Online journalism news

Campaign against Julie Moult 'smacks of bullying', says Mail Online

Bloggers' campaign against journalist is 'unfair', says editorial director
Posted by Judith Townend on 05/09/08

No more pies – Shiny Media seeks buyer for football blog Whoateallthepies

Lack of advertising interest in sports sites is behind decision, says co-founder
Posted by Judith Townend on 03/09/08

BBC appoints Seetha Kumar as website controller

Former head of HD for the corporation takes up newly-created position
Posted by Laura Oliver on 03/09/08

New site Demotix brings together citizen and pro journalists, says founder

Site will broker deals for news videos and images with mainstream media outlets
Posted by Laura Oliver on 02/09/08

Photographers urged to raise money for journalists killed in Georgia

Sasha Klimchuk and Giga Chikhladze promised to help each other's families if one of them died - before being shot dead in the same incident
Posted by Judith Townend on 01/09/08

Telegraph staff could strike for first time in 19 years

Staff at the Telegraph Media Group are to ballot for strike action, the NUJ officially confirmed today
Posted by Judith Townend on 28/08/08

Reuters using mobile journalism for US political coverage

'Citizen experts' will produce video reports from the Democrat and Republican conventions
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/08/08

Getty Images partners video search engine blinkx

Multimedia content from Getty will be accessible through the search site
Posted by Laura Oliver on 27/08/08

PA makes senior appointments in multimedia expansion

Tony Watson, Jonathan Grun and John Angeli all take on new responsibilities
Posted by Judith Townend on 27/08/08

News International mobile leader Andrew Bagguley leaves

Head of mobile strategy will end post in September
Posted by Laura Oliver on 27/08/08

British Photographic Council reacts to police pixellation report

The British Photographic Society has criticised a report of an "informal" meeting between London photographers and the Metropolitan Police
Posted by Judith Townend on 26/08/08

Alive in Baghdad blogger Brian Conley imprisoned by Chinese police

Conley and photojournalist Jeffrey Rae were detained while photographing pro-Tibet activists
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/08/08

ABCe figures: Guardian takes top spot with 20m, Telegraph stays second despite drop

Guardian.co.uk has retained its position as the most popular UK newspaper website in the latest ABCe figures
Posted by Laura Oliver on 21/08/08

Ranking the credibility of online news, NewsCred goes live

Site aims to filter news, sources and journalists by reader-ranked credibility
Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/08/08

'Baldy Blogger' Adrian Sudbury dies

Digital journalist and campaigner for bone marrow donation education died peacefully in his sleep
Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/08/08

Birmingham Post to relaunch as business-focused compact

Trinity title will run from Monday to Friday in the new format
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

Trinity Mirror integrates Midlands' newsrooms resulting in job losses

Publisher is seeking voluntary redundancies as it introduces centralised multimedia and production desks
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

PCC upholds mother's complaint against Sun's undercover video

Video of child porn offender at work in supermarket not justified by public interest
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

Stephen Miron moves from Mail Online to Global Radio

Miron becomes chief executive of radio for Global
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

US online news readership grows, but TV news stays strong

Growth in online newspaper audiences is not outpacing decline in print readers, says Pew study
Posted by Laura Oliver on 18/08/08

BBC trials embedded links in news articles

Trial features links to BBC content and external sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 15/08/08

Newspapers rethink Twitter as free mobile alerts are cancelled

An end to SMS alerts from Twitter for UK users will change how titles use the service
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/08/08

BBC local video plans threaten regional media's independence, says Newspaper Society

BBC proposals and government policies could be 'hugely damaging' to industry, says the group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/08/08

CNN recruits 'all-platform' journalists for new bureaux

Specialist multimedia staff will be deployed across 10 US cities
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

Telegraph names Amanda Andrews as media editor

Former media correspondent for the Times joins Telegraph group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

Express & Star and Shropshire Star go mobile

Midlands News Association titles launch mobile versions of their sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

CNN launches BackStory tool for developing news stories

Interactive tool gives readers background context to news coverage
Posted by Laura Oliver on 12/08/08

Guardian bought Madeleine McCann link by mistake, says marketing director

Paper wrongly bought the phrase Madeleine McCann as part of a list of Google keywords to promote their website
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/08/08

Online journalism projects named as finalists for Knight-Batten Awards

A Kenyan website relaying information in the post-election violence is one of the four projects nominated for the innovation awards
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/08/08

Johnston Press to cut up to 30 Scottish staff

Roles across editorial, sales and production will be axed at Scotsman Publications
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/08/08

Guardian News & Media names Paul Johnson as deputy editor

Editorial changes in the build up to newsroom move see Ian Katz and Katherine Viner take on new roles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/08/08

Telegraph political diary editor Jonathan Isaby moves to ConservativeHome

Isaby takes up the role of co-editor of Conservative Party blog
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/08/08

Nuts and NME websites double unique users

ABCe figures for June suggest huge growth in traffic to the IPC titles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/08/08

Sky to integrate news production operations

News production for online and broadcast services will be managed by single multimedia unit
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

International Olympic Committee launches YouTube channel

IOC channel will broadcast clips from the Games to 77 territories
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

Telegraph relaunches mobile news site

Mobile site developed using new Escenic content management system
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

Johnston Press sites to serve international ads

Non-UK and Ireland users will see relevant advertising online
Posted by Laura Oliver on 01/08/08

The Register posts record-breaking traffic of 5.3m

Technology website records 5.3m unique users in April
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

Yahoo partnership drives 100m users to newspaper websites

The Newspaper Consortium has led to a traffic surge for participating US sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

RBI sale will complete by end of year, says CEO

Divestment set to go ahead despite positive online growth
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

Guardian's regional division sees profit fall by £5m

Operating profit for GMG Regional Media dropped to £14.3 million during 2007/8
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Guardian Media Group records 36% rise in digital revenues

GMG took £85.1 million from its digital properties between March 2007/8
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Medicimage launches online image library for medical industry

Site aims to tap into medical photography niche
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Pluck and Sky expand social media partnership

Sky will introduce more of Pluck's community technology to Sky.com, Sky Motoring and Sky Showbiz
Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/07/08

Metro expands news operation despite falling profits

Publisher will recruit 12 journalists for new 'internal content agency'
Posted by Kristine Lowe on 28/07/08

PPA warns members against magazine sharing website

Mygazines.com is 'flagrantly breaching' members' copyright, says UK industry group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/07/08

FT.com attracts 500,000 registered users under new access model

The number of registered users has more than trebled since changes were made to the registration process
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/07/08

Sky News ramps up political coverage with online opinion poll tool

Sky News Online has created an interactive way to explore data from 25 years of opinion polls involving the UK's main political parties
Posted by Laura Oliver on 25/07/08

ABCe figures: Guardian breaks 20m barrier, Mail Online falls to fourth

Guardian.co.uk returns to number one position, while Mail Online falters
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08

Max Mosley case: statement from Colin Myler, NOTW editor

Editor defends 'honest belief' in Nazi theme
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08