New copyright laws are needed in Europe to stop aggregators using content from news sites for free, Mathias Dopfner, chief executive of Axel Springer, tells the Financial Times.
“Asked if he wanted to see a position where Google was contributing to Axel Springer’s costs if it was going to use its content, he said: ‘Right, yes.’,” writes the FT.
The European Youth Press, the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) are building a network of young journalists from Asia and Europe.
Members would come up with ideas for the network and work with the three companies one events to connect young journalists from the different continents.
To qualify for this project you must be under 30 years of age and fluent in English with knowledge of the other continent. You must also work within the media, or be taking a media-related degree.
XCity speaks with Jean-Francois Juillard, head of Reporters Sans Frontieres, on the plight of press freedom in Europe.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has written to the heads of all political groupings in the European Parliament urging them to ‘put the survival of journalism at the heart of their election campaigns’.
From 9.30am (GMT) @journalism_live will be interviewing @RuthBarnett, Twitter correspondent for Sky News, about her new job. Follow the conversation here, and please drop in your own questions with the tag #SkyRB. After 30 minutes answering questions from @journalism_live she will answer the questions from the ‘audience’.
Update: and here’s how it went. The live updated stream has now been replaced by the conversation that took place (slight changes for ease of reading):
journalism_live: @ruthbarnett to be interviewed via Twitter and @journalism_live shortly…
RuthBarnett: #skyRB Hi I’m here and ready to go!
journalism_live: Morning @ruthbarnett! Thanks for finding time in your Twitter day. Followers – please tag yr Qs #SkyRB and she’ll take them after 30 mins
journalism_live: @ruthbarnett Firstly: You’re ‘really’ a Twitter correspondent for Sky News: is that the actual job title on the business card?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live I still have my old business cards which say multimedia producer! But it would be cool to get Twitter ones.
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett so what does yr day involve? You must do other stuff, as well as scan Twitter all day?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live Yup I look for stories, write things up for skynews.com, live tweet from events eg Google launch, do some TV
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett How did it get suggested? Was it your idea?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live Its really the brainchild of news ed @jongrip but it followed conversations we’d had about Twitter, new media etc
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett There’s been a lot of online attention about yr appt: do people ‘get’ what you’re doing?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live I think most people do. Its about being part of the conversation – listening and responding. Coverage was a shock!
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett yes, you’re enjoying Twitter fame! so, how’s the first week gone: what have you done?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live I’ve made my first two TV appearances, written stories for online, let followers give their views on stories + more
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett not bad! any really good scoops sourced via Twitter yet?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live We were v quick off the mark on the London fire and pix. Also people have been in touch about their real lives
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett Interesting – how does it shift dynamics of your relationship with users and viewers?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live eg this story today www.tinyurl.com/tillygeorge came from a tweet.
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live I hope it makes us easier to approach, you can give feedback to us v quickly, its a genuine interaction.
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett There’s so much noise on Twitter – are you able to filter out the bad stuff and find the gems?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live Yeah I hope so. And people are quick to let me know if they think I’ve missed something which is useful!
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett well we cd go on but we’ll open to the floor…. Any questions for the professional Twitterer?
journalism_live: @ruthbarnett maybe start with a Q from @1DimensionalMan: What do you think of the idea of a premium version of Twitter? Its impact?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live I thought that had been outed as a hoax this week? I may be wrong. I’m not sure it would work to be honest
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live It would change the way the community worked and perhaps people would move to another service? What do you think?
journalismnews: @ruthbarnett is now taking questions from the Twitter masses: what do you want to ask about Sky News use of Twitter?
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live @PoppyVix asked if I also look for stories as well as tweet. Yes – from breaking news to interesting quirky stories
hfitz: @journalism_live What do you think of PR people using Twitter? Is it intrusive or do you encourage it?
RuthBarnett: @hfitz If they do it in an open way it can be useful. But people will unfollow if they just push their product, no?
NewspaperWorld: @ruthbarnett has there been an increase in readers accessing sky news since twitter?
RuthBarnett: @NewspaperWorld Too early for me to comment on that but I believe we are reaching out to new readers which is great.
Partois: @ruthbarnett Twitter still appears to be a North American fad. Can it really take off in Europe?
RuthBarnett: @Partois Its true many users seem to be from the US but anecdotally I think its really growing in the UK
makemusicnotwar: @ruthbarnett Some say you dnt need a “twitter correspondent”. Shouldn’t all skynews journos just use twitter to hunt for stories etc?
RuthBarnett: @makemusicnotwar Colleagues do! But useful to have one point of contact & give that person time to invest in it
RuthBarnett: Any more questions you’d like to ask? Thanks for all sent so far, interesting to hear what you’re curious about #skyRB
GoooRooo: @ruthbarnett if I @ you can you sort out my rubbish Sky customer service?
RuthBarnett: @GoooRooo Don’t think so I’m afraid. Surprised to hear that as I’ve always had a good experience and fast response
NewspaperWorld: @ruthbarnett could you further explain the benefits of having one twitter correspondent instead of many journalists on twit?
RuthBarnett: @NewspaperWorld Sure. Helps you know who to contact. Means we one person delve deeper, devote more time, + interact
NewspaperWorld: @ruthbarnett Thanks. What do you think of interviews on twitter? effective?
RuthBarnett: @NewspaperWorld Yes because its quick and simple and reaches more people. It’s been an interesting experience.
makemusicnotwar: @RuthBarnett Has having a journo devoted to twitter paid off? Hav u found stories, involved users & done things your colleagues cudnt?
RuthBarnett: @makemusicnotwar Yes I hope so. But I’m only five days in! Will always listen to how I can do better.
makemusicnotwar: @RuthBarnett Thanks. It’s been very interesting to hear from you. I will be following your progress with great interest.
RuthBarnett: @journalism_live Thanks Jude at Journalism.co.uk for hosting today.
journalism_live: @RuthBarnett our pleasure! Thanks for your time. Happy Tweeting and speak again soon…
Following sucess on the other side of the Atlantic, online discussion #collegejourn, which brings together students and journalism academics for debate under a common hashtag, is coming to Europe.
To participate in the inaugural Collegejourn Europe discussion, drop into Meebo.com at the altogether more Euro-friendly time of 8pm (GMT) on Sunday (March 22).
If you want to get the ball rolling before the debate, send any topic suggestions towards the #collegejourn hashtag on Twitter or to Josh directly.
(via the University of Sunderland’s Journalism & PR blog)
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Once seen as the enemy of the paid-for newspaper, freesheets are not ‘in the frontline trenches of this war’, says Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey.
Their ad-based model makes them particularly vulnerable, says this article, which looks at the plight of free newspapers in Europe.
Much has been made of Barack Obama’s use of new media to mobilise voters and generate microdonations to support his presidential campaign.
Speaking at today’s Digital News Affairs 2009 (DNA) Jodi Williams, press lead for the Obama Campaign, explained the team’s use of the internet as a tool to connect people ‘who otherwise wouldn’t have been connected’.
This meant building a presence for Obama on social networks, coordinating online donation schemes and collecting information on potential voters so that directions to polling stations and offers of transport could be made via text on voting day.
Many of the techniques could be applied to Europe for candidates in the forthcoming European Parliament elections, particularly because of deeper broadband presentation, added Williams.
Really? Could Obama’s campaign have been as successful without that key component – the candidate himself. Is there anyone in European politics who inspires the same debate/feeling/mass participation?
Fortunately Stephen Clark, representing the European Parliament on the panel, conceded this point:
“It can’t be denied that it [Obama’s campaign] was about candidate and political situation at that time.
“It’s very difficult to find a political figure known across Europe. In a parliamentary system perhaps the issues are the way to go.”
“In its 30th annual ‘The Best of Newspaper Design™ Creative Competition,’ the Society for News Design has named four newspapers from Europe and one from Mexico as ‘World’s Best-Designed Newspapers,™” the organisation’s website reports.
This year’s SND30 five top ‘World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™’ are:
We’ve seen it picked up by newspapers elsewhere in Europe, but this week Germany’s Bild announced it will improve its connections with bloggers by introducing Twingly to its sport, entertainment, German premier league football and English-language site, Bild.com.
The Blogstream widget links back to bloggers who are linking to Bild content in an attempt to share some link love and let the paper see where its content is being picked up and talked about.