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Editors in study say shrinking newsrooms damage quality of j...

The many and deepening cuts at newspapers across the US are starting to take a toll on their content, according to a study being released MondayThe challenge newspapers must meet immediately is to find more revenue on the Internet, accordin [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Camp makes news Kids with Asperger's take up journalism

Kids scrambling to get interviews, putting together news stories and shooting video are not activities you normally associate with a summer day camp.But for a few campers with Asperger's Syndrome it's all in a day's production. For the fir [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

News sites should invest in journalism, says Lords report

The boom in online news sites does not mean the UK should relax its media ownership laws, according to an influential House of Lords report. It is even more important that the regulator, Ofcom, and the government should protect and promote [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Journalism 2.0: What's the next step for news wires?|

Well, I can't say I didn't see this coming a mile away. The New York Times reports that on Tuesday the Associated Press eased off their initial threat to evil, quote-stealing bloggers worldwide. Last Friday, the AP issued an ultimatum to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Online Journalism News

FemaleFirst.co.uk names Ruth Harrison as travel features writer Ruth Harrison has been appointed to the new role of travel features writer for FemaleFirst.co.uk. Harrison takes up her first job in journalism after completing three weeks [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Cebu Daily News wins 2 awards for community journalism

Philippines Cebu Daily News was adjudged "Best Edited Community Paper" for the fourth time and "Best in Business and Economics Reporting" in 2007 by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) in award ceremonies held on Thursd [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Breaking Barriers: One Newsman's Impact On Journalism

While Dennis Richmond's extraordinary 40-year career at KTVU has been the focus of several reports during the past week, one story that hasn't been told looks at the many obstacles he had to overcome and how his success has inspired others. [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Sad Day for Journalism if Murdoch Swallows Newsday

Remember Charles Foster Kane? The fictional newspaper publisher/editor in Citizen Kane who ran his publications on whim, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends? Lost in the flurry of the Pennsylvania primary and who's more elite t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

D.C.'s Newseum Celebrates Highs, Lows of Journalism: Review

Hovering benignly over its Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk in Washington, the gridded-glass cube of the Newseum buffs journalism's battered legitimacy. Its $450 million budget has bought show-stopping exhibitions -- as exciting as anything [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Western News Coverage of Tibet 'Ruins Credibility' of Journa...

Beijing's attempt to save the 2008 Olympics from PR disaster and blame its long-tortured Tibetan minority with crimes that China's ruthless authorities in that region have committed for decades continues, with this 'news account' from sta [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

BBC to relaunch news and sport websites

The BBC will next week unveil the first phase of the redesign to its news and sports websites. The development is part of BBC Journalism's Creative Future plan to create a multi-platform news service and give users greater exposure to - an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Traffic down at national newspaper websites

National newspaper web traffic declined month-on-month in February, falling back after high visitor levels the previous month, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulation Electronic. All five UK national newspape [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Northwestern reviews journalism school dean's use of anonymo...

Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introducto [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

News agency chief drops in to address journalism students

David Graham, former regional press man and now head of the Blackpool News Agency, took time out to pass on some wisdom to journalism students in Preston. Megan Jorsh, a student on the University of Central Lancashire's postgraduate newspa [...]