Editors Weblog: Kim Hawkey Archives

Cape Town Conference: A South African example of shared group content

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 6, 2007 at 4:18 PM

The Independent Newspaper Group packs a “mean punch”, Jovial Rantao, editor of The Sunday Independent and deputy editor of The Star, told the 14th World Editors Forum.

Cape Town Conference: A people’s revolution

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 6, 2007 at 3:36 PM

The revolution brought about by the internet means the potential for increased interactivity between the media and reader is greater than ever, according to Francois Nel, a director at Lancashire Business School.

Cape Town Conference: What print can learn from web design

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 5, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Print design can learn from web design, but the lessons are not necessarily new, Don Wittekind, assistant professor at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism, University of North Carolina, told the 14th World Editors Forum.

Cape Town Conference: The virtual world of Reuters in Second Life

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 5, 2007 at 11:02 AM

Reuters has found a new way to engage with real customers through its virtual counterpart, according to Adam Pasick, a virtual journalist at Reuters.

Cape Town conference: Mario Vargas Llosa on the future of journalism

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 4, 2007 at 9:32 PM

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa said the greatest challenge to journalism today is that it may become entertainment.

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Jailed Chinese Journalist

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 4, 2007 at 1:23 PM

Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist serving a 10-year prison sentence for revealing his government’s orders to newspapers to censor their reporting of the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, has been awarded the 2007 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize from the World Association of Newspapers.