• May 17.2008

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Japan: Asahi Shimbun reforms editorial sections to reflect society

Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on April 6, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Earlier this Spring, the Asahi Shimbun led a company-wide reform against one of print newspapers’ sturdiest pillars: sections – and in extenso the content that falls into these sections, as well as the journalists assigned to these. Assessing that traditional section names weren’t representative enough of the topics covered in modern-day society, the Shimbun reformed its whole journalistic process by creating ‘section groupings’ and ridding itself of traditional journalist-section assignments. Hirohito Ono, foreign editor of the Asahi Shimbun, explains the reform to the Editors Weblog.


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Japan: Asahi Shimbun restructures editorial depts

Posted by Jodie Hopperton on January 15, 2007 at 3:09 PM
In December, Asahi re-organised it’s editorial divisions in Tokyo and Osaka into groups and centres. This follows the other two head offices, Nagoya and Seibu. Editors are now assigned to certain fields of subjects, supervising the content of reporters.


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