US Digest: NYT launches hyperlocal, HuffPost chases students, Shatner plays Twitterer, and more

Today's US media round up looks at: A new East Village hyperlocal blog from the NYT and NYU; the launch of HuffPost College from the Huffington Post ; William Shatner and Twitter's most followed elderly gent; and shotguns mysteriously finding their way into the newsroom

Huffington Post launches college section aggregating student journalism

The Huffington Post launched its anticipated college section yesterday – original and cross-posted material on student and university life in the US from more than 60 college newspaper partners. HuffPost College features voices from colleges and universities all around the country and offers a real-time snapshot of what’s going on in the lives of the nation’s [...]

National Audit Office?s report on BBC?s building projects expected Thursday

The National Audit Office’s (NAO) report into the BBC’s expenditure on its recent building projects – the redevelopment of Broadcasting House in London and the construction of Pacific Quay in Glasgow and Salford Quay in Greater Manchester – will be published on Thursday. The report, which was commissioned by the BBC Trust, will be available in [...]

dot.Rory: Tips from Rory Cellan-Jones and Josh Halliday on online tools for reporting

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones and Sunderland University journalism student Josh Halliday offer some great tips and suggestions of tools to use for reporting online. There’s a strong focus on tools to help make your job as a journalist easier – whether that’s saving battery power on your laptop or mobile when filing a report [...]

Media Release: Reader?s Digest emerges from bankruptcy in US

The Reader’s Digest Association announced yesterday that it had “sucessfully completed its financial restructuring” and has “emerged” from bankruptcy protection, which it filed for under Chapter 11 in August last year. The publisher of the Reader’s Digest titles has reduced its debt by 75 per cent, the release says. The publisher’s UK title filed for administration last [...]

#followjourn: Nikki Moore/technology freelancer

#followjourn: Nikki Moore Who? Freelance technology writer What? Moore is a presenter on BBC 2’s ‘Something for the Weekend’, and contributes to the technology section of Metro.co.uk. She is also the founder and editor of www.girlgeekchic.com ? “a girl’s guide to technology”. Where? Read about gadgets galore in her Metro articles, watch her on Something for the Weekend, [...]

Chris Brogan: ?Journalism is not publishing? or a response to AOL

New media marketer Chris Brogan points out that recent reports of AOL’s plans to massively expand its journalistic staff  and output, and concerns that this will have a negative impact on the journalism industry need to be put in perspective. Publishing and journalism aren’t the same, says Brogan. What AOL is trying to do and what [...]

Google?s head of public policy: ?We live or die by the trust our users have in our services?

Google's head of public policy and government relations spoke at last night's Amnesty International social media event about social media, Google Buzz, and responsible company behaviour

Independent publishes Trafigura story correction

The Independent published a correction yesterday concerning its front page story from September 2009 ‘Toxic shame’, which contained claims of individuals who alleged they had been injured as a result of illegal dumping of waste in the Cote d’Ivoire by a Trafigura ship: The article stated that claimants had been maimed and wrongly suggested that, [...]

Telegraph.co.uk: It?s too late for me, but libel laws must change, says Singh

Ahead of his Court of Appeal hearing today, Simon Singh sets out his reasons for why UK libel law should be reformed. The first problem is clear. A libel case is so horrendously expensive that most writers, scientists and journalists cannot afford to defend their writing, even if they are [...]

Simon Singh goes to Court of Appeal

Science writer Simon Singh, who is currently being sued by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) is going to court today to challenge Justice Eady’s earlier ruling on the case, made in May 2009. It boils down to whether Singh’s article published in the Guardian in April 2008 about the effectiveness of chiropractic treatments for children, was [...]

Election fall out ? between journalists

Following last week’s election 2.0 debate at the Frontline Club, the Guardian’s digital media research editor, Kevin Anderson shared some fairly critical thoughts on his personal blog. Moderator, Sky News political correspondent Niall Paterson (social media practitioner but sceptic) wasn’t too impressed by Anderson’s charges against him. It’s difficult to summarise this one fairly, so I’d [...]