links for 2007-05-24

Thursday, 24 May 2007, 12:23

• Medill program aims to create more ‘Adrian Holovatys’
  “As part of the Knight News Challenge, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University was given more than $600,000 to create an academic program blending computer science and journalism, designed to fill a staffing void at … news sites.”
  (tags: journalism education)
• CNET News.com: Newspapers want Google News’ quarter
  CNET has a good summary of the various legal disputes about Google News.
  (tags: googlenews copyright google)
• Yorkshire Post: Norman Baker: Why I’m ashamed of my fellow MPs
  Norman Baker on the FOI (Amendment) Bill: “For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be a Member of Parliament. “
  (tags: foi foia parliament)
• Holovaty.com: Knight Foundation grant
  Adrian Holovaty is leaving the Washington Post to found a hyperlocal news startup, EveryBlock.
  (tags: django hyperlocal journalism everyblock)
• Times Online: Websites like Mumsnet are not above the law
  “Websites should not be treated differently to conventional publishers, says the lawyer who won a libel victory for Gina Ford”
  (tags: mumsnet libel)
• Steve Outing: NAA shoots self in foot with flying newspapers
  The US newspaper publishers’ latest campaign to market newspapers is “beyond lame”.
  (tags: newspapers advertising)
• Editor & Publisher: Editors Explore Recent Redesigns at Major Web Sites
  Editors at USAToday.com, LATimes.com and WashingtonPost.com explain recent redesigns.
  (tags: journalism online newspapers design washingtonpost latimes usatoday)
• IMPACT®: The Information Tribunal: up to its neck in appeals
  “A quick look at the Tribunal’s decisions page supports the impression of an increased amount of decisions being made. … Despite this increase in decisions, a backlog in pending appeals has developed.”
  (tags: informationtribunal foi foia)
• Wordblog: Every journalist a blogger?
  “Look at some of the blogs that have appeared on media sites and you will find blogs that benefit neither the employer nor the writer. Editors are starting to understand this and are becoming more selective in who they choose to blog …”
  (tags: journalists blogging newspapers)
• currybetdotnet : Newspapers 2.0: Bloglines newspaper blog RSS subscription figures
  Martin Belam looks at newspaper blogs’ popularity based on Bloglines subscription figures for 107 newspaper blogs from seven newspapers.
  (tags: guardian times telegraph mirror independent express daily_mail rss newspapers journalism blogs)
• New Statesman: An unholy alliance of Tories and Labour
  Menzies Campbell: “Of all public figures, MPs have the least right to be exempt from public scrutiny. We are elected to represent our constituents’ interests and to maintain high standards in public life.”
  (tags: foi foia parliament)

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