The big newsroom story of 2006 was the transformation at The Telegraph in the UK – the layout, the building and most importantly, attitude. There are a number of different ways to present news to an audience – popular means such as newspapers, radio and television – and now, more than ever, online. The Telegraph was looking for a way to improve their product whilst embracing audio and visual to greater effect. And so, The Telegraph integrated newsroom was born.
Posted by John Burke on November 17, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Some would say that the Web has facilitated the job of the journalist. Others would say the tasks of online journalists are much more complex. Journalists at the Wall Street Journal are of the latter opinion, rebelling against a management that they feel is demanding too much.
Annelies van den Belt, New Media Director for the
Telegraph Media Group, has left the company after staying for 15 months. She allegedly said she left on good terms and that her departure was unrelated to the current
difficulties and conflicts of the
Daily Telegraph staff.
The Daily Telegraph’s freshly appointed youthful editor, Will Lewis, won his first battle on Friday Nov. 10th. Employees decided to postpone a strike that would have threatened the British newspaper in the birth of its entirely remodelled 6000 square meter hub newsroom.
