Press Gazette: ‘Many millions’ more visitors needed to Guardian.co.uk before it can stop relying on print
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under google, Editors' pick, Newspapers, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Guardian.co.uk needs to rethink its ‘challenging’ business model if it is ever to survive on its own without the printed paper, according to its head of editorial development, Neil McIntosh.
Press Gazette reports McIntosh speaking at the opening of the Brighton Festival, where he said ‘many millions’ more visitors would be needed to the newspaper’s website to sustain current levels of investment in journalism it is making on the web.
Read More..>> Full story...Google creates API for using Flash on its maps
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Flash, Mapping, google | Leave a Comment
Google has introduced a API that will allow developers to use Flash when building Google Maps.
Aside from creating a speedier and smoother operation as users move around maps the new interface creates the opportunity for a more creative approach to map building and use. Have a look at the nice example on the Google Maps […]
Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - Using Google Timeline to get a story’s history
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google, Search, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Story context: Use Google’s Timeline tool to get a story’s history. You can zoom in on specific years. Go to news - news archive search, enter a search term and click the ’show timeline’ button. Tipster: Colin Meek
Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.
Read More..>> Full story...Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on May 14, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google, Search | Leave a Comment
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.
Read More..>> Full story...Toronto Star: Google News respects copyright, says content specialist
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under google, Copyright, Editors' pick, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Google News respects copyright and is not looking to move into content creation, Josh Cohen, content specialist for the search giant’s news channel, has said in a Q&A with the Toronto Star.
“…[I]t’s really about helping people to find the content that’s out there. We just don’t see ourselves as content creators. We’re more of a platform for that content,” he said.
Read More..>> Full story...Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: Google Trends
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google | Leave a Comment
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.
Read More..>> Full story...Media Guardian: Ien Cheng leaves FT.com for Google
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under ft, Job appointments, google, Editors' pick | Leave a Comment
Ien Cheng, the FT’s most senior digital executive, will leave the newspaper in the next month to join Google.
In his new role Cheng, who has been at the FT for eight years, will become director of product management for advertising on Google’s European leadership team.
Read More..>> Full story...Student Journalism Blog: using Google to run your student newspaper
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under google, Editors' pick, Newspapers, training, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Dave Lee offers tips on how to make the most of simple Google apps - calendar, email and documents - to organize operations at a student newspaper.
Simple steps, which more importantly can be implemented for free.
Read More..>> Full story...WebProNews: Google and YouTube to host presidential debate
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under YouTube, google, Editors' pick, Politics | Leave a Comment
YouTube and Google will hold a live streamed forum with the American presidential candidates in September.
According to the companies the site’s will allow the users to engage in the debate in ‘important ways’.
Read More..>> Full story...Twitter service soars to new heights in Japan
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under google, business, social networks, Twitter, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Last week’s launch of Twitter in Japan is showing early signs of success, reports ReadWriteWeb.
The new version was born when it was noticed that a significant percentage of Twitter usage was originating from Japan, despite the service being in English.
Now the dedicated Japanese version has been launched many sites are predicting an explosion of Twitter […]
