Social Media Journalist: “The problem with most news organisations is a lack of editorial understanding of social media” Kevin Anderson, Guardian blogs editor
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Newspapers, RSS, guardian, Social Media Journalist, Bookmarking, social networks, Facebook, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, online communities, blogs, Twitter, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Kevin Anderson, Guardian.co.uk.
1) Who are you and what do you do?
Kevin Anderson, blogs editor at Guardian.co.uk.
My title is misnomer seeing as desk editors handle most of the commissioning.
My role […]
Guardian wins top sports award with multimedia coverage
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Awards, sport, guardian | Leave a Comment
The Guardian scooped the coveted sports coverage of the year award at last night’s Sports Industry Awards.
Other contenders for the award included the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and The Times, with the Guardian chosen for displaying ’synergy between multi-platforms.’
Highlights were said to include online and print coverage of Steve McClaren’s sacking, with rolling news, comment […]
Newspaper Awards winners - Timesonline.co.uk named eNews Site of the Year
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under ft, Awards, guardian, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Timesonline.co.uk was named Electronic News Site of the Year at last night’s Newspaper Awards held at the London Hilton.
The Best Use of New Media prize went to local newspaper Hull Daily Mail’s site thisisyourmail.co.uk.
The Financial Times, fresh from wins at this months British Press Awards, won its third National Newspaper of the Year award of […]
Behavioural ads form of ‘free speech’, says Newspaper Association of America
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under guardian, USA, Newspapers, Advertising | Leave a Comment
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) has weighed in on the debate surrounding behavioural targeting of newspaper ads online, saying privacy standards proposed by the US’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could ‘infringe on newspapers’ First Amendment rights’, according to a report on Online Media Daily.
Targeted online advertising, says the group, is “not only truthful advertising […]
Video search engine Blinkx partners Guardian
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under guardian, Video, Search | Leave a Comment
Guardian.co.uk has agreed a deal with blinkx to make its video content available through the search engine’s website.
News, current affairs, travel and entertainment video content from the paper’s website will be searchable on blinkx.com.
The site has also announced a partnership with EuroNews - the multilingual pan-European news channel.
In a press release Suranga Chandratillake, founder and […]
British Press Awards - the winners
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under sun, ft, Awards, guardian, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Guardian.co.uk was named website of the year at last night’s British Press Awards, as the paper picked up three awards.
Guardian journalist Sean Smith was named digital reporter of the year and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad foreign reporter of the year.
The Financial Times also scooped three awards winning the newspaper of the year title and prizes for two […]
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 […]
Press Gazette: Guardian job cuts will not target older staff
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under guardian, Editors' pick, Job losses | Leave a Comment
Experienced print journalists will not be overlooked in favour of more web-savvy staff, the paper’s managing editor has said.
Chris Elliot said he expected 30 to 40 editorial staff would leave as part of an ongoing voluntary redundancy scheme.
But he said there would be no drop in the total number of editorial staff, as the paper is seeking to recruit more journalists with online skills before its move to new integrated headquarters at Kings Cross at the end of the year.
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Read More..>> Full story...The Register: Guardian pulls out of behavioural ad targeting deal
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under guardian, Editors' pick, Newspapers, Advertising | Leave a Comment
The Guardian has pulled out of a deal, which would have served online ads to readers based on information on their behaviour on other websites.
Concerns had been raised over the ethical implications of the deal with Phorm, echoed by Simon Kilby, advertising manager at the Guardian, in an email response to a reader:
“It is true that we have had conversations with them [Phorm] regarding their services but we have concluded at this time that we do not want to be part of the network. Our decision was in no small part down to the conversations we had internally about how this product sits with the values of our company.
“I hope you appreciate that the quality of the Guardian’s editorial is funded by our advertising sales operation and it is our duty to keep abreast of all developments in this sector. In this instance, however, I agree with you that this is not something that we should be partnering.”
Read More..>> Full story...Media Guardian: Guardian to launch network for digital developers
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under guardian, Editors' pick, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Guardian News and Media has recruited Matt McAlister, currently director of Yahoo!’s developer network in San Francisco, to head up a new project working with external developers.
The Guardian developer network, which will launch at the end of April, will make some Guardian tools and data available to outside developers.
McAlister, who has also worked for online media title InfoWorld and at the Industry Standard, will help determine which Guardian services will be made available through the network
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