Author Archives: Sarah Booker

#followjourn @bbcsport_ollie – Ollie Williams/journalist

Who? Ollie Williams

Where? Ollie is Olympic sports reporter for BBC Sport, covering a wide range of events from fencing to modern pentathlon.

Twitter? @bbcsport_ollie

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to sarah.booker at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.

#followjourn @AsamPlusONE – Asam Shah/journalist

Who? Asam Shah

Where? Asam is a freelance journalist studying for an MA in Digital Journalism. He writes and produces freelance reports for ITV Sport, Al Jazeera English and GQ India.

Twitter? @AsamPlusONE

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#followjourn @billneelyitv – Bill Neely/journalist

Who? Bill Neely

Where? Bill is international editor for ITV News. He won the BAFTA Award for news coverage for the Cumbria murders and was named Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the London Press Club Awards.

Twitter? @billneelyitv

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#followjourn: @iainoverton – Iain Overton/journalist

Who? Iain Overton

Where? Iain is editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The bureau tweets its daily recommendations of the best examples of investigative journalism via @TBIJ

Twitter?@iainoverton.

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#followjourn @markaustinitv – Mark Austin/journalist

Who? Mark Austin

Where? Mark Austin presents ITV News at Ten. Last week he collected the BAFTA Award for news coverage for the Cumbria murders.

Twitter?@markaustinitv

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Journalisted Weekly: Obama, Ryan Giggs, G8, & ash

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.

For the week ending Sunday 29 May

  • Obama’s European tour captures the headlines
  • Debate over privacy injunctions spreads across tabloids and broadsheets
  • Alleged sexual harassment by French government minister covered little

Covered lots

  • President Obama’s UK and Ireland visits ahead of the G8, including Guinness sampling, a Buckingham Palace banquet, and historic addresses to Parliament and Westminster Hall, 340 articles
  • Footballer Ryan Giggs is named by MP John Hemming for having taken out an injunction, igniting further debate over privacy law and the internet, 176 articles
  • The G8 Summit in Paris, including talks over Middle East aid, Russia as mediator in the Libya conflict, and internet regulation, 154 articles
  • Iceland’s most active volcano erupts, causing more than 500 flights over Scotland to be cancelled in fear of another ash cloud, 129 articles
  • Serbian fugitive Ratko Mladic, arrested and awaiting trial at the Hague for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, 126 articles

Covered little

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

Celebrity vs serious

Arab spring

Who wrote a lot about…’The G8 Summit’

Patrick Wintour – 12 articles (The Guardian), Tim Bradshaw – 11 articles (Financial Times), Kim Willsher – 7 articles (The Guardian), Sam Coates – 6 articles (The Times), Andrew Porter – 5 articles (The Telegraph), Tom Chivers – 4 articles (The Telegraph)

Long form journalism

More from the Media Standards Trust

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

Churnalism.com ‘explore’ page is available for browsing press release sources alongside news outlets

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

#followjourn @lindseyhilsum – Lindsey Hilsum/journalist

Who? Lindsey Hilsum

Where? Lindsey is the international editor at Channel 4 News. She was named journalist of the year at the One World Media Awards in May, 2011.

Twitter? @lindseyhilsum

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#followjourn @timgatt – Tim Gatt/journalist

Who? Tim Gatt

Where? Tim is a Sky News producer and creator of Too Many Tweets blog: too many tweets make a Gatt.

Twitter? @TimGatt

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#followjourn @fieldproducer – Neal Mann/journalist #fieldproducer

Who? Neal Mann

Where? Neal is a freelance field producer working for companies such as Sky News. His blog and links to his social media presence can be found at flavors.me/fieldproducer

Twitter? @Fieldproducer

He is speaking in the sorting the social media chaos at  news:rewired – noise to signal today. The full agenda for the event on Friday, 27 May, can be found here. Follow the #newrw hashtag and the Twitter accounts @newsrewired and @journalism_live for updates

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to sarah.booker at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.

#Followjourn: @rondiorio – Ron Diorio/product and community development #newsrw

Who? Ron Diorio

Where? Ron is VP product and community development at The Economist Online. He is also a visual and media artist  and blogs at rondiorio.com

He is speaking, via video presentation and Skype, in the knowing your audience session at news:rewired – noise to signal. The full agenda and booking details for the event on Friday, 27 May, can be found here.

Twitter? @rondiorio

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to sarah.booker at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.