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The Editor-in-Chief of Al Dustour, the daily newspaper in Egypt, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Gebran Tueni Award, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers that honors an editor or publisher in the Arab region.

Ibrahim Essa is recognized for his "commitment to freedom of the press, his courage, leadership, ambition and high managerial and professional standards," and will receive the award at the 3rd Arab Free Press Forum, to be held in Beirut next week.

Following Saturday's crisis summit to discuss the plight of regional papers, the National Union of Journalists will be staging a coordinated "day of action" against pay freezes and rising job cuts.

The emergency summit meeting, following one of the worst weeks for job cuts in the industry, led union and newspaper representatives to agree to a series of moves in response to the job crisis.

The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging is the new book describing how "the two worlds" of new media and traditional media are joining together and "bringing out the best in each other" by Arianna Huffington.

The two realms are mixing, Huffington said in an interview with Reuters, with traditional journalists blogging, and bloggers gaining "credibility and stature" in traditional media.

Journalist Michael Smerconish describes the shortage of hard news and investigative journalism as leaving the always-expanding number of news outlets, from 24-hour cable networks and blogs, "scrambling for anything they can parrot to a hungry audience."

The saturation of news by Indian media during the Mumbai terrorist attacks is now a subject of debate for the country's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, who are charging that the intensive live coverage may have helped the terrorists.

Citizen journalists, who used the Internet to post updates and criticisms on services such as Twitter and Flickr, made the realm of Internet reporting an unparalleled sensation.  Traditional media were "too slow and inaccurate," citizen journalists said.

One month after its initial trial period, a meeting of about 30 editors will be held in Atlanta to hear about CNN's wire service.

CNN has made plans to broaden its service to provide coverage of national, international and possibly local events "on a smaller scale and at a lower cost" than the Associated Press, according to Editor and Publisher.

In a debate organized by representatives of the European Commission in Russia and national news agency RIA Novosti, media's role as promoter of cross-cultural dialogue seemed to be the main theme. Additional discussions include reporting of the financial crisis.

A Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) study reveals that Russians are not satisfied with how the Russian press reports on the financial crisis, Lenta.ru writes. Coverage elsewhere in the world is considered more "objective."

According to the FOM results, 45% of respondents think the media are not objective on the country's economic situation. 35% have the opposite view, while 20% could not decide. 57% said that the reporting of the financial crisis in Russia may not be thorough.

39% of Russians who participated in the study said that coverage of the global financial crisis was objective. However, 31% couldn't decide and 30% said that it wasn't objective.
 
Although 40% think the situation in the country is actually worse than it is, only 5% think that it is better than portrayed by the media.

Source: Lenta.ru

"Relentless" media coverage of the terror attacks in Mumbai has sparked a strong backlash from the public, according to Global Voices, who has been following the story.

The mainstream media's approach of "shock and shake" can lead to unverified rumors being reported as fact, Global Voices reports, and the blogosphere has monitored the coverage with a mounting anger.

According to Brand Republic, Microsoft has signed a one-year agreement with Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial services and asset management firm, to provide MSN Money users with information, news, comments and services related to the financial industry.

The service will cover funds, Isas, pensions, Sipps, annuities, share dealing and currency.  It will allow users have access to investment and technical research and use interactive tools.

The series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Indian financial capital Mumbai have gained worldwide attention, and the speed with which Internet users were able to read first-hand reports within hours of the initial attacks is proof of a revolutionized way that information reaches an audience.

Although mainstream news coverage has dominated headlines thus far, social media has been a major outlet for news at the scene and around the world.  Internet users are sharing news and information for updates and reactions.

A citizen-journalism upload portal has been launched by Qatar-based Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera, "seeking eyewitness news reports from its vast international audience."

Guardian News & Media is expanding its mobile market.  News alerts are currently offered through a version of Guardian.co.uk for PDA, Smartphone and BlackBerry devices, and via text message.

GNM has hired Andrew Bagguley, former head of mobile strategy for News International, as a consultant for the process.  Bagguley will be "working closely with Guardian in-house teams" to formulate the plan, a spokeswoman for GNM told Journalism.co.uk.

Source:  Journalism.co.uk
 

After the denial by BBC Trust to expand the BBC to include local coverage, The Guardian Media Group is considering the "interesting opportunity" of starting news websites to serve local communities, according to Paid Content.

A feasibility study may be conducted in Manchester, although the title there is looking toward international coverage.  The so-called "Guardian Cities" project would provide "highly relevant" information to local areas.

Source:  Paid Content
 

According to recent findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Centre's Project for Excellence in Journalism, health is a key issue for internet users. However, only 3.6% of Internet-based news content between January 2007 and June 2008 dealt with the issue, according to the study. Directnews.co.uk reports that the demand for online health news may be increasing.

The study showed that 42% of all online news stories covered specific conditions. Meanwhile, 31% focused on public health and 27% on health policy. Traffic to online health outlets in the UK rose by 10% in September since the previous month, comScore research showed.

"As the public's news consumption shifts more toward online and cable outlets, people are likely to come across fewer stories about health and particularly about health policy," said Kaiser Family Foundation's Victoria Rideout.

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently announced the launch of a news utility that will offer  "in-depth coverage of the policy and politics of health care" on the Internet and though the mainstream media.

Source: Directnews.co.uk

The Kaiser Family Foundation is launching a news service to provide "in-depth coverage of the policy and politics of health care" both online and through collaboration with mainstream media.

The website will be independently run, with a budget expected to reach $4 million in two years, and is a part of the "wave of online ventures that have emerged as newspapers and magazines cut jobs and newsgathering budgets," the New York Times reports.

The Huffington Post is set to expand its news offering, moving into local news in the US and investigative reporting, according to The Times.

The confirmation of this expansion into investigative reporting comes after speculation last week following a panel discussion featuring Adriana Huffington. This scheduled increase in coverage has been enabled by $15 million in third round funding courtesy of Oak Investment Partners. The funding round has yet to be finalised.

Souce: CNET

Following the announcement that Reuters, AP and AFP were suspending cricket coverage due to unacceptable accreditation terms from Australia's governing body, Cricket Australia, New Zealand's largest newspapers remained barred from covering cricket matches.

According to Cricket Australia spokesman, Peter Young, "The New Zealand Herald, Fairfax Media-owned titles and the New Zealand Press Association have not received accreditation after failing to join a scheduled teleconference."