Thirty-three great new media, journalism and editorial jobs on Journalism.co.uk this week

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

Editor
An experienced B2B editor is required to take the helm of ITP Business’s specialist engineering monthly, MEP Middle East. The title focuses on the mechanical, electrical and plumbing sector of the construction industry.
Salary: DoE
ITP Publishing Group
Dubai Media City, Dubai
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Talented writers wanted
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, All
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Assistant editor
Do you have a genuine interest in digital trends and new technology and how they are changing the world in which we live? We are looking for a journalist with experience writing about digital media and/or technology to join our team.
Salary: DoE
StrategyEye
London, England
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Journalist
Journalist sought for financial news service covering Russia.
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Mergermarket Ltd
London, England
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Assistant picture editor – The National
Assistant picture editor working with all sections of the paper and online.
Salary: DoE
Abu Dhabi Media Company
Abu Dhabi, Middle East
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Greenslade: What the papers did, and didn’t, say about Coulson

Media commentator Roy Greenslade has taken a look at the newspapers’ response to the resignation of Downing Street director of communications Andy Coulson on Friday.

Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World, cited the continued pressure from coverage of the phone-hacking scandal as the reason for his departure.

One of the government’s key aides departed amid controversy on Friday. So how did the weekend’s press cover the story of the resignation of Andy Coulson, No 10′s director of communications?

Answer: in most cases, with kid gloves. In other cases, hardly at all. And in a couple of instances, it was as if nothing of consequence had happened. What was that business about News of the World phone-hacking? Let’s start with the Saturday issues…

Full post on Greenslade’s blog at this link.

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Spanish judge to travel to Iraq to visit scene of cameraman’s death

The BBC reports today that a Spanish judge will travel to Iraq to visit the scene where cameraman Jose Couso was killed by tank fire, at Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel, a base for journalists during the invasion of the country.

Journalism.co.uk reported in July last year that an investigation into the death of the Spanish journalist had been reopened.

Another journalist, Reuters reporter Taras Protsyuk, from the Ukraine, was also killed by the tank shelling at the Palestine Hotel on 8 April 2003.

The BBC report today says that a prosecutor has warned that evidence gathered may not be admissable in court but that investigating magistrate Santiago Pedraz said that “visiting the scene of the cameraman’s death was a crucial part of proceedings”.

He will travel to Baghdad with four journalists who witnessed what happened, and three lawyers.

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Al-Jazeera offices in Ramallah entered by security forces, reports correspondent

Al-Jazeera English correspondent Alan Fisher reports that the news organisation’s offices in Ramallah, Palestine were entered by security forces earlier this afternoon, followed by an “angry crowd” which has sprayed graffiti on the walls.

Fisher is reporting on the situation using his Twitter account: twitter.com/alanfisher.

Al-Jazeera began publishing leaked documents about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process today in partnership with the Guardian. The documents accuse the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) of making a secret agreement to accept Israel’s annexation of all but one of the settlements built illegally in East Jerusalem.

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – using Springpad

Paul Bradshaw takes a look at new organiser app Springpad over on his Online Journalism Blog, outlining the potential uses for journalists and editors. Tipster: Rachel McAthy.

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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Channel 4 News: Andy Coulson resigns again “over something he knows nothing about”

Calls for a police enquiry are mounting following the resignation yesterday of Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson. Coulson said that the continued coverage of the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the News of the World, where he was editor from 2003 until 2007, was making his job at No 10 impossible.

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Read the full story plus other video interviews with Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, ex News of the World editor Phil Hall and former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan.

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#jpod: The week’s top news stories from Journalism.co.uk, 21 January 2011

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Alan Rusbridger on Coulson resignation: ‘This is not the end of the story’

Editor in chief of Guardian News & Media Alan Rusbridger released a statement today following the resignation of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson from his position as director of communications for Downing Street.

Coulson said in his resignation statement the “continued coverage” of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World made it difficult for him to give the “110 per cent” needed for the job.

Rusbridger credited Coulson’s resignation to the work of Guardian reporter Nick Davies:

From the moment he revealed the secret pay-out to Gordon Taylor in July 2009 it was obvious that Andy Coulson’s position was untenable. But this is not the end of the story by any means. There are many outstanding legal actions, and uncomfortable questions for others, including the police.”

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Channel 4 News extended to cover Coulson resignation and Blair testimony

Tonight’s Channel 4 News will be extended to an hour following the resignation of David Cameron’s director of communications Andy Coulson and Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq Inquiry.

Coulson resigned over continued coverage of phone-hacking that took place under his editorship of the News of the World.

Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy announced the extended bulletin on Twitter, following a previous comment that there was to be “an unusually exciting Friday night’s channel 4 news ahead”.

Meanwhile, following Coulson’s resignation, Guru-Murthy’s co-presenter Jon Snow alleged that he believes his own phone was hacked with the involvement of another, unamed, newspaper.

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Martin Belam: My favourite comment spam

We get at lot of spam comments here at Journalism.co.uk. Some of them are uplifting:

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That kind of comment makes for a great start to the morning.

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We did do a lot of research to make that particular publish amazing, so it’s nice to have it recognised.

Some of them contain constructive criticism:

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That kind of thing reminds us about trying to be good journalists every day.

We are, of course, not the only ones to benefit from such feedback and guidance.

Guardian information architect Martin Belam has written about this kind of spam in the past, which uses these inane comments to try and sneak through links for SEO purposes. Belam posted some of his own favourite spam today with some responses, and its pretty funny.

“Alistair conditioning” is my favourite concealed keyword ever.

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