Journalism Daily: Digital plans for Big Issue and the Baltimore hoax

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• ‘I’m an ethicist get me out of here!’: Conference will question global media obsession with celebrity
• Big Issue mulling digital editions with Yudu launch
• Smart moves: Paul McNamara becomes News Of the World defence correspondent

Ed’s picks:

• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 how to make things happen as a freelancer
• MediaGuardian: Independent News & Media falls into the red
• Fitz & Jen: US Print Council defends newspapers with environmental campaign
• Advertising Age: Why ad networks are surviving
• paidContent:UK: Italian Competition Authority searches Google’s Milan offices in newspaper dispute
• Stars and Stripes: US to screen journalists for ‘positive coverage’ before embedding

Tip of the day:

• Audio editing with Audacity

#FollowJourn:

• @marshall9093/copy editor

On the Editor’s Blog:

• The Baltimore Hoax: newspapers and bloggers fall for Wire comments spoof
• Johnston Press’ ad revenues feel effects of recession
• Game, set and… hack – Bulgaria prepares for journalists’ tennis championships
• Twitter tops BBC for monthly traffic, while BBC Online click-throughs exceed 10m

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• #FollowJourn: @marshall9093/copy editor
• Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – audio editing with Audacity

Journalism Daily: 70 jobs to go at Express and Star titles, the Groucho’s libel action, regional ABCes

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Northern & Shell to axe 70 journalists from Express and Star titles
• Groucho Club in libel action to prevent defendant’s claims in ‘exposé’ of famous media haunt
• Regional newspaper ABCes: Johnston Press network takes top spot in web traffic report
• July ABCes: Mail Online records most unique users for second month running
• NUJ meeting to help freelancers clinch book deal
• Can Wound Media make an online payment model work?
• Smart Moves: Total Vauxhall welcomes Dougie Rankine as editor

Ed’s picks:

• More US publishers sign up for Briggs’ Newsgarden
• Comment: Free is just another cover price
• A reminder of the ‘perils of reporting’ in Pakistan
• Homeless Tales: Elle Magazine offers an internship to homeless blogger
• Guardian.co.uk: MPs’ committee to hear police evidence for NOTW phone hacking inquiry
• The E&P Pub: Seattle Times’ new hyperlocal partners
• paidContent:UK: Planned redundancies at Metro
• Wired Journalists: The #followwomenjournas movement

#FollowJourn:

• @currybet/information architect

On the Editors’ Blog:

• More US publishers sign up for Briggs’ Newsgarden
• Comment: Free is just another cover price
• A reminder of the ‘perils of reporting’ in Pakistan

Similar posts:

• More US publishers sign up for Briggs’ Newsgarden
• Magazine Week 2008 arrived today
• A reminder of the ‘perils of reporting’ in Pakistan
• Malcolm Coles: How US traffic is vital for UK newspaper sites
• Aggregators, plagiarists and kleptomaniacs: Rupert Murdoch’s Beijing speech in full

Journalism Daily: Digital magazine store launch, MSN Local and new editor for the Sun

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• MSN Local: Searching for stories in local data
• Yudu to launch online shop for magazine e-editions
• Smart Moves: Adrian Blomfield moves to the Telegraph

Ed’s picks:

• Jonathan Warren: Climate Camp, the Guardian and cit-j photos
• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 audio for freelance journalists
• Mediating Conflict: Twitter, journalists and hype
• YouTube Biz Blog: YouTube extends advertising partnerships to individuals
• 10,000 Words: ‘How Twitter saved my journalism career’
• Poynter Online: Building a brand as a journalist online
• Birmingham Post News Blog: ‘Why the Post must go weekly’
• Darlington Councillor: Council newspapers and a ‘one-eyed’ local press

Tip of the day:

• Training tips on iTunes

#FollowJourn:

• @Pixelsmith/news editor

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Tewspaper – the ‘online newspaper with no writers’
• Dominic Mohan named editor of the Sun

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• Journalism Daily: BBC video plans, Trinity Midlands strike and perfecting the press release

Journalism Daily: Trinity Mirror’s Midlands consultation, Wikipedia’s editorial changes and the industry chicken and egg conundrum

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Trinity Mirror enters consultation as Midlands businesses forecast to lose more than £6m for 2010
• Telegraph communities editor Shane Richmond takes on new role
• Comment: Readers or advertisers? The industry’s chicken and egg conundrum
• Smart Move: Andrew Ward appointed Nordic Bureau Chief at the Financial Times

Ed’s picks:

• NUJ Release: NUJ condemns more job cuts at Trinity Mirror regionals
• Beet TV: Time.com managing editor on why long-form journalism doesn’t work on the web
• Mashable: Wikipedia’s new editorial layer
• csmonitor.com: Israeli officials seek Swedish government condemnation of organ theft story
• Globe and Mail: ‘The model, the blogger and the web giant’
• The Wrap: ‘Is ESPN The Mag committing ‘publishing suicide’?’

Tip of the day:

• Using Twitter as a point of contact

#FollowJourn:

• @benjaminbland/Freelance journalist

On the Editors’ Blog:

• MirrorFootball.co.uk: Bringing Liverpool fans a better result
• Comment: Without traineeships going to trainees, how can we get experience?
• Advice from Guardian.co.uk’s online journalism Q&A

Similar posts:

• Sky News: Trinity Mirror approached Mecom for merger
• The top 10 most-read stories on Journalism.co.uk, 4-10 June
• Guardian: Trinity Mirror and DMGT mulled merger of regional media
• #FollowJourn: @davidhiggerson/head of multimedia, Trinity Mirror
• Globeandmail.com: Future of newspapers debate at 1pm ET on Tuesday

Journalism Daily: MEN’s police control room tweets, business for freelance journalists and learning from start-ups

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Jeff Jarvis to speak at world journalism conference
• Users already willing to pay for news on the iPhone, says Sky mobile
• Q&A Y Combinator: ‘News organisations can learn from start-up culture’

Ed’s picks:

• News.com.au: Fairfax ‘open’ to paid content talks with its rival
• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 business for freelance journalists
• NYTimes: Slate replacing ‘Today’s Papers’ with the ‘Slatest’
• RSF: Lindhout and Brennan still captive in Somalia 12 months on
• Thelondonpaper – what everyone’s saying

Tip of the day:

• A new plug-in for WordPress commenting

#FollowJourn:

• @jamescridland / radio futurologist

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Manchester Evening News tweets live from police control room
• Johnston Press at centre of bid speculation but denies ‘any disposal process underway’ for the Scotsman

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• Six months on: Lindhout and Brennan are still held hostage in Somalia
• Frontline Blog: AFP publishes first reported communication with Lindhout and Brennan since August 2008
• RSF: Lindhout and Brennan still captive in Somalia 12 months on
• #FollowJourn: @jamescridland / radio futurologist

Journalism Daily: Academics boycott Observer, theblogpaper’s launch and AOP conference

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Academics threaten Observer boycott over ousted columnist, as newspaper faces uncertain future with GNM
• theblogpaper prepares for September launch
• Chris Cramer and David Montgomery to appear at AOP’s 2009 conference
• Stuff reshapes editorial team

Ed’s picks:

• ‘Our vanishing heritage’: @johnemcintyre’s list of disappearing ‘newspaper lingo’
• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 storytelling for freelance journalists
• Online Journalism Blog: ‘How can the UK government save journalism?’
• VentureBeat: Twitter launching commercial accounts
• New Media Knowledge: The UK blogosphere and making money from blogging
• paidContent:UK: FT.com to profile IP numbers to find new subscribers

Tip of the day:

• Visualising with Muckety.com

#FollowJourn:

• @abigailrieley/freelance journalist

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Academics threaten Observer boycott – the letters in full
• Event: Guardian.co.uk live Q&A on online journalism
• thelondonpaper’s closure – tell the rivals or readers first?
• Fifth International Photography Award open for entries
• Business Insider lets readers ‘embed’ posts

Similar posts:

• Technorati: 72 % bloggers surveyed report no income related to blogging
• New Media Knowledge: The UK blogosphere and making money from blogging
• Freelancers – how well are you marketing yourself online?
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• Blogs make money and live long lives: Technorati’s 2008 report

Journalism Daily: thelondonpaper to close, tax and video for freelancers and video mag ads

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Freelancers bear brunt of high accountancy fees, says new online service
• News International proposes to close thelondonpaper
• ‘You won’t get to know finance on a journalism degree course’
• Krissi Murison returns to NME as editor

Ed’s picks:

• Online Journalism Blog: #skypic – how one Twitterer got Sky to pay for his Twitpic
• Nutshell.org.uk: A new directory for local blogs
• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 video for freelance journalists
• AFP: CBS debuts in-magazine video ad
• Martin Cloake: Reinventing journalism – trade conservatism and cutting costs with technology
• Press Gazette: ‘Baldy blogger’ Adrian Sudbury’s education campaign an ‘outstanding success’

Tip of the day:

• Online writing tools from Wolfram Alpha

#FollowJourn:

• @ericscherer/strategy director

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Express under fire for advertorials again

Similar posts:

• Martin Cloake/Freelance Unbound: What’s the value of journalism? An online debate
• Martin Cloake: Reinventing journalism – trade conservatism and cutting costs with technology
• Martin Cloake: Conde Nast mag closures and ‘unreasonable optimism’
• Goodbye Press Gazette: round-up of the links
• #followjourn: @martincloake – Martin Cloake/freelance

Journalism Daily: Guardian Q&A, Wired Journalists’ new look, Google News re-indexing

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. Additionally, you can sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Wired Journalists community acquired by Publish2
• Event: Guardian hosts live Q&A on careers in online journalism
• Smart Moves: Rich Sutcliffe to edit Brand Republic

Ed’s picks:

• Lost Remote: How WCCO broke a story on Twitter
• Reuters: Independent News&Media likely to agree bond extension, says source
• Search Engine Roundtable: Google News now re-indexing with latest version
• CMLP: Anonymity of online speakers protected in District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Tip of the Day:

• Getting rid of spam followers

#FollowJourn:

• @kristinelowe/media journalist

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Update on Wired Journalists’ new look; Publish2 claims it now has 20 per cent of all journalists in the US
• CUNY New Business Models for News, as seen in Aspen

Similar posts:

• Search Engine Roundtable: Google News now re-indexing with latest version
• Update on Wired Journalists’ new look; Publish2 claims it now has 20 per cent of all journalists in the US
• Reuters: Independent News&Media likely to agree bond extension, says source
• Tool of the week for journalists – Greplin, to search your private files and profiles
• UK national newspapers neglecting sitemaps for better search indexing

Journalism Daily: 3am.co.uk launch, MSNBC and EveryBlock, Bauer Radio’s new deal

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. Additionally, you can sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• 3am.co.uk goes live with ‘breaking news bleats’
• Demand Media buys minority stake in liveblogging firm CoveritLive
• MSNBC buys neighbourhood news aggregator EveryBlock

Ed’s picks:

• Media Release: Bauer Radio signs syndication deal with Independent.co.uk
• Public Agenda: Private newspapers in Africa hit by advertising slump
• CJR: The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief on US/UK news models
• CJR: A ‘new threat’ to Middle East journalism – created in the US
• Portfolio.com: The Reader’s Digest Index
• AP: Amish newspaper is a non-electric internet, says publisher

Tip of the Day:

• Freelance job listings

#FollowJourn:

• @mathewi/communities editor

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Former Total Politics editor to start up PR company

Similar posts:

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• Reuters: Journalists in more than 500 attacks during uprisings, claims CPJ
• Media moves: Telegraph gets Mike Seery; Guardian appoints new CFO
• On the Media: Andy Carvin and Twitter’s ‘new kind of journalism’
• FT.com: Reader’s Digest looking to overhaul sites but won’t charge for online content

Journalism Daily: Changing business models for photographers and branding for journalists

Journalism.co.uk is trialling a new service via the Editors’ Blog: a daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site.

We hope you’ll find it useful as a quick digest of what’s gone on during the day (similar to our e-newsletter) and to check that you haven’t missed a posting.

We’ll be testing it out for a couple of weeks, so you can subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

Let us know what you think – all feedback much appreciated.

News and features:

• NUJ chapel members join readers’ fight to save Observer
• Liisa Rohumaa: ‘Journalists need to reinvent themselves or they will miss the boat’
• Making a living: Changing business models for news photographers
• Elizabeth Lumley appointed multimedia and special projects editor for Finextra Research

Ed’s picks:

• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 branding for freelance journalists
• Mashable: 12 survival tips for newspapers
• The Media Business: Journalism start-ups are just one part of the future of news
• Huffington Post: HuffPost launches ‘social news’
• Peter Preston: Advertisers needs transparency in metrics to move online

Tip of the Day:

• Positioning Google ads

#FollowJourn:

• @markcrail/managing editor

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Photography Is Not-A-Crime.com: images from the fourth plinth
• Response to the ABCs results: How are mag subscriptions and sales faring in the recession?

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