Birmingham Post: Local online plans could endanger BBC’s newsgathering, says Post editor
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Trinity Mirror regional titles, Newcastle’s Journal, the Birmingham Post and the Liverpool Post have joined forces to report on the economic situation on this live blog, happening right now, as we type this post.
It’s charting the falling FTSE share index and the Liverpool Daily Post reporter Alison Gow twittered this morning that it is the brainchild of Birmingham Post editor Marc Reeves and the head of regional multimedia David Higgerson.
Its purpose: “to provide live information on breaking news surrounding the banking crisis, as well as informed opinion from our team of experts across the country,” the administrator wrote at 12.19.
The poll shows that 63 per cent of voters think that yes, the government should offer 100 per cent protection on all savings.
At 14.23 Sion Barry of Media Wales writes that the length of of the recession ‘really is the golden question. Some sectors of the economy have been in recession from a while… just ask a housebuilder.’
The papers are using Coveritlive.com to create the blog.
Tags: Alison Gow, blogging, blogs, David Higgerson, Liverpool Daily Post, Marc Reeves, newcastle journal, the Birmingham PostTrinity Mirror has announced a host of changes to the senior management of its Midlands newspaper titles.
Steve Dyson, who will remain in his post as editor of the Birmingham Mail, is to become additionally responsible for the Sunday Mercury.
He will also oversee the introduction of new centralised multimedia, newsroom and production operations to the region.
Marc Reeves, editor of the Birmingham Post, will take on new duties for the online development of Trinity’s titles in the area.
Dave Brookes, current editor of the Sunday Mercury, has been named as editor of the Coventry Telegraph and will take up the role in January replacing Alan Kirby, who will retire at Christmas.
Kirby and Brookes will remain as editor of their existing titles while the new processes are implemented.
Completing the changes Tony Lennox, editorial director of Midlands Weekly Media, has been appointed to the new role of business development editor for the Midlands.
Tags: Alan Kirby, Birmingham Mail, Coventry Telegraph, Dave Brookes, Management Change, Marc Reeves, Midlands Weekly Media, online development, Steve Dyson, Sunday Mercury, the Birmingham Post, Tony LennoxUnique users to the Birmingham Post website rose by 72 per cent over the last month, according to the paper’s editor Marc Reeves.
Reeves released the figure for the period of March to April this year in a post to microblogging service Twitter.
The site’s relaunch in February gave the online edition more emphasis on breaking news throughout the day and increasing interaction between the site and readers.
In particular staff and readers have been encouraged to join the paper’s group of expert bloggers as part of a ‘web-first’ outlook.
Tags: Marc Reeves, online edition more emphasis, web firstThe Birmingham Post is to use microblogging service Twitter to push out the news feed from its website.
How did editor Marc Reeves announce the development? By Twitter of course.
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Earlier this week the Plymouth Herald began using the service to deliver customised messages to its readers.
UPDATE - The Post’s Twitter feed is now up and running, and will welcome feedback and comments from other Twitterers.
Tags: Marc Reeves, Plymouth Herald, TwitterHe’s said before that he’s dying to spill the beans and it seems Marc Reeves, editor of the Birmingham Post, just can’t keep all the plans for the paper’s revamped site to himself.
His latest blog post gives some more hints on what next Friday’s relaunch will feature:
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- Targeted content for the main business and industrial sectors of the region - including email alerts, RSS feeds and bloggers for each sector
- An online business events calendar
- ‘Pagesuite’ versions of main supplements and business publications
- A roster of more than 30 bloggers
- A smattering of video
- Easily navigable arts, culture and leisure pages
- More tagging of content
The soon-to-be launched revamp of the Birmingham Post website has moved into a beta stage, according to the paper’s editor Marc Reeves.
Writing on his blog, Reeves said their had been a recruitment drive for bloggers, which had ‘delivered amazing results’.
A new arrangement of core content will be introduced, he added, with different channels housing news, analysis and blogs for different sectors, in addition to email newsletters.
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