Journalisted Weekly: Republicans, Gareth Bale, and university fees

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations.

Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources. From now on we’ll be cross-posting them on Journalism.co.uk.

For the week ending Sunday 7 November

• The Republicans, who made a strong comeback against Obama in the US mid-terms, were covered lots
• Gareth Bale’s performance against Internazionale attracted many admiring pieces
• Though there was little coverage of the mass grave uncovered in Mexico, or of the record ransom claimed by Somali pirates
• The Media Standards Trust’s latest report ‘Shrinking World: The decline of international reporting in the British press’ is now available to download

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbe

Covered lots

• Republicans, who won enough seats in the US mid-terms to take control of the House of Representatives, 340 articles (with the insurgent ‘Tea Party’ generating 261 articles)
• Gareth Bale, the architect of Tottenham Hotspur’s victory over Internazionale, 189 articles
• University fees, rising to £9,000 by 2012 after proposed Coalitian cuts, 122 articles

Covered little

• Somali pirates, having received a record ransom of £7.6 million for South Korean oil tanker and a Singaporean ship, 12 articles
• A vision chip, which has restored sight to a blind man following tests in Germany, 10 articles
• A mass grave uncovered near Acapulco in Mexico, alleged to be a revenge killing between two drug cartel families, 8 articles

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

David Cameron: 480 articles (-27% on previous week)
George Osborne: 130 articles (-70% on previous week)
Theresa May: 130 articles (+160% on previous week)
Nick Clegg : 118 articles (-20% on previous week)
Vince Cable : 113 articles (+110% on previous week)
Gordon Brown : 100 articles (+19% on previous week)
Tony Blair : 83 articles (+4% on previous week)
Ed Miliband : 75 articles (+19% on previous week)
William Hague : 56 articles (-42% on previous week)
Michael Gove: 53 articles (-15% on previous week)

Celebrity vs serious

Stephen Fry’s remark on women not liking sex, 36 articles vs.Christians threatened in Iraq, after a bomb attack on a Baghdad church killed 58 people and injured 67, 25 articles
Lady Gaga, winning 3 MTV Europe Awards on Sunday, 63 articles vs. Indonesia’s erupting Mount Merapi, killing 130 people and forcing 200,000 to flee their homes, 50 articles
Cheryl Cole, presenter of the X-Factor whose album – Messy little raindrops – went straight to number one, 95 articles vs. Burma’s first general election in two decades, 49 articles

Who wrote a lot about…’India and the US’

James Lamont – 10 articles (Financial Times); James Fontanella-Khan – 6 articles (Financial Times); Jason Burke – 5 articles (The Guardian); Edward Luce – 5 articles (Financial Times)

Long form journalism

4,005 words: ‘Does torture work?’, John Lloyd, Financial Times, 5th November 2010
3,405 words: ‘The Knox watchers: Meet the people who are obsessed with Amanda Knox’s fate’, Peter Popham, The Independent, 6th November 2010
3,255 words: ‘Latin lessons: What can we learn from the world’s most ambitious literacy campaign?’, Nina Lakhani, The Independent, 7th November 2010

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Stand-upper? Wild-track? Wrap? New BBC glossary tackles journo lingo

After receiving numerous queries on some of the industry language used by journalists, the BBC College of Journalism has produced a glossary of journalism jargon to add to its list of guides on other topics including politics, religion and law.

The glossary, which is open to additional suggestions, so far includes terms such as accountability, ENPS and stand-upper.

…the questions kept coming. What is the difference between a package and wrap? What did the editor mean when she told me to get some wild-track? And why is the manager worried about our ABCs? So, we’ve had a go at a glossary of journalism terms. It is not, of course, definitive. It is based on the experience of a few of us.

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BBC Two begins filming drama based on 50s news programme

A new BBC drama based on the launch of a news programme in the 1950s begins filming today, with transmission set for next year.

The Hour, which will be shown on BBC Two, will be a six-part series which “takes viewers behind the scenes of the launch of a topical news programme in London 1956″, according to a press release. It is written and created by Abi Morgan.

The casting announced today is as follows:

• Ben Whishaw plays Freddie Lyon, a brilliant and outspoken journalist, whose passion endlessly lands him in trouble. Getting to the truth of a story can be a dangerous and risky business, and it’s Bel, his contemporary and best friend who is always there to bail him out.
• Romola Garai plays Bel Rowley, spirited and ambitious, and facing the most exciting and daunting challenge of her life – running The Hour.
• Dominic West plays Hector Madden, charming, charismatic – a man whose upbringing and education have instilled in him a sense of entitlement, and whose glamorous young wife has the family connections to get him the job as front man on The Hour. But beneath the confident façade Hector has a lot to prove.

Filming starts today in and around the London area for three months.

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Trading places: digital editor takes Liverpool FC story to the wire in print swap

A fantastic blog post from Alison Gow, executive editor, digital, at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, on her recent job swap with an executive editor on the print side of the operation while the Liverpool FC “sale/saga” broke.

She describes the difficulties of creating a Late Final edition with a solid tip but no confirmation that NESV (New England Sports Ventures) had completed the deal.

Everyone in the newsroom was becoming increasingly desolate as the late special idea looked set to fall down. The confirmation came, we managed to get it online (and cached, for once) before Sky and the BBC were even reporting it and there were celebrations at landing a web exclusive.

Then it turned out we had a print one as well… Echo editor Ali Machray had quietly got the front page change made – including a story announcing the sale, and had sent to the printers on the off-chance. So bundles of the latest news were in vans heading back to outlets on Merseyside… bundles that would have been pulped if no announcement had come through.

Helpfully, she also runs through the elements of print and online coverage that worked well and were valued by readers and those that were not.

Full post on Headlines and Deadlines at this link…

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MediaBugs: How US newspapers differ on corrections and clarifications

MediaBugs, the Knight News Challenge-winning service for correcting errors in media coverage, has produced some interesting research into the publication of corrections and clarifications by US news websites

We found that of the websites of 35 leading daily newspapers we examined, 25 provide no link to a corrections page or archive of current and past corrections on their websites’ home pages and article pages. Only about half, 17 of the 35, provide a corrections policy of any kind (which we define broadly as any explicit statement regarding corrections practices). Sixty per cent of the newspaper sites (21 of 35) do provide an explicit channel (email, phone, or web form) for the public to report an error to the newsroom. However, in most cases this information isn’t prominent or easy to find.

Full post on MediaBugs at this link…

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Scotland to consult on defamation of the dead law reform

A consultation on defamation of the deceased could be launched in Scotland by the end of the year, it has been reported this week.

STV reports that Scottish ministers are to consult on reforming the law so that defamation claims can be brought on behalf of the dead.

A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: “The Scottish Government remains committed to launching a consultation on the defamation of the deceased (including homicide victims) and we expect to launch the consultation paper before the end of 2010.

“These are important and sensitive issues, involving a careful balancing of fundamental rights, and we are determined to take every care to ensure that they are addressed appropriately. Scottish ministers will examine the consultation responses carefully before issuing their response to it.”

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Sports journalists in Ghana deny taking money from government during world cup

A group of sports journalists in Ghana have denied allegations that they received money from the Ghana Football Association or Ministry of Youth and Sports during the World Cup earlier this year.

According to a report by Citifmonline, the ministry has said it spent $50,000 on media relations during the competition, which was given to the Ghana FA and distributed to journalists.

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – latest journalism job listings

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ProPublica: How we got the government’s secret dialysis data

Today, US non-profit ProPublica begins publishing the findings of a long-term investigation into the provision of dialysis in the US, which will also be published by the Atlantic magazine. In an editors note on the site, Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg explain how reporter Robin Fields spent two years pressing officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to release a huge dataset detailing the performance of various dialysis facilities.

Initially, she was told by the agency that the data was not in its “possession, custody and control.” After state officials denied similar requests for the data, saying it belonged to CMS, the agency agreed to reconsider. For more than a year after that, officials neither provided the data nor indicated whether they would.

ProPublica finally got its hands on the data, after the Atlantic story had gone to print, but plans “to make it available on our website as soon as possible in a form that will allow patients to compare local dialysis centers.”

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Twenty-five great new journalism, editorial and new media vacancies this week on Journalism.co.uk

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

Talented writers
Suite101 is a popular online magazine that offers authoritative articles, intelligent reviews and expert commentary to over 28 million readers each month.
Salary: Lifetime royalties plus bonuses and incentives
Suite101.com
London, England
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Media liaison executive
Graduate wanted to join busy media PR team.
Salary: DoE
Markettiers4DC
London, United Kingdom
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Italian freelance writer and translator
Adfero, an online news agency, is looking for a freelance writer and translator who is fluent in Italian.
Salary: £10 per hour
Adfero
Flexible, England
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Dutch freelancers
This leading online news agency is looking for freelance writers who are fluent in Dutch. .
Salary: £8 per hour
Adfero
Flexible, England
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Sub-editor
Business-to-business publisher Incisive Media requires an experienced sub editor to work on some of its leading publications and websites.
Salary: DoE
Incisive Media
London, England
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Sales manager
ITP Technology Division (part of the ITP Publishing Group based in Dubai) is looking to recruit a sales manager responsible for selling advertising into its portfolio of magazines.
Salary: DoE
ITP Publishing Group
Dubai Media City, Dubai
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Freelance sub-editor
Experienced freelance sub-editor needed.
Salary: DoE
Touchline
London, England
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Visiting lecturers in journalism
The university has vibrant and growing provision across journalism. From time to time opportunities for guest lectures and occasional unit teaching occur.
Salary: DoE
University of Bedfordshire
Beford, England
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Senior reporter
Construction News is seeking an ambitious news reporter to join its award-winning team.
Salary: DoE
Emap Ltd
London, England
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Freelance writers wanted
Demand Media publishes what the world wants to know and share.
Salary: $15-$30 USD per hour
Demand Media Studios
London, England
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Reporter
We are looking for an enthusiastic reporter/writer for two technical magazines produced in London. One covers the European tyre and rubber sector, the other deals with the global polyurethanes business.
Salary: £22K+ DoE
Crain Communications Ltd
London, England
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Community editor
Future is currently developing an exciting new website and is seeking two community editors to lead the project.
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Future Publishing Ltd
Bath, England
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Financial journalist
We’re looking for a financial services journalist looking to move into social media to run our online community!
Salary: DoE
FreshNetworks
London, England
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Investment banking reporter
Bloomberg News is seeking an investment banking reporter to join our team in London.
Salary: competitive + benefits
Bloomberg
London, England
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Sub-editor
Stylus, a global online b2b design resource for the consumer industries, is looking for a sub-editor to join the fast-growing team at head office in Marylebone, London.
Salary: 24K-28K
Stylus Media Group
London, England
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Deputy Speechwriter
The Lord Mayor of the City of London seeks a new deputy speechwriter, to work with the speechwriter to support the Mayoralty and the City of London.
Salary: £30,450K-£34,550K
City of London
London, England
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Journalist trainer
Tropical Paradise is the owner and operator of the Maldives’ leading travel and tourism brand Maldives Traveller. Maldives Traveller is the most reputed brand established for travel publishing, public relations and marketing communications in the Maldives
Salary: DoE
Tropical Paradise Pvt. Ltd
Male’, Maldives, Rest of World
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Freelance journalists
We are looking for freelance journalists to join our talent pool based in Central London and support our media work during Red Nose Day 2011, to be contacted as opportunities arise during the campaign.
Salary: DoE
Comic Relief
London, England
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Editorial assistant
Digital Spy is looking for a dedicated and lively individual to join the team. Working on this fast-moving website, your job will be to assist the editorial team with a variety of duties.
Salary: £9.07 per hour
Digital Spy
London, England
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Sub-editor
Upstream, the world’s leading international oil and gas newspaper, is looking for a sub-editor for its busy production desk in Oslo, Norway.
Salary: DoE
Upstream
Oslo, Norway
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Production editor
We are looking for a highly experienced and competent production editor – with a proven record in managing workflow within tight timeframes and to rigid deadlines – to work across an expanding portfolio of accounts (UK and International).
Salary: DoE
Global Listings
London, England
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Sales manager
ITP Business Publishing (part of the ITP Publishing Group based in Dubai) is looking to recruit a sales manager responsible for selling advertising into its business magazines.
Salary: DoE
ITP Publishing Group
Dubai Media City, Dubai
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Reviews editor
TrustedReviews is looking for an experienced journalist to review products for the UK’s finest source of consumer electronics reviews.
Salary: DoE
IPC Media
Berkshire, England
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Editor
An exciting opportunity for an editor has arisen to join Athene’s expanding editorial team on a new magazine, Insolvency Today.
Salary: DoE
Insolvency Today
London, England
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Online editor
UpstreamOnline is seeking an editor to lead its worldwide team of reporters reporting on the energy industry.
Salary: DoE
Upstream
London, England
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