BBC: Scottish newspapers ‘in crisis’
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Join the queue Scotland…
Read More..>> Full story...Poynter: Danish newspapers not ‘trustworthy, relevant, or necessary’
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under research, Europe, Editors' pick, Newspapers, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Writing at Poynter Ernst Poulsen highlights research conducted by Analyse Danmark, which asked 2800 Danes about attitudes to newspapers.
The survey asked: If you could only access daily news through one type of media, which would you prefer to keep?
It wasn’t newspapers.
Half of respondents voted to keep TV, and 27 per cent voted for online.
Only 23 per cent would keep their daily newspaper.
The survey also asked:
Today it’s possible to stay informed without subscription to a daily paper?
The response ‘agree/mostly agree’ received 79 per cent of the vote. ‘Disagree/mostly disagree’ got 16 per cent, and ‘neither/don’t know’ polled 5 per cent.
Read More..>> Full story...Online Journalism China: shortcomings in the earthquake relief effort going unnoticed in the scramble to present a front of national unity
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under Online Journalism China, Censorship, Newspapers, China, Journalism | Leave a Comment
As the catastrophe and media blackout in Burma continues, coverage of the Wenchuan quake in China has taken centre stage.
While pictures and information on Burma are scarce, the international media has been given a free hand on the ground in Sichuan province, perhaps as natural disasters offer an unrivalled opportunity for the government to show […]
Press Gazette: Express editor Hill leaves PCC after McCann libel payout
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under PCC, Job appointments, Editors' pick, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Daily Express editor Peter Hill has left the Press Complaints Commission.
The move follows two months after his newspaper (along with its sister Sunday and the Star and Sunday Star) published front page apologies and paid the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann £550,000 in libel damages.
He’s replaced on the 17 strong commission by Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright.
Read More..>> Full story...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...Media Guardian: 15m UK users visted newspaper, claims ComScore
Posted on May 14, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Newspapers, Traffic, Online Journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
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.
Read More..>> Full story...Wall Street Journal appoints chief technology officer
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under WSJ, Job appointments, USA, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
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 […]
Bolton News suspends comments on online news
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under comments, Moderation, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
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 […]
Live: first ever online broadcast of a UK newspaper’s editorial conference
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Newspapers, Video, regional, Digital video, blogs, Online Journalism, online communities, Journalism | Leave a Comment
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.
Nashua Telegraph experimenting with Qik
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Mobile, USA, Video, Newspapers, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
The Nashua Telegraph is experimenting with live video from mobile phones on its website using streaming service Qik.
The Telegraph is using the tool to stream footage from N95 handsets to provide behind-the-scenes coverage of its online food show, The Doorbell Gourmet.
Qik’s popularity with publishers seems to be growing - last month the Sacramento Bee used […]
