Archive for June 2007

links for 2007-06-26

You, Too, Can Grace a National Magazine’s Cover In its April issue, Wired magazine, in partnership with Xerox, invited subscribers to upload their photographs to Wired.com. The first 5,000 who did so are now receiving their July issue with themselves as the cover art. (tags: magazines wired personalisation)

links for 2007-06-03

Hyperlocals Small Is The Next Big Thing Driven by a peculiar combination of big businesses and grassroots start-ups, this kind of publishing is creating a fourth tier beneath national, regional and local publications and is focusing on smaller communities than anyone has targeted in years. (tags: hyperlocal local+newspapers) BBC cuts threaten news meltdown Hundreds of [...]

links for 2007-06-02

Zimbabwe journalist to be honoured for her courageous work Peta Thornycroft has today been named among top international media women who will receive honours for doing their work in difficult circumstances. (tags: zimbabwe awards journalism) It’s a Confusing Moment To Be a Young Journalist It’s a terribly confusing time to be a young journalist, but [...]

links for 2007-06-01

AP Hires Firm To Track Online Content The Associated Press has tapped the Attributor Corporation to monitor and track their online content, to “fingerprint” AP copy to identify and document where it appears on the Internet and spot copyright violations. (tags: associated+press syndication plagiarism online+journalism)