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Posted by Federica Cherubini on February 6, 2012 at 6:02 PM

According to a new survey, more than half of tablet owners are interested in reading digital magazines, Mediapost.com reported (via MediaMe).

Journalism.co.uk reported that The Globe Mail, a new nonprofit online journalism startup, launched today in Australia.

The U.S Pulitzer-prize winning ProPublica is its model, said Editor Monica Attard, a former ABC broadcast journalist.

Does the Internet boost freedom? Rebecca MacKinnon's new book, Consent of the Networked, said no, not automatically anyway, as CPJ reported.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

How clean is your data?

Posted by Hannah Vinter on February 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM

Working with numbers is becoming more important than ever for journalists.

Vast amounts of data are being collected online, investigative journalism outfits like ProPublica are doing more and more work with large sets of publicly available data, and data visualisations are increasingly becoming a standard part of reporting. At the end of last year, Amy Webb, CEO of Webbmedia, named 'Big Data' as her first prediction of a major tech trend for 2011.

Tools already exist for journalists to exploit this growth in data. Nieman Lab reported earlier this week on Weave, an open-source internet platform for creating visualizations of "any available data by anyone for any purpose". Another example is Tableau Public, a data visualization tool that was billed by Journalism.co.uk as requiring "no technical ability" and being "easier to use than the wizard options that allow you to create graphs in Excel".

Media links of the day

Posted by Federica Cherubini on January 24, 2012 at 6:16 PM

Public concern has been raised over media laws restricting freedom of the press in Hungary and South Africa, but less attention has been devoted to the worsening situation in Ecuador, where the news media are now under attack, writes George Brock, Professor and Head of Journalism at City University London, on his blog.

On January 24, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) published a report that illustrates how the government of Ecuador is carrying out "a sophisticated strategy of marginalising all voices independent of state power".
Download the full report in English and Spanish here.

A survey reported by The Guardian today suggests that almost 70% of the British population distrust tabloid newspapers. However, Roy Greenslade argues that the question of trust it irrelevant for many tabloid readers, who are looking for entertainment, not information.

Everyone on Facebook will soon be getting Timeline, writes Techcrunch. The social network's new look is already available for those who want to opt in voluntarily, but it will be unrolled for all users in the next couple weeks.

And finally, Gizmodo reports that Julian Assange will be appearing on his own TV show.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service.

Media links of the day

Posted by Federica Cherubini on January 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM

British-based Pearson, whose holdings include the Penguin Group and the Financial Times Group made $3 billion (£2 billion) in digital revenues last year, reports Paid Content.

As newspaper circulation continues to decline in Britain, Press Gazette reports a survey by The National Federation of Retail Newsagents, which suggests that 59% of newspaper readers have been put off by the price.

Digiday interviews the global managing director and publisher of The Economist Online, Nick Blunden, to gain insight into the magazine's successful digital strategy.

Allfacebook.com has announced that USA Today is launching 'USA Today + Me', an open graph application for Facebook that personalizes news content based on users' previous activity and on stories their friends have shared.

Californian paper The Sacremento Bee is considering consolidating parts of its production with related local newspapers.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service.

Politico and Facebook team up to use data for political journalism

Posted by Emma Heald on January 16, 2012 at 6:36 PM

As the Republican primaries heat up in the US, news organizations everywhere are trying to predict the winner. But while none of them have a crystal ball, Politico does have a new source of knowledge at its disposal: Facebook.

Last Thursday Politico and Facebook announced they were partnering up to measure user opinion of Republican candidates. A Facebook data team is using an automated process to measure how often users are mentioning, sharing and linking to GOP candidates and whether these mentions are positive or negative. The results are handed onto Politico, whose journalists analyse and publish them. The first set of data is already out.

The project has been greeted by many as great opportunity to paint a detailed picture of voter opinion. Mashable writes that the vast number of Facebook users and the huge amount of information that Facebook holds on them means that the social network "can become a unique space to conduct survey-based research". Read Write Web writes that "Facebook could be the biggest, most dynamic census of human opinion and interaction in history".

For more on this story please see our sister publication www.sfnblog.com

Where are all the women?

Posted by Hannah Vinter on December 13, 2011 at 5:33 PM

Britain is producing an impressive amount of female journalism graduates. But once they leave school, are they becoming journalists? Yes, suggests a new piece of research from City University, London, but not necessarily with national dailies.

Just over a week ago, Kira Cochrane published an article in The Guardian, noting a lack of women in British media. Cochrane ran an initiative to count all the bylines in Monday to Friday editions of seven national newspapers over a four week period. The results were combined with an analysis on the number of women who appeared on Radio 4's the Today programme to produce a final figure: 77.4% of the journalists surveyed were male.

The results were of a peace with a survey conducted by the advocacy group Women in Journalism this March. The study pointed to the low proportion of women working in UK national dailies, as well as to the fact that female journalists held fewer senior positions.

Digital Mastery: the rise and rise of The Economist

Posted by Hannah Vinter on November 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM

Once upon a time, people may have stereotyped of The Economist as a dry, formal publication, which aged company executives would leaf through in their dusty studies. But if those days ever existed, they are certainly confined to the past now.

The international magazine currently has over 100,000 digital-only subscribers and more than a million monthly mobile readers. Economist readers have downloaded more than 3 million apps since their launch and online traffic has grown by 45% since September of last year. The publication now has 7 million online users.

These figures were reported in the interim financial report released by The Economist Group today, which shows a run of spectacular success for the publication. The report announces a 6% year-on-year rise in operating profits, totaling £26.2 million, and a revenue increase of 4%, to £164.3 million.

Taking a look in the mirror: how the US mainstream media uses Twitter

Posted by Federica Cherubini on November 14, 2011 at 3:48 PM

It's a matter of fact that Twitter has become part of the regular news workflow. And this is also the case for mainstream media outlets.

But how do they really use it? And how often? What's their underlying strategy? Is Twitter used by traditional media as a self-promotional channel for their own links or has it become a real, independent reporting tool?

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs answered these and other questions in a study that analysed the relationship between 13 major U.S. news outlets and Twitter.

It emerged from the study that news organizations mainly use Twitter for auto-referral. In fact, their use is primarily limited to disseminating their own material, rather than developing real engagement with followers or adding to the general debate by sharing external content.

Newspapers on social networks: who's most visible in the UK?

Posted by Federica Cherubini on November 10, 2011 at 3:39 PM

As often underlined, there's a battle out there for news sites to find a way to stand out of the hullabaloo of the web, reach a wider audience, attract more readers and stay profitable.

In the race, social networking and bookmarking sites are playing an essential role. As it was recently reported, in fact, the boundaries between social media and news are increasingly thinner.

A recent survey in the UK analysed data on the links from twelve UK newspaper web sites to see how visible they are on social networks. The study, conducted by Searchmetrics, analysed how often content from the 12 leading newspaper sites in the UK was shared on six popular social networking and bookmarking sites: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Delicious and Google+.

Sharing not stealing: issues of plagiarism in the new media landscape

Posted by Hannah Vinter on November 2, 2011 at 6:22 PM

"Thou shalt not plagarise". This phrase surely must be somewhere near the top of the ten commandments of journalism.

Hence in 2005, when David Simpson, then-cartoonist for The Tulsa World, was found to have redrawn somebody else's work, the paper's publisher Robert E. Lorton III dismissed him, saying he had committed "the cardinal sin of a newsroom". The story was reported at the time by the AP and picked up by Sign On San Diego.

Still, there's no peace for the wicked; history has repeated itself. After his dismissal from The Tulsa World, Simpson was hired by the Urban Tulsa Weekly but, as Poynter reports, he was fired yesterday for further instances of copying other people's work.

Learn by doing: student journalists could step up community reporting?

Posted by Hannah Vinter on October 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM

"Like teaching hospitals, journalism schools can provide essential services to their communities while they are educating their students."

This is one of the conclusions of a report just released by the New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute. The report, written up in an article by the Knight Foundation, points out that as the media landscape is changing, journalism students are already beginning to fill the gap.

One example is a course module at East Tennessee State University, which produces an annual bilingual news tabloid that is distributed with normal editions of local papers. Another is a course at the University of Alabama which makes students interns at the Anniston Star. On a larger scale, at the University of Berkeley, California have written stories for local news sites covering Oakland, Richmond and the Mission District of San Francisco. Temple University, Philadelphia has a Student Publication named Philadelphia Neighbourhoods which, according to the university dean has a history of "telling stories that don't get told in the legacy media".

The Digital Media Asia conference and Asian Digital Media Awards

Posted by Katherine Travers on October 20, 2011 at 1:07 PM

The Digital Media Asia Conference and Asian Digital Media Awards will be held in Hong Kong from 23 - 25 November 2011 and will reward the best in online, mobile and tablet publishing.

As WAN-IFRA Deputy CEO Larry Kilman writes, the conference is Asia's largest conference on new media and is designed to recognize the achievements and discuss the future of the news and digital media firms from the Middle East to the Asian Pacific. Read the full list of speakers here.

The role of new digital media in the Asian news industry is still in the process of evolution; print circulation remains stronger in younger, vibrant Eastern markets than in mature Western markets where print is encountering difficulties. As Christoph Riess, WAN-IFRA CEO, reflected: "Circulation is like the sun. It continues to rise in the East and decline in the West."

New Austrian weekly isn't kidding around

Posted by Dean Roper on October 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

In January, the daily newspaper Kleine Zeitung in Austria launched the first weekly newspaper for children in Austria, called Kleine Kinderzeitung. By launch date, the paper already had 8,000 subscribers. The publication is targeted at 8- to 11-year-olds.

Thomas Götz, deputy editor-in-chief of Kleine Zeitung, says during the World Editors Forum, in a session about Innovations in Print, that the newspaper was launched for two simple reasons: to reach this critical audience at an early age to educate them about newspapers, but also to help out their reading skills along the way.

According to a national survey, he says youth's reading habits were troubling. "We felt we had a responsibility here to improve the reading skills of our kids - it was that simple," he says.

World press trends: Newspapers still reach more than internet

Posted by Anton Jolkovski on October 13, 2011 at 3:18 PM

by Larry Kilman

Newspaper circulation declined in print world-wide last year, but was more than made up by an increase in digital audiences, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) says in its annual update of world press trends.

"Circulation is like the sun. It continues to rise in the East and decline in the West," says Christoph Riess, CEO of WAN-IFRA, who presents the annual survey at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum.

French government scheme to give free newspapers to young people enters its third season

Posted by Katherine Travers on October 5, 2011 at 3:22 PM

Today, the French ministry of culture and communication launched season three of 'Mon Journal Offert' ('My Free Newspaper'), an initiative established in 2009 as part of a government bailout of the press, aimed at encouraging people between the ages of 18 and 24 to read daily newspapers in print. The scheme allows any citizen of France or one of its departments, aged between 18 and 24, the chance to claim a free daily newspaper - selected from a range of 61 titles - one day a week for a year.

Young French people have a limited period of time to take advantage of this offer - the window for subscription begins on October 5 and closes December 31, after which 220,000 young people will be able to receive a free daily newspaper. Successful applicants are selected on a first come, first served basis as demand always outstrips supply; in previous years close to 400,000 applications have been made, according to the ministry of culture's website.

Google+: the global network with no anonymity?

Posted by Katherine Travers on August 29, 2011 at 4:03 PM

Social networks have changed the world of news; in fact, it's hard to imagine journalism without them.

No one could have missed the reaction to Google + arriving on the scene and all the speculation about whether the giant that is Google would change our social media landscape.

As a new Pew Internet survey reveals, 50% of all American adults now use a social network compared to 5% six years ago, so clearly the significance of social media can't be underestimated. However, not all social networks are young, fresh and exciting anymore... So, at a time when the relationship between social media and the public seems to be nearing the end of the honeymoon period and signs of so-called 'social media fatigue' are starting to creep in, Google+ has provided a little something to stoke the fire.

Media links of the day

Posted by Katherine Travers on August 26, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Does Slate magazine's recent redundancies indicate that the 'only online' model isn't viable?

Does Virgin's Project magazine show that the iPad-only format might be working?

Raymond Louw, chairperson of The South African Press Council, and the late Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal's former South Asia Bureau Chief who was tragically murdered in 2002, have been made World Press Freedom Heroes by the International Press Institute.

Jay Rosen outlines why he thinks political coverage needs a rethink.

Matt Di Rienzo, group editor of Journal Register Company's newspapers in Connecticut, describes how the publications have been working together to cover Hurricane Irene.

The Guardian invites readers to share their 9/11 memories.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

Media links of the day

Posted by Katherine Travers on August 24, 2011 at 5:02 PM

How do you 'Like ' this? Le Monde reports that a German federal state has ruled the 'like' button to be illegal, as Facebook can trace where users have clicked and can use this to amass personal data. Facebook claims that the site does not contravene European Law and that users have complete control of their data.

What the public really thinks about phone hacking: a Frontline Club survey has revealed that the British public believe the practice of phone-hacking was not simply confined to The News of The World.

Disinformation and confusion: The New York Times compares the current mass of contradictory information in Libya to the confusion after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Print v Online: Why old-fashioned paper and print beats digital. Slate investigates.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

Media links of the day

Posted by Katherine Travers on August 23, 2011 at 5:40 PM

A survey of over 100 editors by the National Council for Journalists reveals that traditional journalistic skills, like finding a story, are still more valued than digital skills, such as aptitude with social media.

Twitter and Research In Motion are scheduled to meet with the U.K. Home Secretary on Thursday to discuss the role that the micro blogging site and BlackBerry Messenger played in the recent riots.

As the tablet format becomes ever more dominant, what is the best model for monetising online content? Media Week Takes a look at the options.

New York Times and WNYC are combining to create an online profile of all the schools in New York City- 800 private and 1,700 public. The project is an exercise in community aggregation, says Nieman Lab; therefore it will not be restricted by the pay-wall of the NYT, in an attempt to encourage users to contribute their own material.

Why cartoons are good for your Newspaper: Editor and Publisher shows us how a good cartoonist is indispensable.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

Media links of the day

Posted by Teemu Henriksson on July 21, 2011 at 5:38 PM

The Associated Press announced that it would start offering additional credit to other news organisations when it picks up their stories. In addition to offering a link to the news organisation's home page, as it has done before, AP will start including a direct link to the actual story.

Journalists are using social media more and more to interact with their readers: Roy Greenslade reported on the third Broadgate Mainland digital trends survey, which found that 81 percent of the respondents engage on a regular basis with their digital readers.

Ellie Behling discussed the metrics that are being used to measure the effectiveness of tablet advertising. Although reading on tablets is a different experience from print, traditional print metrics such as subscriptions to digital editions are still commonly used.

The Huffington Post writer who was suspended last week for "over-aggregation" is returning, Poynter reported. According to Huffington spokesman, they welcomed the writer back after completing an "internal review of the process and policies relating to the publication of stories" on the site.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

Study: readers' online sharing motivated primarily by relationship-building

Posted by Teemu Henriksson on July 20, 2011 at 1:39 PM

No news website can ignore the fact that making it easy for readers to share news articles can provide a significant boost to their traffic. Most news sites have already implemented sharing tools at least for Facebook and Twitter, and many support a number of other social networks as well. Considering how important news sharing is - and signs are that importance is only to grow - news organisations are most probably researching their readers' sharing habits keenly.

Poynter reported on one such study, commissioned by the New York Times and titled "The Psychology of Sharing: Why Do People Share Online?" According to the survey, which was presented at a recent marketing conference and can be accessed here, the main motivator that drives news sharing is not so much news content itself as it is the impulse to build and maintain relationships. And that is something news outlets would do well to remember.

Media links of the day

Posted by Katherine Travers on July 12, 2011 at 5:55 PM

It seems that trawling Twitter can make you a lot of money these days, as U.K. firm DataSift gets $6 million in investment, according to PaidContent. What's more, it would seem that integration of apps with Twitter is more widespread than ever, having grown massively over the past year.

A survey by The Economist reveals that paid-for daily newspaper circulation has fallen by 11% in North America but is up by 5% in South America, where in countries like Brazil, social media is growing less rapidly than the printed press.

The Murdoch News of the World scandal continues, but, on his Forbes blog, Jeff Bercovici demonstrates why News Corp. may benefit from the British Sky Broadcasting bid being examined by the British Competition Commission.

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service

U.S. community press left behind in digital engagement?

Posted by Katherine Travers on July 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM

The local daily paper was once at the heart of every community; now it seems that the smallest publications are most vulnerable in this time of change and uncertainty within the media. So, how does your average local daily keep up nowadays? The answer, according to the findings of a study conducted by Joy Mayer, a fellow of the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), seems to be community engagement.

The findings of the study show that 50% of U.S community daily publications with a larger circulation, those with a weekday and weekend circulation over 25,000 copies, plan to increase their community engagement in the next year, whereas those publications with a smaller readerships did not plan to increase community engagement. It would appear that if you want to draw in the readers, it's also necessary to listen to interact with them.

News organisations tackle employees' use of social media

Posted by Teemu Henriksson on July 8, 2011 at 3:13 PM

It is a common wisdom by now that any journalist needs to have an active presence in social media. But explicitly defining that presence has proved difficult: on the one hand, it can be argued that journalists should be able to express their opinions freely in social media, for example, without having to consider if they correspond with their employer's views; on the other,

social media can be seen as another form of publishing, and journalists are representatives of their media companies when they post.

The issue came up recently when the Associated Press instructed its staff about the use of social media, Poynter reported. AP's memo was a reaction to its journalists' tweets about the Casey Anthony trial and gay marriage vote in New York. "These posts undermine the credibility of our colleagues who have been working so hard to assure balanced and unbiased coverage of these issues," said Tom Kent, AP's Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production, in the memo. "AP staffers should not make postings there that amount to personal opinions on contentious public issues."

Mobile Khabar: how cellphones can develop media in Afghanistan

Posted by Florence Pichon on July 8, 2011 at 12:14 PM

The U.S. Agency for International Development's new project is turning to cell phones to disseminate news in an unstable country with a tradition of low literacy.

According to NextGov, the initiative, called Mobile Khabar (meaning mobile news in both Dari and Pashto) is a mobile phone service that aims to provide Afghani subscribers with free customized daily news reports. When the system is running, the reports will stream radio broadcasting from local and foreign radios, as well as newspaper articles read aloud.

The initiative is good news for developing media. Mobile phones have become an integral part of reading and sharing news in the West, and focusing on the mobile to spread news means that more Afghanis will have access to independent news sources regardless of their location.

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