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March 8, 2007

  • British Journalism Review: Brave new world or digital doom?
    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.”
    (tags: telegraph online newspapers journalism)
  • Shane Richmond: And then there were two
    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
    (tags: telegraph guardian online newspapers independent journalism)
  • Paul Conley: The future of print and the future of hiring
    “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.”
    (tags: journalism magazines b2b online)
  • MediaShift: Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff | PBS
    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.”
    (tags: Journalism education mashups newspapers online)
  • Nick Robinson’s Newslog: Latest from the courts…
    “What was I saying before I was so rudely interrupted…”
    (tags: bbc media law injunctions government cashforhonours)
  • Rosenblumtv: Crap TV
    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.”
    (tags: television journalism)
  • BBC News: [Scottish] Information act hailed a success
    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.
    (tags: foi foia foisa informationcommissioner scotland)
  • Independent: Ad revenues slump at Johnston Press
    “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.”
    (tags: johnston_press newspapers online advertising)
  • Scotsman.com: Welcome to secret Scotland
    “Scotland’s public life remains shrouded in secrecy despite the Executive’s flagship Freedom of Information Act, campaigners and experts warned…”
    (tags: foi foisa foia informationcommissioner scotland)
  • BuzzMachine: Not not getting it
    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.”
    (tags: online journalism guardian bloggers blogging msm)
  • BuzzMachine: ‘The web is preeminent’
    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.”
    (tags: journalism guardian observer online newspapers scotttrust)
  • What’s Next: Innovations in Newspapers: 24/7 Newsroom management principles for the Guardian and the Observer
    Juan Giner posts Alan Rusbridger’s memo to staff in full.
    (tags: guardian observer newspapers online journalism)
  • Teaching Online Journalism: Learning Flash
    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.”
    (tags: online journalism education flash)
  • Cybersoc.com: French “anti citizen journalism” law & the case for union recognition for bloggers
    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.”
    (tags: france citizenJournalism journalism photography press_freedom blogging law media)
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Martin Stabe is a data journalist based in London. He is an head of interactive news at the Financial Times.