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Live coverage of the National Union of Journalists ADM

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:00 +0000

A team of student National Union of Journalist (NUJ) members are providing live coverage of the union’s ADM this weekend.

Reporters will be covering key speeches and debates from the event on nujadm.org.uk complete with a section of liveblogs, motions news and speeches.

You can also follow the team’s tweets at the hashtag #nujadm or below:

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New meet-up group organised to discuss the future of news

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:54:11 +0000

Freelance journalist Adam Westbrook has set-up a new meeting group (online and offline) for UK-based journalists interested in where their industry is headed.

As the UK Future of News Group website explains:

“We’re undergoing a digital revolution. The value of news has disappeared, and with it, the revenues of papers and TV stations around the world. But from all the turmoil new opportunities are emerging, if you look in the right places.

“The UK Future of News Group is for anyone interested in the future of journalism. Whether you’re a journalism student, a young journalist or a seasoned professional, the group is a place to openly and positively discuss new ideas.

“We’re not here to talk about why journalism is in trouble, or the death of newspapers, no no no. Save that for the blogs.

“We’re here to actually come up with the ideas which will determine what comes next. That could be a new news start-up, a new idea for aggregating content, or the alternative to Murdoch’s paywall. Who knows.

“You don’t have to have an actual idea to attend a meeting, but we hope eventually someone will come up with the next big thing!

“At the very least we hope it’ll provide a positive, open environment where new ideas can flourish.”

The first group meeting is scheduled for 7 December at a location somewhere in London (revealed to members of the group, who must sign-up online). Journalism.co.uk hopes to be there – especially to talk about our new event news:rewired.

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Cardiff students live-tweet PTC New Journalist of the Year Awards

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:44:38 +0000

Journalism.co.uk unfortunately couldn’t make today’s Periodical Training Council’s (PTC) New Journalist of the Year Awards – good luck to all the runners and riders.

Fortunately, a group of Cardiff University students are tweeting the results. Follow the hashtag #ptcnewjournalist2009 or the stream below:

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Adam Westbrook: Northwestern University’s journalism students and the ‘Innocence Project’

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:48:44 +0000

Adam Westbrook looks at an ongoing project at Northwestern University in the US, where students under the leadership of investigative journalist David Protess investigate, fact check and data mine criminal convictions in their region.

Focusing on murder cases where the defendants have been sentence to execution, the group has to date freed 11 men through their work.

“This isn’t so much an idea which has any business revenue potential obviously, although there’s a chance it could get a decent grant here and there. But what a way to get students engaged during their studies! And what a way to teach them the most difficult skill of all: investigation,” writes Westbrook.

Full post at this link…

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FT.com: Journalism could be sold ‘direct to customers’ in new market, says Murdoch

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:38:09 +0000

Addressing a conference in Barcelona, James Murdoch suggested a shift in the business model of the industry [what gives him that idea? - Ed] but perhaps more interestingly the emergence of a new market where journalism could be sold direct to customers at wholesale prices, particularly for digital journalism, the FT reports.

Paid-for content and copyright protection, echoing his father’s sentiments, would be crucial parts of this, he added.

Full post at this link…

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#FollowJourn: @welshrosie/hyperlocal writer

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:08:21 +0000

#FollowJourn: Rosie Dow

Who? Writer based in Greenwich, London.

What? Writes for hyperlocal.co.uk Greenwich site.

Where? Read her articles on Greenwich or find her on Twitter.

Contact? Send her a tweet at @welshrosie.

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to judith or laura at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – creating iPhone apps

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:06:41 +0000

Mobile: Thinking about creating your own iPhone app for your website? Look at BusinessWeek's DIY guide for tips on getting started. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

PDA: ‘Is local the new social now?’

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:17 +0000

Good round-up from PDA of a growing buzz surrounding local media and news projects with a look at AOL, Patch and eBay’s moves in the area – as well as how social media is getting in on the local act too.

Full post at this link…

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Consternation online for Times’ use of Edward Woodward blog tribute – Times responds

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:57:14 +0000

(via SCI FI Wire, Media Monkey and MTV)

According to reports and a tweet from the author, on Tuesday the Times printed a tribute to late actor Ed Woodward, originally written on his personal blog by director Edgar Wright, without permission:

An edited version of Wright’s blog piece was published with a byline and picture.

Twitter critics drew a comparison with Rupert Murdoch’s recent comments about search engines and aggregators as ‘kleptomaniacs’ when it came to newspapers’ content.

But today the paper has published a clarification online:

“We have been asked to make clear that Edgar Wright’s appreciation of Edward Woodward, which appeared in the paper on Tuesday, November 17, was abridged and the full version can be read here or at www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/11/edward-woodward-1930-2009/“

Was this a response to online requests or did Wright have to go through the traditional channels? Will be interesting to know how responsive to social media commentary the Times is – we’ll try to find out.

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STL Social Media Guy: Web comment on newspaper site loses man his job

Laura Oliver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:44 +0000

A ‘vulgar’ comment from a man on the St Louis-Post’s Dispatch website, STLtoday.com, resulted in him resigning from his job.

Kurt Greenbaum, online news director and director of social media at the paper, explains how he twice deleted the comment.

“[I then] noticed in the WordPress e-mail that his comment had come from an IP address at a local school. So I called the school. They were happy to have me forward the e-mail, though I wasn’t sure what they’d be able to do with the meager information it included,” explains Greenbaum.

“About six hours later, I heard from the school’s headmaster. The school’s IT director took a shine to the challenge. Long story short: Using the time-frame of the comments, our website location and the IP addresses in the WordPress e-mail, he tracked it back to a specific computer. The headmaster confronted the employee, who resigned on the spot.”

Full post at this link…

But as the site Awful Marketing asks, is this a violation of trust or a newspaper’s privacy policy?

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