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Reuters runs safety training course for Gaza journalists

Laura Oliver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:20 +0000

Reuters’ Gaza bureau ran a four-day training course this week in recognition of cameraman Fadel Shana, who was killed in the region on 16 April 2008.

Twenty Palestinian journalists received tuition in TV production, with extra training on aspects of safety and ethics in conflict zones, a release from Reuters said.

Sessions on filming and editing ran alongside first aid training, including the treatment of gunshot and blast wounds.

In April 2008, Shana was killed by a shell fired by Israeli soldiers. He was the first Reuters journalist to be killed in Gaza. The cameraman was on his way to cover an incident when his vehicle stopped. On getting out of the vehicle an explosion killed Shana and two bystanders.

A soundman travelling with Shana escaped serious injury.

In August last year the news agency said it was ‘disappointed and dissatisfied’ by an investigation by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) into Shana’s death, which said soldiers were justified in opening fire on Shana, as they believed his tripod-mounted camera might be a weapon.

Commenting on the training programme, Reuters bureau chief in Israel and Palestinian territories, Alastair Macdonald, said: “Fadel was killed doing a job to which he was dedicated and to which he brought immense talent and promise. To honour his memory and to improve opportunities for young Palestinian journalists who would wish to follow his example, we are delighted to be able to provide this training.”

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Behind-the-scenes: Reuters’ interactive economic crisis project

Laura Oliver — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:30 +0000

While I was away Reuters’ head of visual projects Jassim Ahmad dropped me a link to his team’s latest project: a stunning interactive timeline of the last 365 days of the economic crisis – marking the year from September 15 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed.

Aside from stunning visuals, the ‘Times of Crisis’ timeline can also be filtered by topic and date, and mixes text, video and images to tell the story.

On the Online Journalism Blog, Karthika Muthukumaraswamy has a great Q&A with Ahmad about the logistics of creating such a large project.

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FT Alphaville: ‘Twitter, the new Reuters witness’

Judith Townend — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:02:36 +0000

FT Alphaville wryly notes Reuters’ source for its Gmail fail story, ‘Twitter accounts’. Alphaville prefers a screen-grab from Gmail instead.

Full post at this link…

(Via @Psmith)

PS. Last Twitter post of the day, maybe.

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Reuters: Independent News&Media likely to agree bond extension, says source

Judith Townend — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:21 +0000

Independent News & Media ‘will likely agree another extension to a standstill deal with holders of a 200 million euro ($283 million) bond originally due for repayment in May’, an industry source said, according to Reuters. It reported today:

“The Irish publishing group has until Aug. 27 to agree a deal with holders of the senior debt but the industry source, who declined to be named because talks are ongoing, said another rollover was inevitable as this month’s deadline looms.”

INM declined to comment, Reuters said.

Full story at this link…

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Event: Reuters hosts social media Q&A with Lib Dem’s Nick Clegg – take part!

Laura Oliver — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:10:24 +0000

On Monday (July 13) Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will take part in a public question and answer session with a difference.

Clegg will respond to questions solicited via a range of social media sites in a livestreamed event – something that the politician himself has described as changing ‘the way we do politics’.

The event is the latest in a series of sessions subjecting high-profile figures in the world of politics and business to social media scrutiny – but previous participants, including Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Bob Zoellick, used the q&a session as a follow-up to a speech. Clegg will just be responding to questions from the public and online audience.

Journalism.co.uk is going to co-host part of the proceedings – it’s a great opportunity for us to see how Reuters runs these events and why and how they are opening it up/distributing it in this way.

How to get involved:
According to Reuters, nothing is off limits. If you want to put a question to Clegg before or during the event, you can:

Leave a comment on this post or on the Reuters Great Debate post about the event
Using Twitter – tag your questions with #askclegg
By tagging a video question on the site 12 Seconds with ‘nickclegg’

Clegg has posed some questions of his own on 12 Seconds; or perhaps you’d like to challenge his statements on the war in Afghanistan?

How to follow the event:
There will be a live video stream of the event on the Journalism.co.uk Editors’ blog and on the Reuter’s hosting page. You can also follow some of the event on the Reuters New Editors Twitter channel.

Journalism.co.uk will attempt to aggregate some of the tweets around the event as well as featuring coverage on @journalism_live.

Any other suggestions of how you’d like us to cover it – please chip in.

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Event – Voices Online: Blogging Conference today

Laura Oliver — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:01:44 +0000

Journalism.co.uk is attending the Voices Online: Blogging conference today. Speakers at the event include Mark Jones, global community editor at Reuters; Demotix’s Turi Munthe; political blogger Guido Fawkes a.k.a. Paul Staines; and Andrew Sparrow: senior political correspondent for the Guardian and recent Orwell Prize blogging nominee.

The full agenda for the day is available at this link.

Follow updates on Twitter @journalism_live and via the hashtag #voicesconf.

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Reuters: Slumping economy leads US networks to ‘give voice’ to everyday people

Judith Townend — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:27:16 +0000

“In a slumping economy, U.S network news programs are expanding their gaze beyond Wall Street and Washington to mainstream America, heralding projects that give voice to everyday people and their financial woes,” reports Reuters.

Full story at this link…

Find an injection of cynicism over at Doug Fisher’s blog, at this link.

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Reuters: ‘Johnston Press 2009 ad revenues slump 36 per cent’

Judith Townend — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:55:19 +0000

“British regional newspaper group Johnston Press axed its final 2008 dividend on Wednesday after saying its advertising revenues in 2009 to date were down 36 per cent,” Reuters reports.

“The group, which has been especially hard hit by its high exposure to local classified advertising and sectors such as employment, housing and motoring, posted 2008 results in line with forecasts, with operating profit down 28 per cent.”

Full story at this link…

and another report from MediaGuardian at this link.

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Reuters: New video news service debuts in June

Judith Townend — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:23:41 +0000

Thomson Reuters’ new video news service will launch in June for financial professionals, part of a $1 billion (£710 million) plan, and will supply ‘live and searchable financial markets coverage, analysis and breaking news.’

“Unlike traditional television stations, it will not run all day, will not rely on advertising and will be largely unavailable to the public. Clients, however, will be able to access it around the clock.”

Full story at this link…

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Hubdub introducing ads to website

Catherine Jones — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:23:14 +0000

Hubdub – the prediction site where users bet virtual money on news events – is to introduce advertising onto the website.

In an official blog post, Hubdub said it would be trying out Google Adsense as well as display advertising.

The company hopes the advertising will not negatively effect the look or functionality of the site, which recently signed deals with the Independent and Reuters to feature their news stories on the website.

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