‘Right, am phoning the Echo’ – frustrated Facebookers are fans of local paper

“am foning the Echo” – a new Facebook fanpage set up in honour of the Liverpool Echo, for when (and I quote directly, spelling errors and all, from the site’s blurb):

it gets to the point when ur arguing with a shop/company…an u use the old….”right thats it am foning the echo!!!”

(via Alison Gow)

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Poynter Online: Social media literacy is goal for Sky News’ digital staff

Following Journalism.co.uk’s report in January that Sky News is installing Twitter application Tweetdeck on the computers of all its newsroom staff, Poynter has an update on the roll-out from executive producer Julian March:

March is so serious about its value that he is making social media literacy an objective on his digital media staff’s performance reviews. “I want to see social media become a part of the fabric of the day-to-day work,” he said.

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#followjourn: Pranay Gupte/freelance

#followjourn: Pranay Gupte

Who? Freelance journalist, editor, and author.

What? Gupte has written for a number of national and international publications, including the National, Khaleej Times, and Institutional Investor. He has also written the Washington Post website and to YaleGlobal - the online magazine of the Yale University Center for the Study of Globalization.

Gupte contributed a regular column to the New York Sun entitled Lunch at the Four Seasons until leaving after protracted disagreements.

Where? Gupte’s work can be found collected on his own website, PranayGupte.com, which also has information about the books he has written and his work as a media consultant. He blogs on the Pranay Gupte Blog

Contact? Follow @pranaygupte

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Beet.TV: Daniel Franklin on the Economist’s ‘collective voice’

Economist executive editor Daniel Franklin talks about how the Economist has developed its writing style and why a lack of bylines in the newspaper doesn’t mean a lack of individuality.

On its website, writers’ initials are now included on blog posts – including its recently launched technology blog – to reflect “the personal nature of blogs”:

Full post at this link….

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – inspiration for visual journalism

Photojournalism: The Nieman Foundation has created a fantastic resource charting developments in photojournalism, as well as some inspirational work, on its new visual journalism site. Worth a look by photojournalists – new and old. 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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Reinventing the Newsroom: Social media and ‘refrigerator journalism’

“Refrigerator journalism” – those bits of a newspaper that you’d cut and stick to your fridge. Clippings that have a personal relevance and accumulate to do lists, photos and post-it notes around them.

But can social networks like Facebook replace this idea? Writes Jason Fry:

By taking the fuss and friction out of sharing and making it real-time, Facebook is in many ways a better refrigerator. As such, it’s enormously valuable in reinforcing real-world community, particularly now that it’s becoming fairly representative of more and more real-world communities. On Facebook, strong ties are naturally and easily reinforced, and weaker ties can be strengthened by posting photos and sharing articles and commenting and liking and just reading status updates.

News organisations can make use of Facebook by seeing it as complementary to what they do and a way for their content to be shared with a wider audience.

But will this sharing is valuable, it’s lacking something, says Fry (who goes on to offer his suggestions of a solution to this):

The things we share on Facebook are soon swept away by newer things and lost from view. They’re part of a rich stream of shared experience, but with the exception of photo albums, most of that shared experience is carried off into the realm of ‘older posts’ and effectively lost.

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LA Times: The online-only Seattle-Post Intelligencer one year on

The LA Times takes a look at the Seattle-Post Intelligencer a year after the 146-old US newspaper went only online-only and was reborn as SeattlePI.com:

[I]n the year since the Post-Intelligencer printed its last edition and laid off all but 20 of 160 employees, Guzman, Connelly and their co-workers have been unleashed to cover and link to just about whatever they want. Amateur journalists have been invited to join their ranks. Other media outlets have been thrown into the mix. A 146-year-old newspaper has been reborn as an internet-only news site that invites material from almost all comers.

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Twenty-six great new jobs this week on the Journalism.co.uk jobs board

These are the latest editorial and media job opportunities from the past week on Journalism.co.uk’s jobs board:

Copy Editor/Journalist
AFP International New Agency requires copy editors/journalists to work in our Paris bureau.
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Agence France Presse
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Editorial intern (nine month fixed term contract)
The intern will assist our editors in their day-to-day publishing responsibilities, including editing, proofreading, and publishing financial research to Standard and Poor’s web-based and print information services.
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Standard and Poor’s
London, England
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Citizen journalists
Politics.co.uk wants you!! We’re looking for citizen journalists to help us cover the general election expected to take place on May 6th.
Salary: Unpaid
Adfero Ltd
Home-based, United Kingdom
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Pharma reporter
EP Vantage is looking for a reporter with one or two years experience to generate high-quality, forward-looking, incisive copy on a daily basis.
Salary: £22K-£30K
EP Vantage
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Sub-editor
Practical Publishing International, an established publisher of market-leading craft magazines, requires a sub-editor to strengthen its production team.
Salary: DoE
Practical Publishing
Manchester, England
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Freelance news writer
Freelance news writers required at London news agency.
Salary: DoE
Cover Media
London, England
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News correspondent
inthenews.co.uk seeks a news correspondent to write across our main channels; news (UK, world and business), sport and entertainment.
Salary: £17K
inthenews.co.uk
London, England
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Freelance designer
Are you a talented freelance designer with a diverse portfolio of work? Do you want to gain experience within an award winning customer publishing agency?
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Media planner (internal: product planning manager)
Manager, Advertising Inventory/Media/Product Planning researched for global Online Media Company in London Covent Garden
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Travelzoo (Europe) Ltd
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Sub-editor/production assistant (trade, consumer and B2B titles)
A talented and dedicated sub-editor/production assistant is needed for a busy production team. You will be responsible for maintaining the high standard of sub-editing and proofing across our range of titles in print and online.
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Noble House Media
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Reporter
We are looking to recruit high-calibre, driven journalists, preferably with a foreign language, to report on the global steel industry for our 20-strong London editorial office.
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Euromoney
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Sub-editor
An international digital media company providing specialised integrated digital marketing solutions. Thanks to our extensive array of value-added services and products, we boast the expertise to create a media platform to suit any customer requirements.
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Progressive Digital Media
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Online media sales/account manager
To work for Brighton-based Journalism.co.uk
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News editor
Financial News seeks a news editor to join their London team. This position covers both print and online.
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Private Equity News editor
Financial News is looking to hire a talented Private Equity News editor to join their London team. This role will cover both print and online.
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Visual editor
The role of LS:N visual editor is key to ensuring that LS:N Global is a visually compelling network, designed to drive our clients’ businesses forward in a powerful, innovative and visually impactful way.
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Assistant editor
Assistant editor role across two health and social care titles.
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Production assistant – MusicRadar
Do you want to take your first step into online journalism? MusicRadar.com, the UK’s number one website for musicians, is looking for a Production Assistant who is passionate about music and the latest gear to join the team.
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Future Publishing Ltd
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Senior lecturer in magazine journalism
We are looking to appoint to a key role in the teaching of our Journalism provision and, in particular, magazine journalism at both undergraduate and postgraduate level
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The University of Sunderland
Sunderland, England
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Graduate trainee reporter
Airfinance Journal is looking for a graduate trainee reporter to write news and features about the global aviation finance market.
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Euromoney Institutional Investor
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Web feature writer
An international business-to-business media company providing controlled circulation magazines, reference websites, and business conferences and summits for top company executives and senior management.
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Progressive Digital Media
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Publisher – Games Portfolio – Bath
Work as Publisher for the number one publisher for games magazines globally!
Salary: competitive with excellent benefits
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Publisher – Games Portfolio – London
Work as Publisher for the number one publisher for games magazines globally!
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Journalist
Growth Company Investor, the leading monthly magazine and website for investors in fast growing, quoted companies, is seeking an ambitious, highly motivated individual to join its award-winning team.
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Project Manager
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#followjourn: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker/business writer

#followjourn: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Who? Business, travel and sailing writer (Updated 6/7/2010) Business and finance writer.

What? Former deputy editor at Business Traveller and sub-editor at the Independent, who is now a freelance journalist and editor. Fitzgeorge-Parker has had various articles published in the Daily Telegraph, CNBC Business online, EuroWeek, Euromoney and Business Traveller.

Where? Click here to see more about Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker.

Contact? Follow @lucyfparker.

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NUJ’s Journalist magazine gets a makeover

The National Union of Journalists magazine, has had its first proper redesign for 17 years, under new editor Christine Buckley. The Journalist worked with designers SurgeryCreations to make the publication more “modern, attractive, informative and engaging,” she said.

And from the electronic version we’ve seen, we think it looks rather nice with some good content, including pieces by former Times media editor Dan Sabbagh and former Guardian journalist David Hencke. “We’re keen that the publication produced for the journalists’ union is of the highest standard, since our audience of  media professionals expects a professional magazine,” said Buckley, in a release.

“I’ve sought to make the new magazine reflective of the diverse, active union that the NUJ is, and I intend that it should echo the voices of our members from across the union.”

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