Newspapers bet on online ads
November 30, 2007
The embattled newspaper business is betting heavily on Web advertising revenue to secure its survival, the American Journalism Review reports: “But that wager is hardly a sure thing.” Read more »
News sites seek greater control of search
November 30, 2007
Leading news organizations and publishers have launched an effort to revise technology for restricting access to search engines. Sites, for instance, could try to limit how long search engines may retain copies in their indexes, or tell the crawler not to follow any of the links that appear within a Web page, according to The Associated Press, which is part of the consortium (for more details see this AP story, which ironically is hosted on Google).
Sigma Delta Chi Awards open for entries
November 29, 2007
The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce that it is now accepting entries for the Sigma Delta Chi Awards, which honor excellence in professional journalism in 48 categories, covering print, radio, television, newsletters, photography, online and research.
Reuters using mobile journalism toolkit
November 29, 2007
A Reuters reporter will this week embark on an experiment to report the arrival of Tesco in the US with little more than a Nokia N95 mobile phone. The news agency has been using the “mobile journalism toolkit”, developed through close partnership with Nokia, for a couple of months now, but mostly to have TV reporters shoot video for the web - now a text reporter will file to the wire from LA and Las Vegas using the handset and a Bluetooth keyboard.
Citizen media site sued for libel
November 28, 2007
Chris Grotke and Lise LePage, co-founders and owners of iBrattleboro.com, a widely acclaimed citizen journalism site based in Brattleboro, Vermont, were sued on November 16 for libel based on a comment submitted by one of the site’s users, the Citizen Media Law Project reports. Read more »
Q&A with nytimes.com web editor
November 28, 2007
Fiona Spruill, editor of The New York Times’ web newsroom, answers reader questions in this Q&A. Among the questions were what skills does someone need to work in a web newsroom and when is an article finished in a 24/7 web world.
Finish publisher fuels newspapers with user content
November 27, 2007
A Finnish news publisher, Sanoma Digital, has launched a user-generated news website and solicits material that gets published in a a series of weekly free newspapers. Read more »
Behind the scenes of The New York Times’ integrated newsroom
November 27, 2007
Here’s an interesting video showing a behind-the-scenes look at The New York Times’ new integrated newsroom.
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Top 9 gifts for online journalists
November 26, 2007
The Online Journalism Review’s first annual Top 9 gifts for online journalists list.
ABC News partners with Facebook
November 26, 2007
ABC News and Facebook have partnered around the presidential election, integrating the network’s news coverage with Facebook and new tools for discussing the campaign.