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Peter Wilby loks at the Telegraph’s transformation: “There was, moreover, a distinct whiff of a Kulturkampf. The old oak tables and panels were removed from the boardroom in favour of glass and chrome, and the wine stocks sold.”
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Shane Richmond argues that there are three models for web-print integration: “print-first”, “web-first”, and “separate but equal”. The Indy follows the first model, and the Guardian is shifting from the third to the second, which is currently practiced b
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“the biggest threat to the future of B2B [magazines] isn’t technology and new delivery vehicles, it’s us. I continue to be disappointed and surprised by the number of people I meet who remain unwilling to learn the new storytelling skills.”
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Several US newspapers are adding programmers to their editorial staff — Mark Glaser writes “The big hurdles are pay differential and the culture clash between computer science and journalism.”
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“What was I saying before I was so rudely interrupted…”
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Michael Rosenblum: “Directors, producers, associate producers, talent… “The Show”. These are not journalism terms. These are Hollywood terms. The geeks created a cheapened Hollywood to make TV news.”
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The rate of freedom of information appeals in Scotland is double that in the rest of the UK, the Scottish Information Commissioner’s annual report shows.
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“To counter the downturn, Johnston launched 150 new publications last year and it now operates 317 websites of its own. Digital revenues were up 36 per cent last year at £11.3m.”
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“Scotland’s public life remains shrouded in secrecy despite the Executive’s flagship Freedom of Information Act, campaigners and experts warned…”
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Jeff Jarvis: “I do think it’s time to give up accusations of not getting it. I’ll plead guilty to using the phrase too often. And I’ll admit that it was pretty self-important. So I’ll try to get rid of not getting it.”
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Jeff Jarvis: “The Guardian is accelerating change and that is because it must preserve itself into perpetuity. It’s not the old ways that need preserving but the journalism and its future.”
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Juan Giner posts Alan Rusbridger’s memo to staff in full.
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Mindy McAdams: “there are highly motivated people who are already fluent in a complex program, such as Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, who could learn [Flash] pretty adequately in a marathon three-day weekend. But that would be exceptional.”
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Robin Hamman looks at the decision by the French Constitutional Council to approve a “law that criminalises the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.”