Media Guardian: 15m UK users visted newspaper, claims ComScore
Posted on May 14, 2008 by Oliver Luft - Filed Under Editors' pick, Newspapers, Traffic, Online Journalism, Journalism
Nearly 15 million people - 44 per cent of UK internet users - visited newspaper sites during March, according to ComScore web metrics. The Guardian says that ComScore figures suggest that Sun Online was the most visited UK newspaper site by residents of this country, recording 4.3 million unique users, with Guardian.co.uk second with at 3.6 million. Telegraph.co.uk had 2.8 million users and Times Online 2.6 million. Full story...BBC dot.life blog: Twitter and the China earthquake
Posted on May 14, 2008 by Oliver Luft - Filed Under Editors' pick, China, Twitter
BBC Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones muses on Robert Scoble's claim that Twitter broke the news of the earthquake in China quicker than United States Geological Survey, which provides early warnings of seismic events. "Let's see, as this story unfolds, whether this is the moment when Twitter comes of age as a platform which can bring faster coverage of a major news event than traditional media, while allowing participants and onlookers to share their experiences," suggests Mr Cellan-Jones. Full story...Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on May 14, 2008 by John Thompson - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google, Search
Story context: Quickly get the heads up on an issue using Google Trends. Enter your term and see how the search volume has changed over time and track news 'spikes'. You can also compare terms. Tipster: Colin Meek Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...Inflection Point: Pay per performance for online journos
Posted on May 14, 2008 by Oliver Luft - Filed Under Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Journalism
Journalism.co.uk wrote a story last week about comments RBI managing director Jim Muttram made to the PPA conference about performance related pay for journalists. Back on his own blog Jim has posted about the hubbub surrounding the issue. "If any pay for performance scheme were ever to be implemented in a blanket fashion that very well might be the result - which, for the record, would be a bad thing! "However, in an online world where attention is firstly more valued and more difficult to get, and secondly increasingly measurable it surely comes as no surprise that questions about how to maximise it arise from time to time." I recommend a click through to read the whole post. Full story...Wall Street Journal appoints chief technology officer
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Laura Oliver - Filed Under WSJ, Job appointments, USA, Newspapers
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has named Sarabjit ‘Ruby’ Walia as chief technology officer for its digital network.
Walia will manage the technology across WSJ.com and Dow Jones’ sister websites Barrons and MarketWatch.
He joins the Journal from business and financial communications consultancy Financial Dynamics.
“Ruby’s success leading digital technology businesses within large media companies in this space will ensure our ability to innovate and continue to bring users the most effective digital experiences possible to our millions of loyal users,” said Gordon McLeod, president of the WSJ digital network, in a press release.
MSN mashes blogs and entertainment maps
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Laura Oliver - Filed Under msn, Mapping
MSN has created two new mapping tools using content from its blogging and entertainment channels.
The SpacesVision map displays updates from bloggers on the site’s Live Spaces platform in almost real-time.
It describes itself as the latest stage in the ‘vision map genre’ following established mapping services FlickrVision and TwitterVision.
Meanwhile the Celebrity Spotter tool mashes up a feed of events with a live map to pinpoint where celebrities will be in the UK over the next four weeks.
Peter Bale, executive producer of MSN.co.uk, said the two creations were ‘just the start’ of the site’s experiments with mash ups.
Bolton News suspends comments on online news
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Laura Oliver - Filed Under comments, Moderation, Newspapers
The Bolton News is directing readers to the site’s forum area after closing commenting features on its news stories.
The site suspended the comments last month because of abusive posters, according to How-Do, but is now urging readers to contribute to the site’s forums.
A welcome post from David Crookes, part of the internet operations team at the paper, said the move would ‘bring reader reaction together in one place’.
“The changes have been made because of a minority of people who have insisted on spoiling our previous comment facilities,” wrote Crookes.
“That will leave the majority free to discuss topics, safe in the knowledge that their opinions will be respected.”
Anyone posting offensive or abusive messages will be immediately banned from the site, with persistent offenders reported to Internet Service Providers, Crookes added.
A plug for Sky News Unplugged
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Laura Oliver - Filed Under Sky, Video, Online Journalism
From tomorrow Sky News will air its new online programme Sky News Unplugged.
The show, which promises ‘a sideways look at the week’s news’, will be available only on the channel’s website and through interactive services on TV.
The programme will later be available on demand through the site’s video channel.
Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on May 13, 2008 by John Thompson - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, RSS
Online research: Want a quick way to track changing content on pages that don't have RSS feeds? See page2rss.com for hassle-free page monitoring straight to your RSS reader. I use it to monitor content such as conference agendas and info buried deep within sites. Tipster: Colin Meek Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...Live: first ever online broadcast of a UK newspaper’s editorial conference
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Oliver Luft - Filed Under Newspapers, Video, regional, Digital video, blogs, Online Journalism, online communities, Journalism
The Liverpool Daily Post will later on today become the first newspaper in the UK to broadcast its afternoon editorial conference live on the web.
Journalism.co.uk will be carrying the stream. Watch it here.
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