Jan Moir, who has gone on record supporting civil partnerships, says in her statement, this intensely choreographed campaign mischievously misrepresents her carefully argued article.

“In the interest of free speech  Mail Online is carrying  comments both for and against her column, but regrets the heavy-handed tactics by the campaign which is clearly being fanned by many people who haven’t even read Jan’s views.”

However, in a week where the once ‘old’ and ‘new’ worlds of media joined forces to overturn threats to freedom of the press by contesting legal firm Carter-Ruck’s attempt to gag the Guardian, the Mail’s argument that Moir has been the victim of an ‘intensely choreographed campaign’ does not ring true.

As Guardian digital director Emily Bell comments today:

“Moir, or her editors, or both, misjudged the speed and breadth of the real-time web and social media in their power to highlight and pressurise at speed and with force. To see the Daily Mail taught a lesson about public outrage in the electronic age would no doubt have raised a weak, battered smile at the BBC.”

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MediaGuardian: MPs’ super injunction debate to go ahead on Wednesday

John Bercow, speaker of the UK’s House of Commons, confirmed this weekend that parliament will this week debate the impact of so-called ‘super injunctions’ on parliamentary proceedings.

The debate will take place on Wednesday at 2:30pm (BST).

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The debate follows last’s week action by legal firm Carter-Ruck, who tried to prevent media coverage of parliamentary question.

The particular question related to Trafigura, the oil trading company represented by Carter-Ruck, which has been involved in legal action with the Guardian.

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Jan Moir denies column is homophobic; criticises ‘mischievous’ and ‘heavily orchestrated internet campaign’

The Daily Mail has released a statement from their columnist, Jan Moir, about her Stephen Gately article, originally titled ‘Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death’ that is unlikely to appease her critics.

Journalism.co.uk is reproducing some of its contents here, but that is by no means an endorsement of her response. For a full background on the complaints and criticism Moir received see this post by Roy Greenslade on Media Guardian and this article on New Media Age.

The Mail has pulled the advertising around the story, NMA reports.

“Some people, particularly in the gay community, have been upset by my article about the sad death of Boyzone member Stephen Gately. This was never my intention. Stephen, as I pointed out in the article was a charming and sweet man who entertained millions,” Moir said.

“However, the point of my column – which, I wonder how many of the people complaining have fully read – was to suggest that, in my honest opinion,  his death raises many unanswered questions,” she goes on.

Moir then again speculates about facts surrounding his death; Journalism.co.uk will leave it to someone else to publish that part.

“The entire matter of his sudden death seemed to have been handled with undue haste when lessons could have been learned. On this subject, one very  important point,” she squirms.

“When I wrote that ‘he would want to set an example to any  impressionable young men who may want to emulate what they might see as his glamorous routine’ … [More allegations follow].

And squirms:

“Not to the fact of his homosexuality.  In writing that ‘it strikes another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships’ I was suggesting that civil partnerships – the introduction of which I am on the record in supporting – have proved just to be as problematic as marriages.”

There’s more:

“In what is clearly a heavily orchestrated internet campaign I think it is mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones.”

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The best of the week’s media jobs on Journalism.co.uk

The following great new jobs have been added to Journalism.co.uk’s jobs board over the past week:

Designer – Procycling
Join Procycling and become a designer on this highly respected international professional road racing magazine.
Salary: competitive +excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England , United Kingdom
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Deputy editor – Fast Bikes
Would you like to work for the UK’s only dedicated sportsbike magazine? We are currently looking for a deputy editor to join Fast Bikes, an established, well respected and strong performing magazine within Future Publishing’s portfolio.
Salary: Competitive and excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England , United Kingdom
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Financial Writer
Financial writer needed to contribute to BMI’s Corporate Financing Week publication covering IPOs, privatisations and M&A.
Salary: DoE
Business Monitor International
London, United Kingdom
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Research and reporting Interns
A two-week internship focussed primarily on the researcher/reporter role within Adfero’s DirectNews division
Salary: Unpaid, extraordinary travel expenses covered.
Adfero
Leeds or London, England
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Associate director (media)
This is a phenomenal opportunity for a highly accomplished, talented and commercially savvy business journalist to join one of the world’s most prestigious global brands working from their stunning offices in Dubai.
Salary: Approx £60K Tax free + exc bens.
Formula Won
Dubai, Middle East
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Financial marketing writer/copywriter
Talented, confident and conscientious writers with an interest in financial services needed to join the copy and editorial team at this fast growing and innovative market-leading company.
Salary: £27K-£30K plus significant bonus and benefits
TTCS Recruitment
London (central), England
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Reporter (media)
Are you an accomplished business reporter with the skills to hone out ground breaking news stories within the European asset finance market?
Salary: Up to £50K + exc bens.
Formula Won
London, United Kingdom
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News writing Interns (crime, politics, world affairs)
Inthenews.co.uk has a number of interships available for enthusiastic journalism students to write a variety of news on crime, politics, world affairs etc. on an on-going basis.
Salary: Unpaid
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Assistant foreign editor (full time)
With a keen understanding of breaking foreign stories and a proven track record of liaising with and organising foreign correspondents and their coverage of the Middle East and beyond, for this Abu-Dhabi based Saturday newspaper.
Salary: DoE – competitive, with benefits
The National
Abu Dhabi, Middle East
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Reviews editor – Digital Camera
Take responsibility for Digital Camera’s crucial kit section and get your hands on the latest digital SLRs and new accessories before anyone else!
Salary: competitive plus excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, United Kingdom
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Sub-editor
We are seeking a sub-editor to join the editorial team working across the Net Resources International websites and Global Trade Media magazines.
Salary: £22K-£24K
Progressive Digital Media
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Editor (sales and operations)
The sales-focused editor will speak to content providers to increase uploads to the platform. You will facilitate transactions by offering news items to broadcasters, online publishers, and production companies and responding to their daily news agenda.
Salary: DoE
Beamups
London, England
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Online managing editor (broadcast)
Circa 50K You will be an online editor with passion and previous experience in online content within broadcast. You will have relevant knowledge of VOD audiences and understand what drives audiences from traditional TV broadcast to web platforms
Salary: Circa £50K
PCR
London, United Kingdom
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