Poynter: ’200 moments that transformed journalism’

Poynter has created a great interactive graphic of 200 moments that transformed journalism between 2000 and 2009, as selected by library director David Shedden. Those selected include: the Twitter picture of the plane landing in the Hudson River in 2009; the launch of Amazon’s Kindle in 2007; and the BBC’s crowdsourcing of material from Iraq in 2003. The site is also asking readers to challenge its selection and suggest their own moments.

Full introduction at this link…

Full graphic at this link…

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American Society of News Editors fights back with ‘mythbusting’ columns

In the US, the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) is publishing a series of opinion pieces aimed at “reinforcing the vitally important role of newspapers and professional journalism in the digital age”. The pieces will be available for reproduction by ASNE members and news outlets and will address the following “myths”, says the Society:

• Newspapers are washed up;
• Newspapers are no longer relevant;
• News media are biased;
• Newspapers are not connected to community;
• The web and digital technologies are killing news organizations.

In April 2009 the ASNE changed its N from newspapers to news; three of the five myths up for busting, however, focus on newspapers…

Full release at this link…

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MinOnline: GQ sells just 365 copies of iPad edition

The Conde Nast title, one of the first to appear on the iPad, sold 365 copies of its December ‘Men of the Year’ issue. Priced at $2.99 per download, which is $2 less than the print edition’s price, this totals $1,091.35. Not the salvation the newspaper and magazine publishing industries might have hoped for, but publisher Pete Hunsinger is happy with the result, reports MinOnline:

This costs us nothing extra: no printing or postage (…) Everything is profit, and I look forward to the time when iPad issue sales become a major component to our circulation.

Full story at this link…

(via Mashable)

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NUJ: Johnston Press blocks staff strike with legal action

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called off planned strike action by members at Johnston Press titles scheduled for tomorrow after the publisher sought help from the High Court by claiming that it doesn’t employ any journalists, reports the NUJ.

Johnston Press spent enormous time and effort putting together a 600-page submission to prove that – despite the JP stamp on the pay slips of staff working on their titles; the JP company handbook issued to all staff; the Johnston Press plc intranet that publishes company-wide procedures including policies on grievance, disciplinary procedure and health and safety; despite the group’s claims in the  annual report, in company bulletins and external publications that it employs 1,900 journalists and more than 7,000 employees – that JP “employs no journalists”.

The union will re-ballot 550 members at Johnston Press, who were due to strike in reaction to closure of a pension scheme, a group-wide pay freeze and the introduction of a new content management system.

Says NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear:

Johnston Press management’s claim that it employs no journalists would be laughable, did it not have such serious implications for industrial relations in the UK. It’s clearly part of an emerging trend amongst employers to derail democratically agreed industrial action by skilfully exploiting the anti-trade union laws. In this case, by creating a web of subsidiary companies set up as multiple employers, JP management has been able to argue at the High Court that our dispute around group-wide pay and the introduction of a new content management system across the titles is, in fact, a series of identical disputes with JP’s multiple subsidiaries.

Full story at this link…

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – managing social media time

Social media can be incredibly useful, but how to fit it into your day? Social Media Today attempts to answer this question: ‘How do you manage your time with all the social networking sites out there?’ Tipster: Judith Townend.

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Westword Blogs: US editor asks staff to call out what’s boring in paper

Extracts from a memo sent by Denver Post editor Greg Moore to staff:

A series of meetings with staff should be underway to get your take on how we can do more compelling journalism.

Please speak up in these sessions but try not to whine. These are demanding times for everyone and we all work very hard.

But if you think there is boring stuff in the paper, call it out. Do we need a new approach to our beats? Do we need fewer beats? New areas of coverage? Are you ready for a change?

The commenters on this post certainly aren’t afraid to “call out” what they think…

As this post on Westword Blogs explains the Post is reorganising its news operation and Moore is concerned that the Post’s current 200 journalists are spreading themselves and subject matters too thinly by trying to achieve the same breadth as the paper’s formerly 300-strong newsroom.

Full post at this link…

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PromotionWorld: How sharing documents can help with SEO

While this post from PromotionWorld focuses on the benefits of document-sharing for businesses (e.g. making company reports available online), there are some valid points for news organisations:

Document sharing has become a very important and crucial ingredient when it comes to the world of SEO. Sharing documents online has helped business increase their visibility in great new way.

Sharing source material using tools such as Scribd and Yudu can add to articles by giving the reader more detail about what’s involved. Additionally, as this post points out, branded widgets are often available for document-sharing embeds spreading your news group’s name across other sites.

Full post at this link…

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Twenty-two new media, PR and journalism jobs this week from Journalism.co.uk

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Business journalist and editor
Sportcal is seeking an experienced journalist and editor to report on worldwide developments in the business of sport, and to edit the quarterly Sportcal magazine and other occasional publications.
Salary: DoE
Sportcal
Wimbledon Village, England
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Editorial training programme (graduate scheme)
We are looking for driven individuals with a passion for developing a career in business journalism. In return, we will give you first class development and the opportunities to contribute and thrive in the future success of our exceptional company.
Salary: DoE
Incisive Media
London, England
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Senior reporter – Computing
You will focus on the creation of in-depth material for Computing print and online. This material will include news, news analysis and off-diary researched work, with a particular emphasis on seeking out interviews with senior technology decision makers.
Salary: DoE
Incisive Media
London, England
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Online communications manager
Help maximise the potential of our website and find the best ways to build our reach and impact online; edit Forum writing to high standards, help manage our publications and build our media relations.
Salary: £24,531 – £27,198 plus £3250 London
Forum for the Future
London, England
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Deputy Editor
Procycling, the world’s leading English-language road racing magazine, is looking for a keen Deputy Editor with a passion for cycling and an eye for a great feature
Salary: competitive + excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Deputy Editor
Take on a Deputy Editor role on Future’s newest website launch, PhotoRadar.com, and combine your passion for photography with your keen interest in online journalism.
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Sub-editor
The UK’s leading publisher of news journals for the veterinary profession is seeking a sharp-eyed sub-editor to join our editorial team.
Salary: DoE
Veterinary Business Development
Peterborough, England
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Fresh foods editor, The Grocer
We have an exciting opportunity for a new fresh foods editor on The Grocer, the award-winning flagship title for William Reed Business Media.
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William Reed Business Media
Crawley, England
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Head of design, Time Out GCC
Based in ITP’s Dubai office, you will be capable of driving the quality of design across the group, managing a very busy schedule and motivating the team to greater things. Experience as a design manager on magazines is a prerequisite of the role.
Salary: DoE
ITP Publishing Group
Dubai, UAE, Middle East
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Staff writer – Cyclingnews
Cyclingnews.com, the biggest cycling website in the world is looking for a staff writer to join its successful team.
Salary: competitive with excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Editor
TotallyMoney.com is a major financial comparison portal run by Media Ingenuity an online marketing and technology group specialising in financial intermediation.
Salary: DoE
Media Ingenuity/TotallyMoney
London, England
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Market reporter – European Metals
Responsibilities will include market and news coverage on both a real-time and daily basis, as well as contributing to our weekly publication Metals Week.
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Platts
London, England
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Account director
We’re a fast expanding London-based PR agency with an impressive client list across a number of sectors including financial services, consumer, lifestyle and retail. Results PR works in a busy, buzzing newsroom-style environment.
Salary: £40K
Results PR
London, England
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Entertainment reporter
Digital Spy are searching for enthusiastic writers with a passion for all things entertainment to produce content for the site.
Salary: £8.50 per hour
Digital Spy
Home-based, United Kingdom
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Designer – events and marketing
ITP Business, one of the leading publishers in the Middle East, requires a talented, hardworking creative that excels at receiving and then executing creative briefs under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Salary: 10-14,000Dhs per month tax free based on ability and experience.
ITP Publishing Group
Dubai, UAE, Middle East
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Head of testing
Be the head of testing across Future’s award-winning photography titles and play a pivotal role in improving the process, quality and volume of photography kit testing across our print and digital channels.
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Energy market reporter
Energy market reporters needed. You should possess excellent writing and numeracy skills. Requirements include working well within a team and writing accurately under pressure. Preference will be given to candidates who speak German.
Salary: DoE
Argus Media
London, England
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Blogger/analyst
Why OANDA? It’s really pretty simple. OANDA is a unique company. It’s not a web upstart or a bank. It’s a technology company that innovates both in computer engineering and financial modelling for the Foreign Currency Exchange Trade market.
Salary: DoE
OANDA Corporation
London, England
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Translation desk chief
The global financial news agency Dow Jones Newswires seeks a chief translator for its new Turkish-language service, to be based in Istanbul.
Salary: Competitive package + excellent bonus
Dow Jones Newswires
Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East
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Magazine designer
Talented and experienced magazine designer required to lead the small team of Saudi Arabia’s leading contract publisher.
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GBC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Middle East
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Senior production/sub-editor
Production/Sub-Editor, magazines and handbooks, defence/aerospace sector
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The Shephard Group
Slough, England
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News reporter
Journalists keen to develop a career in business writing are needed for an established team reporting on international law and business.
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Law Business Research Ltd
London, England
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NYT: Will an obsession with SEO kill off the clever headline?

Is search engine optimisation ringing the death knell for the poetry of headline writing? Successful web headlines are, according to New York Times blogger David Carr, a “long way from the poetics of the best of print headlines”. But, he goes on to argue, there is a middle ground between the witty headline aimed at a thinking brain and the information stuffed headline aimed at a processing algorithm. And while Carr’s own headline – “Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Headline” – does not quite stand up in the information delivery stakes, it does score pretty high on both wit and SEO.

Don’t know who Taylor Momsen is? Neither do I, beyond that she is the mean one on “Gossip Girl.” But Facebook knows her well, Twitter loves her, and she and Google have been hooking up, like, forever.

One more fact about Ms. Momsen: she has nothing to do with this column, let alone the headline. But her very name is a prized key word online — just the thing to push my column to the top of Google rankings.

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Asian Correspondent set to hit one million monthly unique user mark

Since its launch in October 2009, Hybrid News’ Asian Correspondent has built up a following of one million unique users per month, founder and managing director James Craven [below left] told Journalism.co.uk last week.

The site received a traffic boost when blogger ‘Bangkok Pundit’ live-blogged the Red Shirt protests, with over 60,000 uniques over one weekend. “This month we will get past one million unique visitors,” says Craven.

A quarter of traffic comes from social media; another 25 per cent from organic search, with the other 50 per cent arriving via aggregation and direct links.

From January to March 2010 his New York based sales team brought in $251,000 in advertising from 35 advertising clients, he says.

As we reported in October, Craven wants the site to be a Huffington Post for Asia, but since then his ambition has developed further. Without revealing exactly what is in store, Craven says they are planning another online product, possibly geographical or topical.

Where Asian Correspondent differs from HuffPo is in author compensation. Unlike Adriana Huffington’s site, which relies on unpaid contributors, Asian Correspondent pays its 38 freelance contributors – on average £2-300 per month, Craven says.

He’s optimistic for the growth of its advertising model: integrated packages that include advertising and the opportunity for guest blogs or interviews. The latter doesn’t affect the site’s editorial content, Craven says, because it’s “clearly a sponsored post.”

Asian Correspondent has developed an advertising platform for southeastasia.org, with customised sponsorship of destination guides. Universities have also proved strong advertising clients for the company.

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