Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk » Media Standards Trust http://blogs.journalism.co.uk Online journalism news Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:58:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Journalisted Weekly: Costa Concordia, Newt Gingrich and cuts controversy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/26/journalisted-weekly-costa-concordia-newt-gingrich-and-cuts-controversy/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/26/journalisted-weekly-costa-concordia-newt-gingrich-and-cuts-controversy/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:42:03 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=42527

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Costa Concordia, Newt Gingrich and cuts controversy

for the week ending Sunday 22 January

  • The Costa Concordia crash dominated the week’s papers
  • Newt Gingrich, Labour cuts controversy and Leveson covered lots
  • Chinese growth, Egyptian election and Croatian referendum covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Eurozone leaders (top ten by number of articles)

Who wrote a lot about… the Australian Open

Long form journalism

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at the Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read the Hacked Off live blog on the Leveson inquiry and follow our Twitter feed @hackinginquiry.

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/26/journalisted-weekly-costa-concordia-newt-gingrich-and-cuts-controversy/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Kim Jong-un, New Year honours and Syria http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/04/journalisted-weekly-kim-jong-un-new-year-honours-and-syria/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/04/journalisted-weekly-kim-jong-un-new-year-honours-and-syria/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:23:27 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=42144

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Journalisted Weekly: Kim Jong-un, New Year honours and Syria

for the week ending Sunday 1 January

  • The succession of Kim Jong-un dominated this week’s news
  • The New Year Honours List and the Arab League presence in Syria covered lots
  • Police to trial lie detector tests in Britain and Kurdish civilians killed in Turkish air strike covered little

Covered lots

  • In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is named Supreme Commander of the military, 118 articles
  • Ronnie Corbett, Lorraine Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter and Alex Crawford among those who were awarded New Year Honours, 114 articles
  • Arab League observers monitor Syrian regime, 99 articles
  • Police investigate the murder of Anuj Bidve, 97 articles

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Eurozone leaders (top ten by number of articles)

Who wrote a lot about… Rick Santorum

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Jon Danzig is a freelance journalist. He has written for numerous publications including The Guardian, The Times, New Internationalist and the British Medical Journal. Jon won the Eli Lilly Medical Journalism Award and is the co-author of books ‘The World In Your Coffee Cup’ and ‘Basic Needs in Britain’
  • Caroline Bishop is a freelance journalist who has written for ATG Magazine, Preview and The Guardian. From 2005-2011, Caroline was the editor of officiallondontheatre.co.uk, and in 2005, she won The Times/Waitrose Young Food Writer of the Year. Follow Caroline on Twitter @calbish

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism

The Orwell Prize 2012 is open for entries

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/01/04/journalisted-weekly-kim-jong-un-new-year-honours-and-syria/feed/ 0 Journalisted Yearly: Arab Spring, phone-hacking and the Eurozon http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/12/21/journalisted-yearly-arab-spring-phone-hacking-and-the-eurozon/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/12/21/journalisted-yearly-arab-spring-phone-hacking-and-the-eurozon/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:38:11 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=41995

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Journalisted Yearly: Arab Spring, phone-hacking and the Eurozone

for the week ending Sunday 18 December

  • The Arab Spring, phone-hacking scandal and the Eurozone debt crisis were the biggest stories of 2011
  • The royal wedding, the natural disaster in Japan and the UK summer riots were extensively covered
  • Reality TV shows such as The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing attracted much media interest…
  • …while deadly mudslides in Brazil, Mexico’s ongoing drug war, the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize and mass protests in Chile received little attention

Covered lots this year

Covered little this year

15 most covered UK politicians

Top 10 current European Union leaders

Protests around the world

12 most written about sports stars

Celebrity vs serious

Weird and wonderful

  • ‘The Rapture’ preacher Harold Camping predicted that the world was going to end in May. He then changed the date to October, 67 articles
  • Einstein’s theory of special relativity was called into question when scientists found neutrinos could travel faster than the speed of light, 51 articles
  • Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs, 30 articles
  • 20 tonnes of marmite were spilled on the motorway in South Yorkshire, 13 articles
  • Six members of the European Space Agency finally ended their 520 days of isolation as part of a simulated space journey to Mars. They were locked in a capsule in a Moscow car park for the experiment, 12 articles
  • A ‘drunk’ moose was found stuck in an apple tree in Sweden, 8 articles
  • In July, the first artificial organ transplant was carried out in Sweden. Scientists created a synthetic windpipe that was covered in the patient’s stem cells, meaning that there was no risk of organ rejection, 6 articles.
  • November saw the world’s biggest zombie march in Mexico City, 3 articles

Newly added words added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Who wrote a lot about…the Leveson Inquiry

Lisa O’Carroll – 71 articles (The Guardian), James Robinson – 57 articles (The Guardian), Josh Halliday – 43 articles (The Guardian), James Cusick – 37 articles (The Independent), Roy Greenslade – 35 articles (The Guardian), Dan Sabbagh – 30 articles (The Guardian), Ben Fenton – 29 articles (Financial Times), Ben Webster – 26 articles (The Times), Cahal Milmo – 24 articles (The Independent), Sarah Rainey – 20 articles (Daily Telegraph)

Long form journalism

Most prolific journalists

(by number of articles)

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism

The Orwell Prize 2012 is now open for entries following a launch debate on ‘Writing the Riots’

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/12/21/journalisted-yearly-arab-spring-phone-hacking-and-the-eurozon/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Leveson Inquiry, Tahrir Square and England RFU http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/30/journalisted-weekly-leveson-inquiry-tahrir-square-and-england-rfu/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/30/journalisted-weekly-leveson-inquiry-tahrir-square-and-england-rfu/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:18:34 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=41520

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Journalisted Weekly: Leveson Inquiry, Tahrir Square and England RFU

for the week ending Sunday 27 November

  • The first wave of witnesses to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry dominated this week’s news
  • Violent protests in Tahrir Square, and the England rugby team scandal, covered lots
  • Carina Trimingham lobbying row, Basra bombs and Welsh budget resolution covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… clashes between the Government and Unions over planned public sector pensions strikes

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Jack Oughton is a photographer at KKVA Fine Art Photography and Portraiture and works freelance for The Independent, the International Astronomical Union, FHM and Empire magazines, along with a number of companies. He was previously a writer intern for Catch 22 Magazine after completing a Higher National Diploma in Astronomy and Science at the University of Glamorgan. He has written several books: ‘Glamorgan University Observational Diary’, ‘A Layman’s Guide To Nuclear Fusion’ and ‘The Speech Of The Chimera’, all in 2010. Follow Jack on Twitter @koukouvaya
  • Jane Symons is a freelance health writer, media consultant and facilitator whose work has been published in publications including the Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times, the Telegraph and Sunday Express, as well as various women’s magazines. She has previously been editor of Sun Health at The Sun, health editor of Woman’s Own, and chief sub editor for the Telegraph Magazine. In addition, she has written two books: ‘Pregnancy: The Best for You and Your Baby’ in 1999 and ‘How to Have a Baby and Still Live in the Real World’ in 2003. Follow Jane on Twitter @janesymons1

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism

The Orwell Prize 2012 is now open for entries following a launch debate on ‘Writing the Riots’

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeSimilar Posts:

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/30/journalisted-weekly-leveson-inquiry-tahrir-square-and-england-rfu/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Armistice, Berlusconi and James Murdoch http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/16/journalisted-weekly-armistice-berlusconi-and-james-murdoch/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/16/journalisted-weekly-armistice-berlusconi-and-james-murdoch/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:33:18 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=41097

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Armistice, Berlusconi and James Murdoch

for the week ending Sunday 13 November

  • Coverage of the Armistice commemorations led the week’s news agenda
  • Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation and James Murdoch’s Select Committee appearance covered lots
  • EDL arrests, Tendulkar run record, second Northampton nightclub death and Welsh Assembly deadlock covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the IAEA’s report exposing Iran’s nuclear ambitions

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • David Newbury is music editor at Londonist and also works as music critic for The Line Of Best Fit, and as a freelance music, arts and fashion writer at Quietus. He has experience at The Scotsman, Northern Echo, Leicester Mercury, The Guardian and Scotland On Sunday. He has an NCTJ Preliminary Certificate in Newspaper Journalism from Lambeth College and a BA in Geography from the University of Leicester. You can follow David on Twitter @HiDavidNewbury
  • Rob Langston is associate editor at Fundweb.co.uk. He has previously worked as deputy editor at What Investment, senior reporter at Investment Adviser and FTAdviser.com and reporter for Investment Adviser, Insurance Insider and Niche Personal Loans. He has a BA in English with Italian from the University of Sussex at Brighton and won the Headlinemoney Trade Journalist of the Year award in 2010. Follow Rob on Twitter @rob_langston

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism

The Orwell Prize 2012 is now open for entries following a launch debate on ‘Writing the Riots’

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeSimilar Posts:

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/16/journalisted-weekly-armistice-berlusconi-and-james-murdoch/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Greece in crisis and cricket match-fixing http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/09/journalisted-weekly-greece-in-crisis-and-cricket-match-fixing/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/09/journalisted-weekly-greece-in-crisis-and-cricket-match-fixing/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:06 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=40927

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Greece in crisis and cricket match-fixing

for the week ending Sunday 6 November

  • Greek politics and economics dominated this week’s news
  • Vote of confidence in Greek PM and cricket match-fixing guilty verdict covered lots
  • Gaza flotilla, alcohol minimum pricing and China mine explosion covered little

Covered lots

  • Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announces a referendum on a new EU bailout package, subsequently calling it off, 522 articles (including references to ‘Greek Tragedy’, 18 articles)
  • Papandreou survives a vote of confidence, leading to coalition talks and his eventual decision to step down, 252 articles
  • Three Pakistani cricket players are convicted of match fixing, 192 articles
  • More than thirty vehicles are involved in a huge crash on the M5 motorway, 82 articles

Covered little

  • Israeli naval forces intercept flotilla en route to Gaza Strip, 14 articles
  • Scotland could become first EU nation to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol, 13 articles
  • 45 miners rescued and 8 killed in mine explosion and cave-in near Sanmenxia city in China, 10 articles
  • Alasdair McDonnell elected leader of Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland, 10 articles
  • 14 civilians killed in Colombia landslide, 4 articles

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the negotiations between Occupy LSX protesters and St Paul’s clergy

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Catriona MacPhee is Lochaber district reporter at the Press and Journal. She has freelanced for the Big Issue, Glasgow Evening Times, Sunday Herald, The List and The Scotsman, as well as working as web editor and media officer for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, press assistant for Edinburgh International Festival and a reporter for the Oban Times. She has a BA (Hons)in Journalism Studies and Politics from Stirling University and won NUJ Scottish Student Newswriter of the Year in 2009. Follow Catriona on Twitter: @CatMacPhee
  • Hannah Scott is a book reviewer for the Irish Culture Magazine supplement to the Sunday Times and sub editor in features and live news iPad production. In addition she has held several editorial roles for the Sunday Times and has reported and edited for the Brighton Argus, The Times, Merton Matters, the University of Reading student newspaper and Business in Berkshire. She has an NCTJ in Journalism from News Associates and a BA in English Literature from the University of Reading. She won the NCTJ shorthand award for best 100wpm transcript in 2011 and the Reading University Reporter of the Year in 2008.

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

The Media Standards Trust’s unofficial database of PCC complaints is available for browsing at www.complaints.pccwatch.co.uk

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeSimilar Posts:

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/09/journalisted-weekly-greece-in-crisis-and-cricket-match-fixing/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Gaddafi, Occupy LSX and Dale Farm http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/26/journalisted-weekly-gaddafi-occupy-lsx-and-dale-farm/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/26/journalisted-weekly-gaddafi-occupy-lsx-and-dale-farm/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:30:09 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=40494

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Gaddafi, Occupy LSX and Dale Farm

for the week ending Sunday 23 October

  • The death of Muammar Gaddafi dominated the week’s news
  • Occupy London Stock Exchange protests, Dale Farm evictions and UK inflation covered lots
  • World’s first commercial spaceport and end of University of Wales covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the House of Commons motion calling for a referendum on the EU

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Richard Hall writes for The Independent and has worked freelance for The Guardian, Esquire Magazine, The Huffington Post, Middle East Educator and the Bristol Evening Post. He has also worked as digital publisher and journalist for Northcliffe Media and as Middle East editor at the Daily Star (Lebanon). He attended the University of the West of England where he won the Student Writer of the Year Award in 2009. You can follow Richard on Twitter @_RichardHall
  • Gill Oliver is a freelance feature writer at the Oxford Times. She has experience at Fleet Street News Agency, Video Trade Weekly, She and Woman magazines and various trade magazines. She was educated at the London College of Printing after attending Newbridge Grammar in south Wales. Follow Gill on Twitter @Justajourno

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, won the ‘One to Watch’ category at this year’s Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

The Media Standards Trust’s unofficial database of PCC complaints is available for browsing at www.complaints.pccwatch.co.uk

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbe

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/26/journalisted-weekly-gaddafi-occupy-lsx-and-dale-farm/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Liam Fox, Occupy Wall Street and BlackBerry http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/19/journalisted-weekly-liam-fox-occupy-wall-street-and-blackberry/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/19/journalisted-weekly-liam-fox-occupy-wall-street-and-blackberry/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:29:30 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/?p=40314

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Liam Fox, Occupy Wall Street and BlackBerry

for the week ending Sunday 16 October

  • Coverage of the Liam Fox and Adam Werritty scandal dominated this week’s news
  • ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests and BlackBerry outages covered lots
  • Fitch ratings downgrade, Burmese political amnesty and US troops deployment covered little

Covered lots

  • A torrid week for Liam Fox, ending in his resignation after questions about his relationship with friend Adam Werritty, 332 articles
  • Occupy Wall Street protests continue and are mimicked worldwide, including London and Rome, 141 articles
  • Research in Motion apologise to BlackBerry users after several days of outages, 112 articles

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the Joanna Yeates murder trial

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Liz Vercoe is a freelance journalist for AgeUK, Travel Telegraph, Sunday Times, BBC Worldwide and Reader’s Digest. She was previously deputy editor at the Radio Times and associate editor of the Sunday Mirror Magazine, as well as launch day editor of the Sunday Magazine. She has written several books, including editions of ‘Where to Live in London’ and ‘Managing Your Home’.
  • Harriet Hernando is a trainee reporter at the Stroud News and Journal. She was recently a freelance features writer for St James’s House Media and feature writer for the Argentina Independent after interning at the Financial Times. She was educated at the University of Leeds and later the University of Sheffield. You can follow Harriet on Twitter: @harriethernando

The Media Standards Trust, which runs journalisted, last week won the ‘One to Watch’ category at the Prospect Think Tank Awards

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

The Media Standards Trust’s unofficial database of PCC complaints is available for browsing at www.complaints.pccwatch.co.uk

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeSimilar Posts:

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/19/journalisted-weekly-liam-fox-occupy-wall-street-and-blackberry/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Labour Conference, Dr Conrad Murray and BAE http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/05/journalisted-weekly-labour-conference-dr-conrad-murray-and-bae/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/05/journalisted-weekly-labour-conference-dr-conrad-murray-and-bae/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:30:19 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39923

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Labour Conference, Dr Conrad Murray and BAE

for the week ending Sunday 2 October
  • The Labour Party Conference in Liverpool was the most covered story this week
  • Trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor and job losses at BAE systems covered lots
  • Stirling Prize, New Zealand rugby crisis and Assange autobiography covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the ongoing debt crisis in Europe

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Gethin Chamberlain is the South Asia correspondent at The Observer. He has previously held posts as foreign correspondent at the Sunday Telegraph, chief reporter at The Scotsman and as the Edinburgh bureau chief at the Daily Record. You can follow Gethin on Twitter: @newsandpics
  • Julian Evans works freelance for Prospect, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Telegraph, The Independent and The Traveller. He has also written for BBC Radio and BBC Four, and is currently a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of the West of England. He has written several books and recieved many awards for his work. Follow Julian on Twitter: @thejulianevans

Read about our campaign for the full exposure of phone hacking and other illegal forms of intrusion at the Hacked Off website

Visit the Media Standards Trust’s Churnalism.com – a public service for distinguishing journalism from churnalism

The Media Standards Trust’s unofficial database of PCC complaints is available for browsing at www.complaints.pccwatch.co.uk

For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeSimilar Posts:

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/10/05/journalisted-weekly-labour-conference-dr-conrad-murray-and-bae/feed/ 0 Martin Moore: seven models for reform of self-regulation http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/29/martin-moore-seven-models-for-reform-of-self-regulation/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/29/martin-moore-seven-models-for-reform-of-self-regulation/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:04:41 +0000 Joel Gunter http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39837

Revelations about the extent of the phone-hacking scandal have fuelled discussion about the state of self-regulation and possible reform. Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust, has created a thought-provoking list of seven possible ways in which the system might be reformed, from scrapping regulation altogether to full statutory regulation. Moore has weighed up some of the pros and cons of each idea and intends for them to serve as a framework for discussion of the issue.

The list:

1. Abolish the PCC, without setting up a replacement
2. Reform the existing PCC
3. Create an independent regulator
4. Extend a watered down Ofcom to cover all major media organisations
5. Create a professional body for journalists
6. Withdraw all media regulation, but reform, extend, reduce and clarify existing media law
7. Create a new statutory regulator for all media

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/29/martin-moore-seven-models-for-reform-of-self-regulation/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Debt Crisis, Palestine and Dale Farm http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/28/journalisted-weekly-debt-crisis-palestine-and-dale-farm/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/28/journalisted-weekly-debt-crisis-palestine-and-dale-farm/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:29:33 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39776

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Debt Crisis, Palestine and Dale Farm

for the week ending Sunday 25 September

  • The Eurozone debt crisis and a tumultuous week for world markets was this week’s lead story
  • Palestine’s bid for statehood and Dale Farm travellers’ resistance to eviction covered lots
  • Floods in China, successful conjoined twins operation, and Nepal plane crash covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… Troy Davis’ execution in Georgia, US

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Katharine Quarmby is a freelance journalist who has written for the Sunday Times, The Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Telegraph and for The Economist and Prospect magazines. She has written books about disability hate crime and is honoured with the One World Trust Award (1999) and the Radar People of the Year Human Rights award (2010). Follow Katharine on Twitter @katharineq
  • Hunter Skipworth is a Contributing Editor at Pocket-lint – an independent gadget news and reviews site. He previously worked as a Technology Reporter and Intern at the Daily Telegraph while taking a BA in Journalism and Contemporary History at City University, London. You can follow Hunter on Twitter @Hunterskipworth

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/28/journalisted-weekly-debt-crisis-palestine-and-dale-farm/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Lib Dem Conference, Swansea mine tragedy and UBS ‘rogue trader’ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/22/journalisted-weekly-lib-dem-conference-swansea-mine-tragedy-and-ubs-rogue-trader/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/22/journalisted-weekly-lib-dem-conference-swansea-mine-tragedy-and-ubs-rogue-trader/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:16:44 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39640

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Lib Dem Conference, Swansea mine tragedy and UBS ‘rogue trader’

for the week ending Sunday 18 September

  • The first few days of the Liberal Democrat conference caught most of the week’s news
  • The deaths of four miners in the Swansea valley and the arrest of a UBS trader covered lots
  • Denmark’s election, deadly Kenyan pipeline fire and violence in Yemen covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… Youth Unemployment rising by 78,000

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Katie Linsell is a News Reporter at Bloomberg and has freelance experience with the London Evening Standard, The Scotsman, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and various local newspapers. She has two MAs in Spanish and History from the University of Edinburgh and in Newspaper Journalism from City University, London. You can follow Katie on Twitter at: @katielinsell
  • Rob Cowen works with The Independent, Daily Express and BBC News. He has written a book: ‘Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild’ in 2012, and in 2011 he won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors. You can follow Rob on Twitter at: @robbiecowen

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/22/journalisted-weekly-lib-dem-conference-swansea-mine-tragedy-and-ubs-rogue-trader/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: 9/11 anniversary, Libya and 50p tax rate http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/14/journalisted-weekly-911-anniversary-libya-and-50p-tax-rate/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/14/journalisted-weekly-911-anniversary-libya-and-50p-tax-rate/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:53:28 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39501

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

9/11 anniversary, Libya and 50p tax rate

for the week ending Sunday 11 September

  • Coverage of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks dominated this week’s news
  • The aftermath of the Libyan conflict and the debate over scrapping the 50p tax rate were covered lots
  • Over 200 deaths from a sunken ferry near Tanzania, the UK’s joint nuclear fission project and the resignation of the European Central Bank chief were covered little

Covered lots

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the investigation of the Raoul Moat killings

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Tim Rich is the Director of Rich Media and works freelance for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and the London Evening Standard. He studied a BSc in Politics at Bristol University. He can be contacted at tim.rich@richmedialtd.co.uk.
  • Sean O’Driscoll is the US finance correspondent at the Sunday Times and also writes for Lifestyle features at the Associated Press. He has an MA in Journalism at Dublin City University, and can be contacted at seanpodriscoll@yahoo.com.

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Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Libya aftermath, football transfers and the eurozone

for the week ending Sunday 4 September

  • Libya remains the most covered story
  • Sporting events – US Open, football transfer window, World Athletics – feature prominently
  • Lib Dems’ choice for London mayor and Plaid Cymru leadership race covered little

Covered lots

  • Libya continues to dominate, 639 articles (including Gaddafi, 528 articles; Lockerbie, 119 articles; and Yvonne Fletcher, 84 articles)
  • The British football transfer window closed, 379 articles (including Gary Cahill, who didn’t move, 179 articles and Mikel Arteta, who did, 110 articles)
  • Continued worries about the health of the Eurozone economy, 248 articles
  • Abortion, as Nadine Dorries and Frank Field move an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill, 107 articles
  • Mo Farah, gold medallist in the 5000m at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, 105 articles

Covered little

  • Brian Paddick, named as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2012 London mayoral election, 7 articles
  • Suicide bombers killed 9 in the Chechnyan capital, Grozny, 6 articles
  • Elin Jones announced her intention to stand for the leadership of Plaid Cymru, Party of Wales, 3 articles
  • Two journalists were murdered in Mexico City, 2 articles
  • Bolivia’s Supreme Court convicted five former military officers of killing over 60 people during 2003 protests, in an event described as a ‘genocide’, 1 article

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

  • Madonna, previewing her film on Wallis Simpson, 79 articles vs former chancellor Alistair Darling, previewing his memoirs, 72 articles
  • The return of Simon Cowell to British TV with gameshow ‘Red or Black’, 59 articles vs a u-turn on the expensive Edinburgh tram network plans, 56 articles
  • Cheryl Cole, tweeting, appearing in a film with Cameron Diaz and possibly making up with Simon Cowell, 41 articles vs Nurse Rebecca Leighton, after charges relating to the deaths of patients at Stepping Hill hospital were dropped, 40 articles
  • Jonathan Ross, whose new chat show premiered on ITV1, 40 articles vs Murdo Fraser, planning to disband the Scottish Conservative Party should he be elected leader, 39 articles
  • Celebration as singer and actress Beyonce announces her pregnancy, 23 articles vs protests in South Africa around the discplinary hearing of Youth League leader Julius Malema, 23 articles

Arab Spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… the US Open tennis

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Gillian Loney is a reporter on Glasgow Westend Extra and Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, and a freelance reporter for Daily Record, The Herald, Evening Times, Motherwell Times, Cumbernauld News, Fest, and MyVillage. She received an MA (honours) in English and Scottish Literature from Glasgow University before studying for her MLitt in journalism at Strathclyde. You can follow Gillian on twitter @ExtraWestend.
  • Daniel Finnan is a Paris-based broadcast journalist working at Radio France Internationale, and a freelance for American Public Media, Radio Netherlands, and Deutsche Welle. You can follow Daniel on twitter @Daniel_Finnan, or visit his website.

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]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/09/07/journalisted-weekly-libya-aftermath-football-transfers-and-the-eurozone/feed/ 0 Journalisted Weekly: Gaddafi, Hurricane Irene, Steve Jobs & GCSEs http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/08/31/journalisted-weekly-gaddafi-hurricane-irene-steve-jobs-gcses/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/08/31/journalisted-weekly-gaddafi-hurricane-irene-steve-jobs-gcses/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:33:50 +0000 Rachel McAthy http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=39228

Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations. Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

Gaddafi, Hurricane Irene, Steve Jobs & GCSEs

for the week ending Sunday 28 August

  • The liberation of Libya and search for Colonel Gaddafi was this week’s lead story
  • Hurricane Irene, Steve Jobs’ resignation and GCSE results covered lots
  • Strikes in Chile and Pukkelpop stage collapse covered little

Covered lots

  • The fall of Libya, and subsequent search for Colonel Gaddafi, as rebels took control of the capital Tripoli, 782 articles
  • America battened down the hatches in preparation for Hurricane Irene, 238 articles
  • Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple due to ill health, 161 articles
  • GCSE results announced, 160 articles

Covered little

  • Violent clashes during Chile’s national strike, 11 articles
  • Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton dies aged 61, 10 articles
  • Bolton man dies after being Tasered, the third death following an arrest in 8 days, 9 articles
  • 5 people die at Belgian music festival Pukkelpop as weather conditions cause stage collapse, 5 articles
  • Cyprus’ financial problems continue, as the government debates an emergency fiscal package, 3 articles

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

Celebrity vs. serious

Arab spring (countries & current leaders)

Who wrote a lot about… former News of the World editor Andy Coulson

Long form journalism

Journalists who have updated their profile

  • Tom McArthur is currently an online producer at ITN as well as writing for Sabotage Times. He has formerly written for Pale Blue News and Under the Influence Magazine, before which he interned for Ultimate Rugby 7s website and completed work experience at the Independent on Sunday. He read European & International Politics at Northumbria University, and is a former winner of Vice Chancellors Community Sports Award. You can follow Tom on Twitter @TomMcArthur
  • David Wooding was associate Editor (Politics) at News of the World, a position he held from 2010 until the paper’s closure in July. Prior to NoW he worked at The Sun, The People, Daily Mail and Daily Express. He studied at the University of Lancashire and is a former winner of the News Reporter of the Year award. You can follow David on Twitter @DavidWooding

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