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Newspapers have been recently emerging as strong contenders for TV awards, formerly dominated by traditional broadcast news organizations, even though most newspapers have only been using video on their Web sites for a few years.

The Detroit Free Press won the News and Documentary Emmy this year for a video news feature, "40 Years of 'Respect'", which looks at the history of Aretha Franklin's famous song and its significance for the people of Detroit.

Nancy Andrews, managing editor for digital media at the Free Press, commented on their success: "We start with the premise that we're storytellers, with strong visuals and a compelling story to begin with."

The next chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board, outgoing Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger, has called for more recognition of Internet journalism. If his requests are granted, it would be the next big step in a process the prestigious award began last year. Said Steiger, "So much exciting stuff is being done online, and by essentially print newsrooms, that have made it a bigger and bigger adjunct of the newsroom," citing the contributions of online journalism to Hurricane Katrina coverage.

Source: Editor & Publisher 

The Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississipi, a coastal town devastated by Hurricane Katrina, has published an editorial criticising the lack of media coverage of the effects of the disaster on the area, stating its plight has fallen "into a black hole of media obscurity."

An interesting article by Michael Massing debating whether US journalists are failing in their responsibility to produce hard nosed reporting and uncover the truth for their readers.

The New Orleans paper The Times-Picayune last Sunday published a scathing editorial entitled 'Its Time for A Nation to Return The Favour'. The article directly attacks the federal government for its failure to react effectively to the destrution caused by hurricane Katrina.

Major news organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of integrating citizen contributions in their news. But will the MSM eventually begin to compensate for its readers' content?

Steve Outing thinks that "It's almost time to pay up for Citizen Journalism." 

The Online News Association held its annual conference last week. Visit the website for a wrap-up. Highlights include New York Times' Chairman Arthur Sulzberger's keynote speech during which he said, "Information does not yearn to be free," how Hurricane Katrina affected online journalism and the future of participatory journalism.

Source: Online News Association 

Last month in Moscow, the Russian Guild of Press Publishers held the First Russian Publishers Conference.  During the Press Freedom Seminar, President of the World Editors Forum and Saturday Editor of The Times (London), George Brock, gave a talk discussing the freedom of the press in Russia, whose text is posted below. 

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will return to its own presses today, reports The Oregonian. The paper has been publishing online or as a guest at other newspaper plants for six weeks (see also former posting). The Oregonian, which belongs to the same owner as the Picayune, states, "As the press thunders to life, it will be a joyous and symbolic moment, not simply for the newspaper, but for the community. For if ever the importance of a newspaper was apparent, it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... And only the newspaper will be able to fully and publicly address the daunting issues ahead for the city."

The experience of the Times-Picayune is also a lesson for the newspaper industry: "If journalists passionately care about their communities, if they truly look out for the interests of readers, and if they deliver a public service to their community, they indeed will be essential. They will be read."

Source: The Oregonian

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will return to its own presses today, reports The Oregonian. The paper has been publishing online or as a guest at other newspaper plants for six weeks (see also former posting). The Oregonian, which belongs to the same owner as the Picayune, states, "As the press thunders to life, it will be a joyous and symbolic moment, not simply for the newspaper, but for the community. For if ever the importance of a newspaper was apparent, it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... And only the newspaper will be able to fully and publicly address the daunting issues ahead for the city."

The experience of the Times-Picayune is also a lesson for the newspaper industry: "If journalists passionately care about their communities, if they truly look out for the interests of readers, and if they deliver a public service to their community, they indeed will be essential. They will be read."

Source: The Oregonian

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita much has been written about the quality of media covering these events. David Carr argues in The New York Times that the hurricane story is "a story better told in print". He states, "By their disposition, hurricanes are a television story: great pictures, an informational crawl at the bottom, and a wind-swept, rain-soaked anchor. But big papers ... all dug in, sending dispatches out of New Orleans that shed light where there had been only heat. What exactly happened at the convention center? Is Mayor Ray Nagin a saint or a kook? Were the levees overtopped or undermined? Will New Orleans be a real city again, or just Disneyland with Jell-O shots? Those are not questions that get asked or answered much on television. The New Orleans story needed the big muscles of print journalism to gain custody of facts that seemed beyond comprehension."

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita much has been written about the quality of media covering these events. David Carr argues in The New York Times that the hurricane story is "a story better told in print". He states, "By their disposition, hurricanes are a television story: great pictures, an informational crawl at the bottom, and a wind-swept, rain-soaked anchor. But big papers ... all dug in, sending dispatches out of New Orleans that shed light where there had been only heat. What exactly happened at the convention center? Is Mayor Ray Nagin a saint or a kook? Were the levees overtopped or undermined? Will New Orleans be a real city again, or just Disneyland with Jell-O shots? Those are not questions that get asked or answered much on television. The New Orleans story needed the big muscles of print journalism to gain custody of facts that seemed beyond comprehension."

A group of former employees of The Times-Picayune (see also former posting) in New Orleans have set up a fund to raise money for staff of the paper who have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina, reports Editor & Publisher. In just two weeks the fund brought in $22,000 in donations.

Journalist Bridget O'Brian, who worked at the paper from 1981 to 1988 said on Editor & Publisher: "I think it's great because there are so many in need [following the hurricane] that you have to sometimes carve out your community and do what you can for them ... It was my first newspaper job and I spent a lot of happy years there; it holds a very special place in our hearts."

Source: Editor & Publisher through Mediachannel

A group of former employees of The Times-Picayune (see also former posting) in New Orleans have set up a fund to raise money for staff of the paper who have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina, reports Editor & Publisher. In just two weeks the fund brought in $22,000 in donations.

Journalist Bridget O'Brian, who worked at the paper from 1981 to 1988 said on Editor & Publisher: "I think it's great because there are so many in need [following the hurricane] that you have to sometimes carve out your community and do what you can for them ... It was my first newspaper job and I spent a lot of happy years there; it holds a very special place in our hearts."

Source: Editor & Publisher through Mediachannel

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is doing an excellent job in keeping publishing despite the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. After offices were flooded the paper published only online using pdfs. The paper publishes on NOLA.com, a New Orleans local website that was launched in 1998 in affiliation with The Times-Picayune.

The paper has set up a list of missing persons, where people can post information about people missing in New Orleans due to the hurricane or search for persons. This list had already nearly 5000 entries searching for somebody on Thursday morning 10:30 am local time. In the paper's Hurricane Center people can submit their hurricane stories. There is also a category for people offering help and services and evacuee information.

However, many victims which would need such services might not have access to an internet connection at the moment, states E-Media Tidbits from Poynter Online. Moreover, almost 70% of New Orleans' population are Afro-Americans and a large majority of them with very low revenues which means that they have only little access to the internet anyway.

Source: NOLA.com, E-Media Tidbits from Poynter Online

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is doing an excellent job in keeping publishing despite the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. After offices were flooded the paper published only online using pdfs. The paper publishes on NOLA.com, a New Orleans local website that was launched in 1998 in affiliation with The Times-Picayune.

The paper has set up a list of missing persons, where people can post information about people missing in New Orleans due to the hurricane or search for persons. This list had already nearly 5000 entries searching for somebody on Thursday morning 10:30 am local time. In the paper's Hurricane Center people can submit their hurricane stories. There is also a category for people offering help and services and evacuee information.

However, many victims which would need such services might not have access to an internet connection at the moment, states E-Media Tidbits from Poynter Online. Moreover, almost 70% of New Orleans' population are Afro-Americans and a large majority of them with very low revenues which means that they have only little access to the internet anyway.

Source: NOLA.com, E-Media Tidbits from Poynter Online