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AP: Top 10 news stories of the year

December 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Journalism
Barack Obama's election victory named top news story of 2008 in Associated Press' annual poll, voted for by US editors and news directors. Oil prices, the Beijing Olympics and Mumbai terror attacks all feature in the list. Full story...

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FromtheFrontline: More Twitter conventions would have aided Mumbai coverage

December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Judith Townend in Citizen journalism, Editors' pick, Online Journalism
"As Twitter use becomes more widespread, so it becomes increasingly difficult to pinpoint the type of information you are looking for," writes Daniel Bennett. "A vast of sea of tweets with #Mumbai quickly developed, and if you were a journalist trying to find eyewitness accounts you found yourself painstakingly wading through them all. Those who did probably found it was time well spent, but is there a better way?" Bennett asks. Full story...

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Mumbai bloggers interviewed - video collection

November 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted by Judith Townend in Broadcasting, Citizen journalism

Here are clips of the various Mumbai blogger interviews. Fuller multimedia round-up here.

Dina, who blogs at Mumbaihelp.blogspot.com and on her own site and Vinu, whose photographs have been viewed by nearly 100,000  (at time of writing) on Flickr, speaking on CNN.

Amit Varma, who blogged a first-hand account, interviewed by the BBC (vision very poor but audio is adequate)


Gaurav Mishra, also interviewed in a text interview on the main page of Journalism.co.uk, here featured in the CBS Early Show coverage, looking at the reportage through citizen journalism:


Watch CBS Videos Online

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Mumbai online: the attacks reported live (updating)

November 27th, 2008 | 11 Comments | Posted by Judith Townend in Citizen journalism, Editors' pick, Multimedia, Online Journalism

A look at where the news has unfolded. Please post additional links below. Journalism.co.uk will add in more links as they are spotted.

Washington-based blogger and social media expert, Gaurav Mishra talks to Journalism.co.uk in an interview published on the main page.

One of the few on-the-ground user-generated content examples, Vinu’s Flickr stream (screen grab above). Slide show below:

How it has been reported:

Photography:

  • Flickr users such as Vinu, have uploaded pictures from the scene (images: all rights reserved).
  • A Flickr search such as this one, brings up images from Mumbai, although many are reproduced from a few sources. People have also taken pictures of the television news coverage.
  • But before you re-publish your finds beware: an advanced search which filters pictures by copyright and only shows up images opened up under Creative Commons, limits the results.

Blogs:

Breaking news:

Social Media:

Microblogging:

Mapping:

Video:

  • The Google video seach is here. YouTube videos are mainly limited to broadcast footage, with one user even filming the TV reports, for those without access to live television coverage. YouTube videos seem to be all second-hand broadcasts from mainstream media.

Timelines:

  • Dipity timeline here:

Campaigns / Aid:

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I’ve Said Too Much: Mumbai government tries to crack down on Twitter updates?

November 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick
(J.co.uk update)Read Amy Gahran's skepticism about this particular rumour on her blog. It seems unlikely, but as blogged and recorded by @Lloydshep (follow link at end): "The awful stuff coming out of Mumbai is one thing, but here’s another: the Indian government asking for live Twitter updates to cease to protect their operations. For all sorts of reasons, this seems to be significant." Full story...

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Afaqs.com: Delhi newspaper going national and launching weekly in nine state capitals

September 25th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Newspapers
NaiDunia Media has launched a national edition of its daily newspaper, NaiDunia, and will launch a weekly newspaper and magazine combo, Sunday NaiDunia, in nine state capitals. Full story...

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WSJ.com: Handwritten Urdu newspaper The Musalman on surviving 81 years

September 16th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Journalism, Newspapers
The Musalman, which is handwritten by Islamic calligraphers, is surviving despite the onslaught of mass and multimedia publishing in India. Full story...

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Guardian: Vogue India’s ‘tasteless’ fashion shoot

September 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick
Vogue India uses controversial images in their August issue - the season's expensive accessories modelled by ordinary Indians. Full story...

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TimesOnline: BBC using child labour to sell magazines in India

August 26th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick
Boys as young as eight years old are selling BBC Magazines in India for as little as 12p a day, according to a Sunday Times report. Full story...

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links for 2008-06-27

June 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Oliver Luft in Uncategorized

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