Argus apologises to BBC producer ? a note on media transparency

UK local newspaper title the Brighton Argus has published an apology on its website to Martyn Smith, the Bafta-nominated TV director, producer and writer, after wrongly identifying him its story Brighton TV producer escapes jail for “repulsive” child porn collection.  The Argus has offered an unreserved apology and to its credit published it online at 7:15pm on 22 [...]

Press Gazette: MEN shifts part-paid, part-free strategy

The Manchester Evening News is cutting down the number of days on which the paper will be freely available. The MEN will now be available only as a paid-for edition on Monday to Wednesday and Saturdays. A mixture of free and paid-for copies will still be distributed on Thursdays and Fridays. The paper began its experiment with distributing free [...]

The Jobless Journalist: Post eight ? Some lessons learned in 2009

It’s been a rocky year for journalists. I, like thousands of others, was made redundant from my staff post and it seems the cull is far from over. But, at risk of sounding too negative at this time of festive bonhomie, I thought I’d share some thoughts on the future of the industry and some [...]

Paywall results in for Newsday as US newspapers see dip in traffic

Some interesting takeaways from new traffic stats for US newspapers released by Nielsen this week and reported by Editor & Publisher. Unique users to the Newsday website, which went behind a paywall in late October, decreased by 2.2 million in October 2009 to 1.7 million in November. Elsewhere 16 of the top 30 newspapers in the figures posted a [...]

Mixed fortunes for top US newspapers in November traffic figures

Mixed results for US newspaper websites a year on from the traffic surge generated by the US presidential race, according to Nielsen Online figures reported by Editor & Publisher. The stats suggest that readers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution spent 12 minutes more on its site in November 2009 when compared with the same period last year. Half of the top [...]

#FollowJourn: @Jasmine/financial journalist

#FollowJourn: Jasmine Birtles Who? Financial expert, TV presenter and writer. What? Founder of advice website MoneyMagpie.com. Where? There’s more from Jasmine on her personal website, www.jasminebirtles.com. Contact? @jasmine. Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send [...]

Journalistics: 91 journalism blogs and websites

Great round-up of websites covering the journalism industry by Jeremy Porter – handily split into categories including investigative journalism sites, technology sites, media commentary and more. Full post at this link… Similar Posts: ONA 2008 Awards: new categories reflect developments in online news Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – Aviation resources for investigative journalists Spanish websites claim top prizes [...]

#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk ? tools for online maps

Building maps: Kevin Anderson runs through some journalist-friendly tools for building maps from information on a spreadsheet in this handy blog post. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Mediaite: Traffic has dictated online news coverage in 2009

Glynnis MacNicol for Mediaite says it should come as no shock that the media “in a year of hard news [2009] (…) has gone soft” and devoted time and coverage to “shiny distractions” of stories. [U]ntil someone creates a new, workable business model the coin of the internet realm is traffic. And traffic is most cheaply generated [...]

paidContent:UK: The digital media year in numbers

It’s the time of year for lists, but paidContent’s breakdown of 2009 in numbers gives a useful overview of the digital economy, including: 729m: Requests to BBC iPlayer 152.6m: Total monthly uniques across top seven UK newspaper sites (ABCe) Full post at this link… Similar Posts: How the Guardian and Telegraph overtook the Mail in latest ABCe traffic report Newsquest attracts [...]

Twitter predicts: What's in store for online journalism and media in 2010? (part 2)

Leading digital journalists and commentators give Journalism.co.uk their predictions for the year ahead

Freelancer of the fortnight: Anna Smith, UK

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Anna Smith is a writer currently based in the UK