Crisis or no crisis? Speakers divided on whether the journalism glass has anything left in it

The speakers were split between the yeas, nays and dunnos at yesterday’s ‘Is World Journalism in Crisis?’ live-streamed video conference at Coventry University (full audio and video to follow soon), chaired by the head of the BBC College of Journalism, Kevin Marsh. In the optimists’ corner we had CUNY’s Professor Jeff Jarvis (no surprises there) and [...]

#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk ? a new wiki for journalists

A new wiki for journalists to try out: JournaWiki Tipster: Judith Townend.

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Jeff Jarvis: 'The future is entrepreneurial not institutional'

CUNY professor injected some optimism into conference

Growing number of journalism students should be warned of 'jobs crisis', says former head of City University journalism school

Professor Adrian Monck joined world conference by videolink from Geneva

Videojournalist David Dunkley Gyimah named Southbank artist in residence

Videojournalist and Westminster University lecturer David Dunkley Gyimah has been made an artist in residence at London’s Southbank Centre. During his 2009-10 residency, Dunkley Gyimah will work on a new form of artistic film, mixing documentary style with a new response to the film format – he’s already begun working on projects for his residency on [...]

MEN: Manchester Evening News launches iPhone news app

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) has become one of the first UK regional titles to launch a news application for the iPhone. The free-to-download app, which was launched on October 2, has already been downloaded 1,000 times, according to an MEN report. MEN, which has a mobile site, will tap into smartphone users with the app and [...]

Aggregator NewsNow says publishers seeking court injunction to stop linking

In an open letter to publishers last week, news aggregator NewsNow claimed its service is under threat following legal pressure from UK newspaper publishers. Speaking to Journalism.co.uk at the time, managing director Struan Bartlett said almost all of those publishers named and regional newspaper group were putting pressure on the site. Some publishers have demanded compensation for [...]

#j-crisis: Is world journalism in crisis? Follow it live from 2pm (GMT)

Today’s the day: at 2pm GMT journalism practitioners and thinkers from around the world are to give their verdict on world journalism and address the big ‘crisis’ question at Coventry University’s world journalism live video conference, supported by Journalism.co.uk and sponsored by Camelot plc. Is journalism in trouble? How did it come about? What’s the [...]

Camp VJ London ? Day 2: Filming interviews

Yesterday I attended day two of the Visual Editors’ videojournalism training in London. The four-day course covers the fundamentals of videojournalism with proceeds going to not-for-profit news project Beamups. You can read my report on day one of the course – an introduction to the basics of videojournalism in this post. Below are some introductory tips [...]

#ICE: Apology ethics, Big Brother and Boyle

Journalism.co.uk is at the Institute of Communication Ethics Annual Conference today, hosted by Nick Jones, former BBC political correspondent. Jones kicked proceedings off, talking about the ethics of an apology: the way the media is influenced by the technique, seeing it as a victory when one is achieved. Just say the ‘S’ word, Alastair Campbell warned politicians [...]

#FollowJourn: @davidfolkenflik/media correspondent

#FollowJourn: David Folkenflik Who? Media correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). What? Award-winning journalist, who spent 10 years at the Baltimore Sun. Recognised for his reporting that led the US military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad. Where? His full profile is on the NPR site. Contact? Follow him on Twitter. Just as we like to supply you [...]

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