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Keep in mind BBC reporter Alan Johnston
Today’s events are a great way of keeping interest going in the situation of the missing Gaza correspondent. Let’s hope for positive news soon and wish all concerned well. BTW I feel corny for suggesting it but I wonder if there’s a blog button someone can knock up or a ticker to let bloggers keep…
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Trust and the media
Trust, as an issue for the media, never seems to be far from the news itself. Here’s Reuters‘ exec Geert Linnebank: We will always need a place for a news organization whose watchword is trust. Trust will be the differentiator in the new media dynamic. Your independence and impartiality will mark you out. According to…
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In praise of podcasts
Podcasts get a shot across the bows from ‘viewspaper‘ editor and accomplished controversialist Simon Kelner: Kelner is endearingly contemptuous of multi- platform journalism, especially when it comes to pod and vodcasts. “I’ve never met anyone who ever listens to pod- casts,” he explodes. “When I saw in the Telegraph ‘Get your podcast of Simon Heffer…
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Eyetracking for online journalism
Annenberg’s Online Journalism Review has an interesting take-out on the lessons of eyetracking research for page design. There’s a comparison from one of the researchers between the New York Times and the BBC sites: I like the [NYT] content and the way they present it. The titles are succinct and look clearly like links –…