Online journalism news

ABC to set up university news bureaus at five US journalism schools

The news network, in return for filing stories for digital and broadcast platforms, will mentor a paid staff of students
Posted by Oliver Luft on 09/05/08

Guardian mulling on guidelines for journalists participating in comment threads

Staff on the paper are engaged in internal discussions about how journalists should interact with readers in comments
Posted by Laura Oliver on 09/05/08

CNET UK and Gamespot UK in mobile launch

CNET Networks UK has launched mobile sites for two of its flagship titles - CNET.co.uk and Gamespot UK
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/05/08

User-generated content to be integrated across Telegraph.co.uk

The relaunched Telegraph blogging platform MyTelegraph will see content from the site integrated with the main site to attract new users
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/05/08

Over 200 years of newspaper content to be made available as TimesOnline launches digital archive

Archive will be free to users and stretch back to 1785
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/05/08

Search is central to TimesOnline's journalism, says Spackman

Optimising content for search engines has become a key focus for TimesOnline staff since the site's revamp says editor-in-chief
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/05/08

Virgin Media relaunches news site with PA multimedia content

The Press Association will supply a news package of text, photos, graphics and embedded video
Posted by Oliver Luft on 07/05/08

Web editors 'not commercial enough', say magazine industry's digital heads

Web editors need to develop a commercial focus to protect revenue streams across the group, say publishers
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/05/08

RBI considers pay-per-page view for online journalists

A pay-per-view pay model for online content has been discussed by the publisher
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/05/08

RBI launches Chinese newsletter for aviation news

RBI's Flight group now publishes a Chinese-language newsletter for subscribers
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/05/08

Future of newsrooms is integrated, claims editors survey

Second Newsroom Barometer survey confirms results of the first by suggesting that most newspapers expect to be integrated in five years
Posted by Oliver Luft on 06/05/08

Dutch citizen journalism site Skoeps closes

Skoeps site closed after failing to find profitable business model
Posted by Laura Oliver on 02/05/08

Huff Post is death to professional journalism, says Keen

News sites such as The Huffington Post will kill off professional journalists, says Andrew Keen
Posted by Laura Oliver on 02/05/08

ABCe considers measuring web traffic from mobiles

The bureau will work with industry group the GSMA to develop an industry-wide standard for measuring traffic from mobiles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 01/05/08

MEN to relaunch City Life as its standalone entertainments website

Manchester's seminal news, reviews and listings magazine to get a Web 2.0 makeover when it's reincarnated online later in the year
Posted by Oliver Luft on 01/05/08

First in a new generation of Northcliffe websites goes live

New site unveiled as first stage of company-wide revamp
Posted by Ruth Morgan on 01/05/08

Guardian.co.uk looking to expand Comment Is Free internationally

Comment Is Free sections for other English-speaking countries would be a 'natural progression', says digital head
Posted by Laura Oliver on 01/05/08

Chris Anderson: Journalism jobs will be lost and news media could become smaller in the digital future

The Long Tail author says news media has to add value above that available from amateurs to survive in a digital future where getting content for free is the norm
Posted by Oliver Luft on 30/04/08

Hearst Digital to launch video across flagship online titles

The publisher will use Brightcove to host video content on handbag.com, getlippy.com and the recently re-launched Cosmopolitan site
Posted by Ruth Morgan on 30/04/08

Guardian podcasts profitable in 12 months

Guardian podcasts are likely to turn a profit in the next 12 months, says GNM director of digital content
Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/04/08

Radio audience meters do not restrict content providers, says metric chief

Philippe Generali, CEO of RCS Worldwide,has defended the use of Portable Personal Meters despite RAJAR's decision to end its trial
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/04/08

FT to revamp Middle East web page and launch print edition for the region

Website to carry more dedicated video and audio following Middle East print launch
Posted by ruth morgan on 28/04/08

Future of NUJ's The Journalist magazine 'under review'

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to extensively review its magazine, website and communications department
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/04/08

US newspaper uses CoverItLive to live blog its redesign

The Grand Island Independent used the live blogging service to hold a feedback session between readers and staff
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/04/08

Trinity Mirror Regionals appoints new head of multimedia

David Higgerson, assistant editor (digital) of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, to take on the role
Posted by Oliver Luft on 25/04/08

Men's Health adds online TV channel to UK website

MHTV will feature exercise demonstrations and be expanded to cover the magazines other core sections
Posted by Laura Oliver on 25/04/08

Local UK newspaper to use Twitter for live sport reporting

Wrexham-based newspaper The Evening Leader to experiment with the micro-blogging tool for live football match reports
Posted by Laura Oliver on 25/04/08

Massive web gains for Telegraph, Mirror Group debuts with 4.4m uniques

Telegraph gets record traffic in March, an increase in unique users of 137 per cent year-on-year
Posted by Oliver Luft on 24/04/08

Digital magazine Monkey launches website

Dennis Publishing adds to the weekly digital mag by launching a daily updated website
Posted by Oliver Luft on 24/04/08

Current appoints UK director of new media

Rebekah Billingsley joins the peer-to-peer news network from Bauer, where she launched Heatworld.com
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/04/08

Number of journalists not in decline, says GMG chairman

Staffing across the industry will not decrease to the extent it has in print as journalists adapt themselves to new media, says Paul Myners
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/04/08

London School of Journalism to offer lectures in Second Life

Students in the virtual world can attend a series of sessions over the next six months
Posted by Ruth Morgan on 23/04/08

Google must adopt ACAP, says Guardian chairman

Paul Myners, chairman of the Guardian Media Group, has urged Google and other major search engines to sign up to the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP)
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/04/08

Guardian.co.uk relaunches sports section

Guardian.co.uk revamps sport and football channels as next stage of complete site redesign
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/04/08

US election coverage on MySpace courtesy of NBC News and MSNBC

News provider uses MySpace page to aggregate multimedia political coverage
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/04/08

BBC embraces Russian bloggers with Live Journal partnership

A new project sees BBC Russia linked to leading Russian blogging site LiveJournal
Posted by Ruth Morgan on 22/04/08

Journalism.co.uk launches PressGo, a new press release repository

The new service will enable 'smart' PR distribution to the journalism community
Posted by Oliver Luft on 21/04/08

Kluster to launch crowdsourced newspaper and newsroom

Content on The Knewsroom will be decided on by users, who will earn from the stories they back
Posted by Laura Oliver on 18/04/08

AP introduces new copyright licensing tool for online content

The Associated Press to use iCopyright's online licensing service to protect copyright of digital content
Posted by Laura Oliver on 17/04/08

Poll: Is the Daily Mail's new beta website an improvement?

A wholesale change to the site has been launched - but what do you think of it? Does it work?
Posted by Oliver Luft on 16/04/08

Daily Mail launches website redesign in beta

Ongoing trial version of redesign site asks for user feedback
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/04/08

ProPublica bolsters editorial team with five appointments

The investigative reporting website appoints Eric Umansky, Susan White, Sheri Fink, Christina Jewett,Abrahm Lustgarten and Joaquin Sapien
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/04/08

London Mayor candidates bypass mainstream media to answer questions on crowdsourcing website

Candidates challenged by questions from Yoosk subscribers in online debate
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/04/08

CBS launches citizen journalism upload site

TV news network follows CNN in launching a site for the public to upload newsworthy video and photos from their mobile phones
Posted by Oliver Luft on 15/04/08

Hachette Filipacchi appoints Anna Jones as acting digital director

Head of marketing Jones takes control of editorial teams on the publisher's digital titles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 15/04/08

Birmingham Post bloggers provide newspaper splash

Journalists are starting to reap the rewards of the paper's revamped blogging platform, claims Post reporter
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/04/08

BBC digital boss Ashley Highfield to lead Project Kangaroo

Highfield leaves his post as director of future media and technology to head up the on-demand video project Kangaroo
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/04/08

ITN adds two news channels to YouTube

ITN has launched ITN News and ITN Music News as video channels on YouTube
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/04/08

BBC responds to Cheshire journalist's campaign for online news coverage

The BBC has submitted proposals for a new online news service for Cheshire - the only UK county not to have its own BBC local website
Posted by Laura Oliver on 11/04/08

Telegraph appoints new head of community and rebuilds blogs

Iain Martin named new head of comment and community, while newspaper announces blogs and My Telegraph platforms will be rebuilt
Posted by Laura Oliver on 11/04/08