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AP (via Captured Photos): Why the AP published images of a fatally wounded marine

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The Associated Press (AP) has explained its decision last week to publish an image of Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard, a US marine fatally wounded in combat in Afghanistan.

According to reports, the soldier’s family did not want the photo in question to be published.

The AP has also confirmed it received a letter from US defence secretary Robert Gates asking the agency not to publish it.

Now the agency has explained its decision – including the following from the AP’s director of photography, Santiago Lyon:

“AP journalists document world events every day. Afghanistan is no exception. We feel it is our journalistic duty to show the reality of the war there, however unpleasant and brutal that sometimes is.”

Full story at this link…

MinnPost moves ‘Real-Time’ ads out of beta

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Initially launched in June this year, non-profit, online-only news site the MinnPost has moved its innovative ‘Real-Time Ads’ system out of beta, according to a post on the site’s blog.

The service aggregates tweets, blog posts and other feeds from local businesses to produce a more timely message to readers.

Eight paying customers have signed up so far and the site is offering a four-week trial to new customers ($25 a week for orders of five weeks or more).

Speaking to Journalism.co.uk in July, CEO and editor of the site, Joel Kramer said 24 beta testers signed up for the beta Real Time Ads within the first fortnight – advertisers who are ‘open to experimentation’.

“Many of those local advertisers weren’t familiar with online yet. They have to educate themselves and we have to teach them,” he adds.

In the video interview with Nieman Journalism Lab below Kramer explains the thinking behind the ad system:

Poynter Online: FLYP magazine and new forms of storytelling

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Poynter profiles online magazine FLYP, which combines text articles with animation, video, audio and interactive graphics.

The biweekly title was launched in March 2008 and is part of the publisher’s wider strategy to produce a range of publications.

Currently the site is funded by a multimillionaire and carries no advertising, reports Poynter – so how does this new form of storytelling seek to make money?

Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits.

paidContent.org: How are newspaper sites that charge faring?

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paidContent’s US site has a great round-up of the smaller and medium newspaper websites (e.g. away from the much heralded FT.com and WSJ.coms of the world) that are charging for online access.

Despite differing subscription models the overall suggestion is that online traffic has been badly affected, but some titles suggest a positive impact on print circulation as a result of charging for online.

Full story at this link…

See also paidContent:UK’s analysis of plunging print audiences and rising cover prices.

Mediabistro: New Yorker hires 26-year-old Lester as managing editor

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US magazine the New Yorker has hired 26-year-old Amelia Lester as managing editor.

Lester will replace outgoing editor Kate Julian.

Full post at this link…

[Hope for journalism graduates everywhere, notes College Media Matters in a post.]

paidContent.org: Cit-J site NowPublic sold to Examiner.com

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NowPublic, the international citizen journalism site launched by Canadian entrepreneur Leonard Brody in 2005, is to be sold to Examiner.com – the US network of local, city-based news sites.

Examiner.com is controlled by Clarity Media Group, according to paidContent.org, which also owns the San Fransisco Examiner and Washington DC Examiner.

The deal is reportedly worth $25 million.

Full post at this link…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: US title P-G launches members-only site

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Following recent reports of possible Guardian plans to launch a paid-for members’ club, an interesting development in the US: the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has launched PG+, an exclusive area for paying subscribers.

Access to the club will cost $36 for a year or $3.99 a month.

The members-only website will offer interactive features and exclusive content beyond the title’s newspaper and web editions.

It will run alongside the existing website and give ‘behind-the-scenes insights into the news of the day’.

The new site will be hosted by a team of bloggers and allow users to build their own profile pages. Membership will also grant access to specially organised P-G events.

Full story at this link…

Fitz & Jen: US Print Council defends newspapers with environmental campaign

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A new white paper from US industry body, The Print Council, entitled ‘Why Print is Green’ will be released next month and will raise awareness ‘regarding the environmentally responsible nature of print’.

(Similar environmentally-friendly qualities were praised at this year’s FIPP world magazine congress.)

The council has emphasised the US print industry’s use of renewable energy sources and (also raised at FIPP):

“The average person’s paper use for a year – 440 pounds – is produced by 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity, the amount used to power one computer continuously for five months.”

Full post at this link…

Advertising Age: Why ad networks are surviving

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Venture capitalist Warren Lee discusses last year’s prediction of an ‘apocalyptic shakeout’ of US advertising networks.

Instead, despite the economic downturn, ad networks are surviving, he says.

The impact of increasing online usage has changed relationships between advertising networks and publishers – but not all for the bad, he explains.

“Fundamentally, I would argue that the ad-network model still makes a lot of sense today and can be quite resilient. In particular, those ad networks that develop proprietary technologies and offer truly differentiated solutions are the ones most likely to be successful,” he writes.

Full story at this link…

#FollowJourn: @marshall9093/copy editor

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#FollowJourn: Mary J. Lewis

Who? Unemployed US print journalist and self-proclaimed news junky.

What? Copy editor with 18 years experience, including a stint at The Roanoke Times, and an interest in photography.

Where? @marshall9093 and on her blog

Contact? Use the email form on her blog.

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 judith or laura at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.