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Journalisted Weekly: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Queen and privacy

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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.

for the week ending Sunday 23 May

Covered lots

Covered little

  • Southern Cross, in a critical financial position threatening the future of their 750 UK care homes, 23 articles
  • Mississippi floods, the worst since 1927, leave more than 4,800 people homeless, 11 articles
  • 35 Afghan workers killed by Pakistan Taliban in “most deadly attack in months”, 6 articles

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

Celebrity vs serious

  • Lady Gaga promoting her new album, 98 articles vs. two men to go on trial for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, 45 articles
  • Cheryl Cole wearing similar dresses to X Factor USA judge Paula Abdul, 91 articles vs.government commitment to 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2027, 29 articles
  • Kirsten Dunst talking about her new film Melancholia in Cannes, 54 articles vs.massacre of at least 27 people in Guatemala, 7 articles

Arab spring

Who wrote a lot about…’the Queen’s visit to Ireland’

Henry McDonald – 13 articles (The Guardian); Valentine Low – 8 articles (The Times); Sadie Gray – 7 articles (The Times); Gordon Rayner – 6 articles (The Daily Telegraph); Laura Roberts – 5 articles (The Daily Telegraph); Tom Peterkin – 5 articles (The Scotsman) and Richard Palmer – 5 articles (The Daily Express)

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: @markjones – Mark Jones/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Mark Jones

Where? Mark is the global communities editor for Reuters News. His blog can be found on Posterous.

He is speaking in the social media strategy 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? @markjones

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: @joncarrwest – Jon Carr-West/Director LGiU #newsrw

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Who? Jon Carr-West

Where? Jon is director of the Local Government Information Unit, a think tank seeking to strengthen local democracy.

He is speaking in the local data 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? @joncarrwest

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: @fergb – Fergus Bell/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Fergus Bell

Where? Fergus Bell is a senior producer at Associated Press. He describes himself as a social journalist.

He is speaking in the Sorting the social media chaos 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? @fergb

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: @ajdant – Alastair Dant/interactives #newsrw

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Who? Alastair Dant

Where? Alastair Dant is lead interactive technologist at the Guardian where builds everything from sporting guides to swingometers and is helping to define how rich media and data visualization play a role in the newsrooms of the future.

He is speaking in the Developing the Data Story 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? @ajdant

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: @annadoble – Anna Doble/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Anna Doble

Where? Anna is an online journalist, site editor and social media producer for Channel 4 news. Anna also writes about music for the Spectator

Anna will be joining the panel for the Is liveblogging rewriting journalism? 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? @annadoble / @othermother_dj

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.

Journalisted Weekly: Injunctions, NHS & FIFA

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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.

for the week ending Sunday 15 May

  • Privacy and NHS reform dominated political debate
  • Alleged scandal over FIFA World Cup bid held front and back pages
  • A Japan nuclear plant shut down and religious violence in Cairo, covered little

Covered lots

  • Anonymous claims circulated on Twitter named celebrities who had allegedly taken out superinjunctions, prompting heated debate about UK privacy law, 141 articles
  • The NHS reforms provoke more debate ahead of Cameron’s speech, with Clegg vowing to stand up to Tory plans, 127 articles
  • Former FA chairman Lord Triesman accused FIFA executives of bribery in early stages of the 2018 world cup bid, sparking fresh outcries of a scandal, 96 articles

Covered little

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

Celebrity vs serious

Arab spring

Who wrote a lot about…’privacy’

Frances Gibb – 9 articles (The Times), Tim Bradshaw – 6 articles (Financial Times), Josh Halliday – 6 articles (The Guardian), Dan Sabbagh – 6 articles (The Guardian), Steven Swinford – 6 articles (Telegraph), Roy Greenslade – 5 articles (The Guardian)

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: @greghadfield – Greg Hadfield/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Greg Hadfield

Where? Greg is a former Fleet Street journalist who left the Telegraph to join digital design agency Cogapp. He blogs about Brighton and Hove an open data city.

Greg will be speaking during the local data 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? @greghadfield / @opendatacities

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: @cybersoc – Robin Hamman/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Robin Hamman

Where? Robin is director of digital at Edelman and a visiting journalism fellow at City University. He writes Cybersoc and the hyperlocal St Albans Blog.

Robin will be speaking during the social media strategy 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? @Cybersoc

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: @federicacocco – Federica Cocco/journalist #newsrw

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Who? Federica Cocco

Where? Federica is editor-in-chief of OwniEU in Paris.

Federica will be speaking during the developing the data story 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? @federicacocco

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.