Citizen experts not citizen journalists?
Yesterday’s news that Topix will now handle the forums and article commenting system for MediaNews Group raises some questions for the future of user-generated content on news sites. Does the future of...
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Traffic soars to Times Online blogs
Global page views of Times Online’s blogs rose past the 2.5 million mark in May this year, according to figures from the publisher – an increase of 500 per cent compared to May 2007. The graph below...
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Hurricane Gustav hits online media
Hurricane Gustav, which according to Breaking News Twitter reached the coast of Louisiana at 11.19am (BST) today, is being avidly blogged, twittered and mapped by US news organisations online. The...
View ArticleRSF is calling for EU ministers to further protect journalists in exile
Today saw the start of the ‘Building a Europe of Asylum’ ministerial conference in Paris, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have used the opportunity to ask the 27 ministers responsible for asylum...
View ArticleGuardian.co.uk: Paris TwiTrip – the verdict
The Guardian’s Benji Lanyado on his ‘TwiTrip’: a trip to Paris, where he ‘would be at the mercy of Twitter’ The plan was that he ‘would sling questions into the ether’, and Twitter users would send...
View ArticleThe Economist: Rows at Doha Centre for Media Freedom
From The Economist: ‘A freedom-promoting media centre is accused of going too far too fast’. The organisation’s head, founder and former secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Robert...
View ArticleTimes Online: Time Out’s Elliott considers selling control to expand online
Tony Elliott, the proprietor of listings magazine Time Out, is considering selling control of the title to help fund online expansion. “We want to develop in Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester;...
View ArticleThis week’s Job of the Week: Assistant producer for Travelzoo (Europe) Ltd
This week’s Job of the Week on Journalism.co.uk is Travelzoo (Europe) Ltd’s vacancy for an assistant producer. Closing date: 08/11/09 Salary: Up to £26K Location: London, Covent Garden Hours Per Week:...
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