Chinese officials told to influence online news coverage of games, says RSF
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Olympics, Censorship, China, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Chinese government officials have been told to ‘orientate online opinion’ in the build up to and during this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, press freedom campaign group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said.
According to RSF a confidential memo seen by the group ‘confirms that the authorities have an active policy towards online information content’.
In the […]
BBC News and Sport websites show off new looks
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under BBC, Online Journalism | 1 Comment
The BBC News and Sport websites have today launched their revamped websites. Both editors admit the sites, which are the results of months of development in response to reader feedback, are works in progress.
It’s not a complete redesign, says Steve Herrmann, editor of the BBC News website, on his blog, but more of a ’site […]
Telegraph creates mash-up map of London murders
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Newspapers | 1 Comment
Following news of the murder of 14-year-old Amro Elbadawi in London, the Telegraph has plotted figures of murders in the capital last year on a Google map to show their location and frequency by borough.
The map gives an at-a-glance overview of the 26 teenagers murdered in London in 2007 and complements the text article, though […]
Read More..>>NYTimes.com: PaidContent vs TechCrunch: what’s the future for blogging?
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, blogs | Leave a Comment
Saul Hansen compares and contrasts Michael Arrington/TechCrunch vs Rafat Ali/Paid Content’s approach to blogging and their plans for the future.
The main differences being: personal vs analytical; acquiring the competition vs establishing a vertical; blog vs not a blog.
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Read More..>> Full story...SFN blog: Survey says UK newspapers driving traffic more effectively than Google
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under google, Editors' pick, Newspapers, Advertising | Leave a Comment
Results of a survey of 1,000 UK consumers - conducted by Greenfield Online - have suggested that advertising or editorial links in a newspaper or on TV are more likely to direct readers to websites than links on Google’s Adwords
Read More..>> Full story...Times: Reuters mobile service tapping into Indian farmers
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under reuters, India, Editors' pick, Mobile | Leave a Comment
A mobile service providing weather information, sale prices for goods at market and crop spraying information for Indian farmers is proving a money spinner for its provider Reuters.
The Market Light service, which costs farmers £2.19 (175 rupees) a quarter, currently has 250,000 customers in Maharashtra, Indiaâ
Read More..>> Full story...MediaGuardian: Letters pages flourishing despite growth of online interaction
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Readership, Editors' pick | Leave a Comment
Compared to online comments, only the best letters make it onto the traditional printed pages in a newspaper, says Christopher Howse, letters editor of the Daily Telegraph.
Letters can also set the news agenda and remain the reader’s domain despite the growing trend of opening up sections of newspaper websites to public scrutiny, says this article
Read More..>> Full story...Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on March 30, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, Handy Technology | Leave a Comment
Online research: Available as a plugin to the Firefox browser, Pearl Crescent Page Saver allows you to make screen grabs of an entire web page, not just what appears on your screen. Tipster: John Thompson
Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.
Read More..>> Full story...Social Media Journalist: ‘Blogging… the most important social media activity for me by a distance’ LLoyd Shepherd MessyMedia
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Yahoo, Social Media Journalist, YouTube, google, guardian, blogs, Twitter, social networks, Handy Technology | 1 Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to journalists across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Lloyd Shepherd, MessyMedia.
1) Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Lloyd Shepherd, and I’m co-managing director and co-founder of MessyMedia. We publish mainstream entertainment and information websites, aka […]
Who’s a pretty boy then?
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under funny, About us | Leave a Comment
Our very own news editor, Oliver Luft, has received glowing praise this week. According to the hot hack blog, Mr Luft is officially a ‘hottie’ in the world of journalism.
“He’s got some bad-boy stubble going on and looks like he could handle himself in a fight if your purse was stolen while he was […]
