Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-04-30

At least 242 local newspaper closed between 2005 and the end of 2011, compared to just 70 launches

Tatiana Repkova | www.pressgazette.co.uk/st ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Launches of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media - Startups
Closures / Absorptions of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media
Local / Hyperlocal / Community Newspapers / Publications / Titles / Editions / Sections / Supplements / Websites / Webpages / Media / News / Content

2012-04-30

UTV is kicking off plans to market Sport magazine globally, following the lead of sister radio station TalkSport

Tatiana Repkova | www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/ ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Europe, Global (1)

Magazines
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Covering / Reporting Sports

2012-04-30

National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) to add a new business and finance journalism module to the Diploma in Journalism

Tatiana Repkova | www.inpublishing.co.uk/ne ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Covering / Reporting Business / Economic / Financial Issues - Market Abuse - Insider Information
Training of Journalists / Newsroom Staff - Mentors

2012-04-30

BBC faces mounting strike threat for diamond jubilee celebrations after BBC managers had made a "derisory" 1% annual pay offer

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/media/ ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Working Conditions - Collective Agreements - Trade Unions - Contracts - Clause of Conscience
Salaries - Wages - Benefits - Earnings

2012-04-30

Wolfgang Blau, editor of Zeit Online: Die Zeit’s paper and online editions are better off as independent entities

Tatiana Repkova | www.sfnblog.com/2012/04/3 ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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New Media - Multimedia - Cross-Media Publishing - Convergence - Integrating / Separating Print & Online Operations - Digital Transformation

2012-04-29

Big data's big problem: Little talent

Tatiana Repkova | online.wsj.com/article/SB ... |

United Kingdom, United States of America

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Northern North America, Western Europe

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America North, Europe, Global (1)

Direct Mail - Direct Marketing - Database Marketing - Big Data

2012-04-27

Behind the scenes at the Guardian Datablog (excerpts from Data Journalism Handbook)

Tatiana Repkova | datajournalismhandbook.or ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Graphic Design - Responsive Web Design - Visual Journalism - Awards - Infographics - Internet Memes - Maps
Data / Database Journalism
Weblogs / Blogs - Photoblogs - Videoblogs / Vlogs - Bloggers - Influencers

2012-04-27

Geoffrey Robertson, Human Rights Lawyer: Protection of journalistic sources is one of the basic conditions for press freedom

Tatiana Repkova | www.wan-ifra.org/articles ... |

United Kingdom, United States of America

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Northern North America, Western Europe

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America North, Europe, Global (1)

Protection of Sources

2012-04-27

International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Mark Johnson - community editor of the Economist: Are moderation and participation the future of news?

Tatiana Repkova | www.journalismfestival.co ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Europe, Global (1)

Role of ICT - Old / Traditional Media vs New / Social Media - Future of the News / Journalism
Reaching / Building Communities / Neighborhood
Increasing Readership / Audience / Traffic / Engagement - Improving User Experience - Audience Development / Embracement
Increasing Interactivity With Readers / Audience
Content Aggregation / Curation - Human Algorithm / Filter - Robots - Artificial Intelligence

2012-04-27

Pearson sales rise but sees lower half-year profit

Tatiana Repkova | online.wsj.com/article/BT ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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News Media Markets - Landscape - Numbers of titles - Business & Financial Results