Johnston Press Release: Board changes at Johnston Press

Ian Russell to succeed chairman Roger Parry from March 2009.

Simon Waugh to leave board from January 30 following appointment as chief executive of the new National Apprenticeship Service.

Full release at this link…

Tags: Ian Russell, Management Change, National Apprenticeship Service, Roger Parry, Simon Waugh

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Andrew Bagguley hired as consultant for Guardian mobile drive

Former head of mobile strategy for News International (NI), Andrew Bagguley has been hired as a consultant for Guardian News&Media (GNM), as the title begins its move into the mobile market.

Bagguley left NI in August following a reorganisation of the publisher’s digital arm. He helped The Sun and News of the World launch mobile websites and implement QR codes for mobile advertising.

After two years at NI Bagguley has just started at GNM, a spokeswoman for the group confirmed to Journalism.co.uk.

“We want to benefit from his experience launching mobile for News International so he’ll be working closely with our in house teams to formulate our plans,” she said.

GNM currently offers news alerts via text message and a version of Guardian.co.uk for PDA, SmartPhone and BlackBerry devices.

Tags: Andrew Bagguley, Management Change, mobile advertising, News International, News of the World, The Sun

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PTC New Journalist Awards 2008: And the winners are…

Reed Business Information’s (RBI) Tom Vaughan was a double winner at today’s Periodical Training Council’s (PTC) New Journalist of the Year awards.

Vaughan, who writes for Caterer and Hotelkeeper, picked up the overall award and new business features journalist too. Unfortunately (or fortunately for him) he was in absent – busy holidaying in Switzerland – and had the awards collected on his behalf.

The awards, which focus on new or young journalists in the UK magazine industry, also saw prizes for Jheni Osman, editor of Focus from BBC Magazines, who was named new editor of the year.

Full list of the winners:

Overall winner - Tom Vaughan, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, RBI

New editor of the year – Jheni Osman, Focus, BBC Magazine; (highly commended) Lucy Scott, Property Week, CMP Information

New section editor of the year – Emma Dent, Health Service Journal, EMAP Inform; (highly commended) Tom Bill, Building, CMP Information

New consumer journalist of the year – Josh Woodfin, FHM, Bauer Media; (highly commended) Jo Adnitt, Look, IPC Media

New consumer specialist/customer magazine journalist of the year - Ben Brain, Photoplus, Future Publishing

New magazine designer of the year - Tina Smith, Property Week, CMP Information; (highly commended) Luke O’Neill, Computer Arts, Future Publishing

New business journalist of the year – Crispin Dowler, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group; (highly commended) Victoria Gill, Chemistry World, Royal Society of Chemistry

New business features journalist of the year – Tom Vaughan, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, RBI; (highly commended) Lydia Stockdale, Property Week, CMP Information

Most promising student journalist of the year: Audrey Ward, MA magazine journalism, City University; (highly commended) Alix O’Neill, MA magazine, Goldsmiths

Tags: Audrey Ward, BBC, BBC Magazine, Ben Brain, British Broadcasting Corporation, City University, CMP, Crispin Dowler, Emap, Emap Plc, Health Service Journal, Jheni Osman, Jo Adnitt, Josh Woodfin, Lucy Scott, Lydia Stockdale, Management Change, Ocean Media Group, Ocean Media Group Ltd, Periodical Training Council, Royal Society of Chemistry, Tina Smith, Tom Vaughan, Victoria Gill

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Guardian appoints roles in new editorial ‘pods’

Guardian News & Media has this morning announced the heads of ‘its new integrated production, media and environment teams’, which are to be called pods. Appointments to its sport and picture desks were also announced.

New editorial roles are as follows (quoted from original article):

• Damian Carrington: head of the environment pod

• Jon Casson: head of production. Casson will be responsible for all sub-editors in the integrated production and subbing teams across the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk, and will also do news subbing.

• Andy Beven: head of production, business and pods. He will line manage the subbing teams within the pods and the business desk.

• David Marsh: production editor of the Guardian

• Steve Busfield, news editor of guardian.co.uk: head of the media and technology pod (which will include MediaGuardian.co.uk, the MediaGuardian print section, the Guardian Technology print section and website, and the Observer’s media coverage.)

• Jason Deans has been appointed editor of MediaGuardian.co.uk.

Tags: andy bevan, Damian Carrington, David Marsh, Jason Deans, Jon Casson, Management Change, MediaGuardian.co.uk, pod, Steve Busfield, The Guardian, The Observer

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Brand Republic: Mike Moore leaves digital role at Telegraph after five months

Mike Moore, who was appointed general manager of digital operations at Telegraph Media Group just five months ago, has stepped down. Moore, who joined TMG 18 months ago as executive director of consumer markets, leaves as part of wider restructuring put down to the 'challenging economic environment'. Full story...

Tags: Management Change, Mike Moore, Telegraph Media Group

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Media Week: Happold appointed head of multimedia at GNM

Guardian News and Media's network editor, Tom Happold has been promoted to head of multimedia, a newly created role. Full story...

Tags: gnm, Guardian.co.uk, head of multimedia, Management Change, Tom Happold

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FT.com: Archant boss John Fry finalising contract with Johnston Press

Johnston Press is set to appoint John Fry, currently the chief executive of Archant newspaper group, to replace outgoing chief executive Tim Bowdler. Full story...

Tags: Archant, John Fry, Management Change, Tim Bowdler

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Global News Enterprises makes editorial appointments

Global News Enterprises has expanded its editorial and executive teams ahead of its official launch in January 2009.

The web-based news organisation has made a host of appointments to further its aim of providing daily international news coverage from internationally-based correspondents:

• Thomas Mucha has been named managing editor and will oversee Global News’ body of correspondents and its multimedia operations. He will also contribute to special features and reporting projects, and pen a weekly column on global business.
• Former deputy managing editor of Politico Barbara Martinez becomes managing editor for the web.
• Andrew Meldrum has been hired as senior editor and regional editor for Africa.
• Amy Jeffries takes on the role of webmaster and will be responsible for technical aspects of the website and the implementation of multimedia content. Jeffries was previously a reporter and producer for WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio and a freelance reporter for Frontline World Online.

The organisation has also named James Wooster as business manager and Richard Byrne as its new director of communications and marketing, it said in a press release.

Tags: Amy Jeffries, Andrew Meldrum, Barbara Martinez, Global News Enterprises, James Wooster, Management Change, Richard Byrne, Thomas Mucha

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Digital developments at CNN: Gustav raises traffic, as new international digital role is created

CNN’s web traffic did rather well out of Hurricane Gustav: a press release issued yesterday told us that breaking news channel CNN.com Live ‘more than doubled its highest day on record on Monday, by serving more than 1.7 million live video streams globally’.

That figure represents a 124 percent increase on their previous highest day – February 21 – when it streamed the debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

In other news, another release announced the appointment of CNN’s first vice president of international digital services: Nick Wrenn, current managing editor for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Although based in Atlanta, Wrenn will manage all of the digital content outside of the US in his new role, bringing together CNN.com/international and mobile with its broadband services.

Wrenn will report to Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International.

“Our digital services are playing an increasingly important part in the growth of CNN International and this new position ensures that they will be leveraged and incorporated into our current business appropriately,” said Maddox in the statement.

Tags: africa, Atlanta, Barack Obama, broadband services, CNN, CNN International, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Gustav, International Digital Services, Management Change, Middle East, Nick Wrenn, Tony Maddox, United States, web traffic

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ProPublica hires T. Christian Miller, Dan Nguyen and Lisa Schwartz, completes staffing

The not-for-profit news site ProPublica has appointed three more journalists to its ranks, completing its initial round of staffing.

Former LA Times staff writer T. Christian Miller joins the organisation as reporter, while Dan Nguyen, a reporter/web developer for the Sacramento Bee, becomes web producer.

Lisa Schwartz, previously an ABC News staffer and freelance researcher, has been named research director and completes the site’s aim to have 24 full-time reporters and editors.

Interns with the site Benjamin Protess and Sharona Coutts have also be named as fellows, a release from ProPublica said.

Tags: Benjamin Protess, Dan Nguyen, Lisa Schwartz, Management Change, not-for-profit news site, reporter/web developer, Sharona Coutts, T. Christian Miller

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