Consulting my crystal ball on journalism Some of these articles about high-level misdeeds will be too complex for most readers to decipher, so they’ll turn instead to the endless coverage of celebrity news while criticizing newspapers for running all that trivial information about movie stars. (tags: journalism future 2008 newspapers)
Johnston Press in ‘excellent shape’ Regional newspaper company Johnston Press said today it expected a satisfactory outcome for the year. The firm said the business was in “excellent shape” with major print investments expected to have a positive impact on cash generation. (tags: local+newspapers results sales) Trinity to Meet 2007 Goal on Higher Circulation, Ads [...]
Anger over BBC ‘insensitive’ email The BBC has come under fire after telling staff to make sure they can be contacted over Christmas so they can be updated about plans to axe jobs at the corporation. (tags: bbc job+cuts nuj)
How about a Twitter city desk? How about asking city editors to feed a breaking-news Twitter flow throughout the day? For people who want to know what’s going on as quickly as possible, this could be a valuable service (and, I bet, popular among news junkies). (tags: twitter newspapers journalism blogging newspaper social+media) CBS Executive [...]
Oyo NUJ Inauguration: Dawn of hope for journalists Femi Ibirogba writes on the inauguration ceremony for the executive officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State chapter. (tags: nuj africa nigeria)
