Watch this space… journalists from the now departed Rocky Mountain News are set to announce new plans for local news coverage later today.
I Want My Rocky: Former Rocky Mountain News journalists to launch new journalism project
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PewResearchCenter: “Many Americans wouldn’t care ‘a lot’ if local papers folded”
“As many newspapers struggle to stay economically viable, fewer than half of Americans (43 per cent) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community ‘a lot’. Even fewer (33 per cent) say they would personally miss reading the local newspaper a lot if it were no longer available,” reports the Pew Research Center, as part of the News Interest Index project.
(…'[D]ata relating to news coverage were collected from March 2-8, 2009 and survey data measuring public interest in the top news stories of the week were collected March 6-9, 2009 from a nationally representative sample of 1,001 adults’.)
(thanks: @amonck)
New York Observer: Bloomberg TV using off-air staff on camera
According to the Observer, Bloomberg has turned to its behind-the-scenes staff to try out in front of the cameras to boost its news output follow layoffs.
Folio: New investors for UGC photo magazine JPG?
Following its closure earlier this year publisher 8020 Media has found new backers and will relaunch user-generated magazine JPG.
WebProNews: US confidentiality bill overlooks freelancers and blogger-journalists
According to WebProNews, the House of Representatives’ version of a US bill that would enforce a journalist’s right to protect their sources includes a definition of a journalist, which rules out freelancers, non-profit journalists and blogger-journalists.
AP: Pentagon allows photos of war dead
Under a new US policy, the Pentagon is to allow photos of caskets at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, if familial consent is given. The practice was previously banned by President Bush in 1991.
Google News Blog: Ads on US Google News
As part of continued experimentation with new ad formats, US users of Google News will now be presented with ads in their search results.
Guardian mobile; Daily Mail targets US audience on Kindle
Guardian.co.uk will be available as a new mobile site from March, a release from the publisher has confirmed.
Specific versions of m.guardian.co.uk will be available for iPhone and Blackberry handsets will be released. The decision to launch a dedicated mobile site follows growing mobile traffic to the Guardian, Adam Freeman, commercial director, said in the statement.
Distribution deals for mobile content have been signed with 3 and Vodafone. The site itself will be ad-supported.
Meanwhile the Daily Mail is planning to make its content available on the US version of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, according to a report from NMA – part of a push to capitalise on the Mail’s growing US audience. The site previously told Journalism.co.uk that its commercial focus remains on the UK, but perhaps this marks the beginnings of an overseas push.
Mediabistro: CJR to investigate magazines’ online problem
The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has received a $230,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to investigate why magazine websites are struggling to grow online traffic and audiences.
OhmyNews: Interview with Margaret Caldwell, the world’s oldest columnist?
Eric Shackle puts the questions to Margaret Caldwell, 102, weekly columnist for the Desert Valley Times in Nevada.