Best of the journalism blogs

This is a filtered mash-up of posts from the best blogs about journalism (also available as an RSS feed). If your blog or one you know of is not here and you think it should be, email john at journalism.co.uk. To be included (entirely at our discretion), the blog must be predominantly about journalism and/or add some genuine insight into the state of the profession and technological developments affecting it.

[Jon Slattery] Tuesday is D-day for the Observer
Staff at The Observer will learn their fate on Tuesday, when executives are expected to brief them on the future of the newspaper, the Sunday Times reports today.The Sunday Times says the Scott Tru...
Posted 2 hours ago
[Malcolm Coles] Apologies in advance
I may post something later as an SEO test. It won't be my normal content, so sorry!
Posted 8 hours ago
[Sans Serif] Is India right in barring foreign journalists?
The Great Wall between India and China is not made of bricks and mortar; it is made of freedom and liberty. Any debate, any discussion, anywhere, on the superpowers-to-be is sealed, signed and deli...
Posted 11 hours ago
[FleetStreetBlues] A letter to the editor
Here at FleetStreetBlues we've received a fair few emails in our time (fleetstreetblues@hotmail.co.uk, since you ask), but we've never had a letter before.OK, so it wasn't actually posted, but then...
Posted 14 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] Cheerful Chisholm upbeat on press future
Newspaper strategy guru Jim Chisholm will speak about the future of the press at the Society of Editors annual conference on November 15, 16 and 17 and give an upbeat message.Apparently Chisholm wi...
Posted 15 hours ago
[Ben Goldacre] The Nutt Sack Affair (part 493)
Ben Goldacre, Saturday 7 November 2009, The Guardian Obviously it’s pleasing to see, in the storm of commentary over Professor Nutt’s sacking, that everyone outside of politics now recognises the i...
Posted 7 Nov 2009 at 12:06am
[Jeff Jarvis] Tough love for media
Here in a bit more friendly video format is the keynote I gave to the Munich Media Days (in English) a week ago, which I linked to earlier. I decided to be blunt and tough and tell them I was worri...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 9:46pm
[FleetStreetBlues] FOI Friday
It's always exciting to come across a brand-new proper journalism blog, and this one, by David Higgerson, comes highly recommended.David Higgerson, it turns out, is head of multimedia at Trinity Mi...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 7:58pm
[Advancing the Story] How to do investigative stories
Be respectful, listen politely and stick up for the little guy. That doesn’t sound much like the advice of a hard-hitting investigative reporter, but Steve Andrews has been righting wrongs in the T...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 7:06pm
[Jon Slattery] Trinity Mirror ends final salary pension scheme
The NUJ has condemned Trinity Mirror for announcing the closure of its final salary pension scheme....and for telling staff about it late on Friday afternoon. An email was sent out to Trinity Mirro...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 5:56pm
[Sarah Hartley] Leeds gearing up for city’s first social media surgery
Next Tuesday will see the first Social Media Surgery held in Leeds – so what can you expect to find going on? I spoke with Leeds organiser John Popham about the launch event as well as an old-hand ...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 5:50pm
[Jon Slattery] Number of journalists arrested in Iran tops 100
Reporters Without Borders is warning of worsening press freedom and treatment of detained journalists in Iran as well as more arrests in the past few days.Agence France-Presse correspondent Farhad ...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 4:55pm
[Adam Macqueen] Your Friday Treat
A few years ago I done had an idea. I would set up a blog gathering badly-posed pictures from local papers. It was inspired partly by the time I watched a group of street performers in Cheltenham u...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 4:49pm
[Adam Tinworth] Facing The Future of Journalism (and liking it)
I've gone a bit quiet, haven't I? Sorry about that, but I've been busy, holidaying and sick, but not necessarily in that order. One element of the busyness was this:Yes, I was back in Cardiff to gu...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 3:46pm
[Alan Mutter] Chicago news co-op starts on a shoestring
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 2:00pm
[Jeremy Dear] A postcard (or a1000) to Ben Bradshaw
Had a lie in till 7am following the news that the postal workers action had been called off while talks go on. It meant no early morning picket line visit.Yesterday afternoon NUJ Broadcasting Organ...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 1:24pm
[Alexandre Gamela] #hashbrum: Moseley Road Baths Tour – Video
I’ve been working all week in my HashBrum school project, and today i can present the latest installment for one of the major stories there: the Moseley Road Baths. I was there last Saturday shooti...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 12:02pm
[Jon Slattery] Tony Loynes quits NCTJ after two months
Tony Loynes has left his new post as head of accreditation at the National Council for the Training of Journalists after two months.He told me today: "I was really loving the job but I was commutin...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 11:24am
[Jon Slattery] Headline of the Day. . .
Headline from The Sun today over the story of a theatre-goer who threw up over the audience from the upper balcony during a performance of Breakfast At Tiffany's starring Anna Friel.
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 10:51am
[Jon Slattery] What a Mickey Mouse apology. . .
Guardian corrections range from the serious to the ridiculous. One of them today falls into the later category. An apology to Mickey Mouse:"We were wrong to say Mickey Mouse is making his debut as ...
Posted 6 Nov 2009 at 10:11am