Jon Bernstein to join New Statesman as deputy editor

Jon Bernstein, former multimedia editor at Channel 4 is to join the New Statesman as deputy editor, replacing Emily Mann. Writing on his blog, Bernstein announced that from November 12 he will be joining the New Statesman as deputy editor. “I?ll be working under Jason Cowley and alongside his very talented team. And I?m pretty excited about [...]

Two lists featuring UK journalists on Twitter

PRBlogger has updated its UK journalists on Twitter list and FleetStreetBlues has done a thorough job at this link. Remember you can follow Journalism.co.uk’s daily ‘FollowJourn’ recommendations at this link: http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/category/recommended-journalists/ Please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to judith or laura at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews. Similar Posts: #FollowJourn: @ruthbarnett/Sky News correspondent #FollowJourn: @rebeccamthomson/reporter #FollowJourn: Peter Moore/digital media blogger #FollowJourn: @musicthing/assistant editor #FollowJourn: [...]

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.

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

Unmasked blogger NightJack named judge for Orwell Prize 2010

Annual political prize for blogs, journalism and books launches at the Frontline Club

News saturation doesn't mean driving out original journalism, says Jeremy Paxman

BBC Newsnight presenter criticised the 'sausage machine' production of news, calling for more time and scepticism

Jeremy Paxman: Iraq WMD 'hoodwink' would make him treat US state evidence with more suspicion in future

BBC Newsnight presenter said he and others made wrong judgement over Powell's UN presentation in 2003

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 [...]