Eleven new journalism and 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:

Web content editor
Our client seeks an accomplished web content editor to play a huge role in the continued development of their website, providing essential information to film producers worldwide.
Salary: £25K-£30K DoE + exc bens.
Formula Won
London, United Kingdom
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Publisher/managing editor
We are looking for an experienced publisher/managing editor who will be responsible for the profitability of a large portfolio of lifestyle titles.
Salary: £80K-£100K DoE tax free + bonus + bens
Formula Won
Dubai, Dubai
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Online editor
Join CVG.co.uk as online editor and build a reputation as one of the best reporters in the games industry.
Salary: Competitive with excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
London, England
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Editor
Would you like to work as editor on the world’s biggest movie magazine for one of Future Plus’ biggest clients?
Salary: Competitive with excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
London, United Kingdom
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Researcher
A researcher with an obsessive eye for detail and fantastic phone research skills is needed tojoin the team at leading fashion and beauty B2B title Fashion Monitor.
Salary: DoE
The Profile Group
London, England
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Staff writer – Edge
Leading videogame monthly Edge is looking for a talented and passionate staff writer to join its editorial team.
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England , England
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News correspondents
Adfero, a leading online news agency, is looking for talented and enthusiastic writers to join its DirectNews division in Leeds.
Salary: £16K
Adfero
Leeds, England
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Video journalist
Freelance video journalist positions sought to join global new agency’s fast-growing international television service. Required: at least two years’ experience in hard news and newsmagazine journalism, digital video editing skills, excellent French.
Salary: DoE
Agence France Presse
London, England
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Print executive (maternity leave cover)
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the communications team within our marketing department.
Salary: £23,575 – £26,863
ABRSM
London, England
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Staff Writer – Rhythm
Do you want to combine your passion for writing with your interest in drums and the music industry? Rhythm, the UKs best-selling drum magazine, is looking for a talented Staff Writer to join the team.
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, United Kingdom
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Global technical support representative
To support Bloomberg’s customers around the world by solving customers’ hardware, software, and networking problems, showing them how they can maximise the benefits from their Bloomberg platforms.
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Bloomberg
City of London, United Kingdom
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KDMC: Slate editor says small is the new big

Slate editor David Plotz sees a future with a smaller, highly engaged audience for the online magazine, reports the Knight Digital Media Center.

Plotz thinks that a viable revenue future for his online magazine lies not in its approximately seven million unique visitors but in about 500,000 loyal, engaged users who want quality, long form journalism,’ says Michele McLellan.

Full post at this link…

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Technorati: 72 % bloggers surveyed report no income related to blogging

It’s well worth taking some time to peruse Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2009. On Day 4 (Thursday) we learned that ‘more bloggers than ever are making money from blogs, however they are not the majority’.

“Most bloggers who are making money from their blogs are generally doing so as entrepreneurs by hosting advertising on their own sites and by using their blogs to drive speaking engagements and traditional media assignments. Some bloggers are even reporting profits that place them squarely in the middle class, so the rise of the professional blogger is clearly underway, but still evolving.”

72 per cent of respondents (2,828 bloggers in the US) define themselves as ‘Hobbyists’ ie. ‘ they report no income related to blogging’.

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The SiliconANGLE: Newsday.com pay wall ‘destined for failure’

SiliconANGLE’s Jeff Nolan raises doubts over the new online subscription plan for Newsday, the US news site and paper owned by Cablevision:

“By creating a pricing plan that defends rather than attacks a market the company is conceding defeat in print and this strategy will have the effect of slowing audience growth online in the one segment that the paper requires, young people.”

Full post at this link…

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‘About the BBC’ blog launches

The BBC already has a pretty good track record for its ‘process’ blogs, what with The Editors’ Blog, the Internet Blog and Journalism Labs. And it has launched another, just in time to host a post by Mark Thompson on the BNP / Question Time decision.

The blog, edited by Chris Jones, will be a place where ‘decision makers and experts can talk about things going on inside the BBC’ it says.

“This could include anything; from major announcements to how parts of the corporation operate. We’ll also be highlighting and linking to the fascinating debates happening on the many other blogs, message boards and other social media, inside and outside the BBC website.”

About the BBC blog at this link.

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FT.com: Murdoch takes lead in race for Travel Channel

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is ahead in the $800m-plus auction for the Travel Channel, ‘in a twist to a process that has underscored the revival in media moguls’ confidence on the industry outlook’, reports the FT.

Full story at this link…

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Jan Moir tries to explain herself (again) in new column

The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir, who should need little introduction, has used her weekly column in a bid to explain herself again (first attempt here), in the face of over 25,000 complaints to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).

In her latest piece, at this link, she claims she has had thousands of supportive emails from readers. An extract:

“To say it was a hysterical overreaction would be putting it mildly, though clearly much of it was an orchestrated campaign by pressure groups and those with agendas of their own.

“However, I accept that many people – on Twitter and elsewhere – were merely expressing their own personal and heartfelt opinions or grievances. This said, I can’t help wondering: is there a compulsion today to see bigotry and social intolerance where none exists by people who are determined to be outraged? Or was it a failure of communication on my part?

“Certainly, something terrible went wrong as my column ricocheted through cyberspace, unread by many who complained, yet somehow generally and gleefully accepted into folklore as a homophobic rant.

“It lit a spark, then a flame and turned into a roaring ball of hate fire, blazing unchecked and unmediated across the internet.

“Yet as the torrent of abuse continued, most of it anonymous, I also had thousands of supportive emails from readers and well-wishers, many of whom described themselves as ‘the silent majority’. The outcry was not as one-sided as many imagine.”

Full post at this link…

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Dart Blog: Twitter was ‘great excuse’ of Western media in Iranian election protests, says Iason Athanasiadis

“Was there a Twitter revolution in Iran? To Iason Athanasiadis, an independent journalist whose detention there sparked a global uproar that culminated in his release, the answer comes quickly: No.”

A thoughtful piece on the Dart Center blog about Iason Athanasiadis’ recent talk at Columbia University. “Twitter was the great excuse of the Western media,” the journalist argued. But it did play a crucial role, he said.

“When using social media as a reporting tool, Athanasiadis is careful to triangulate.  ‘I’ve never really quoted anyone that I’ve never met,’ he said. The same could not be said for much of the Western press, who, faced with the alternative of reporting nothing, often relied on broadcasting messages and videos before investigating their provenance. It was one such video, of Neda Agha Soltan dying after being shot in the chest, that became the most powerful and recognizable symbol of the protests.

“The video turned out to be authentic, but social media also helped spread false images of Neda, inflated protest tallies, and rumors; the multitude of non-Iranian Twitter users who changed their stated location to Tehran made parsing the authentic from the inauthentic all the more difficult.”

Full post at this link…

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Poll: Was the BBC right to invite BNP’s Nick Griffin onto Question Time? #bbcqt

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