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Towards newsroom convergence and content divergence at Le Figaro

Le Figaro’s digital journey and newsroom organisation were the focus of the first masterclass of the Journalism School at Sciences Po University in Paris this week. Jean-Michel Salvator, Deputy Managing Editor of Le Figaro, spoke about the difficult process of newsroom integration and online culture.

Can journalists be objective on social media?

Recent warnings in Kenya to journalists using social media sites highlight the power of these online forums, and the growing difficulties faced by journalists as the boundaries between personal and professional life are blurred online. As social media sites become increasingly influential and increasingly accessed, issues of objectivity and professional codes of conduct are called into question.

Reuters cancels ‘Next’

The decision of Reuters to cancel its forward-looking direct-to-client news interface, called ‘Next’, has been met with surprise.

The Economist live debate highlights growing emphasis on reader/publication interaction

The Economist’s live debate and Facebook coverage on Friday about the upcoming German election raises interesting questions about the way in which journalists are trying to connect with their readers – and how developments in social and digital media are accentuating the differences between print and online journalism.

Libération’s website relaunch prepares paper for digital future

Libération, the French national daily founded forty years ago by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July, has a new look online. Summer 2013 has seen the paper’s editorial team revamp Libé’s digital products, both as a means of capitalising on the title’s recent growth online and on mobile devices and to compensate for the title’s 17 per cent drop in newsstand sales.

Breathe new life to content archives at Media Hack Day in Berlin

Berlin’s credentials as a creative city, particularly for media, technology and startups, make it an ideal place to harness the imagination and ideas of the tech community and invest this in the future of news media.

Telegraph Media Group appoints new editor-in-chief as part of focus on digital

In the latest step in its journey to become “the foremost English-language multimedia news and content provider,” The Telegraph Media Group has recruited the services of PBS’s general (digital) manager Jason Seiken, the Guardian reports.

Transformation at the Deseret News: separate teams and redefined focus

While the recent tendency for newspaper publishers has been to integrate their digital efforts into their traditional operations, Clark Gilbert has become known for challenging conventional logic. Having joined the Salt Lake City, Utah-based Deseret News Publishing Co. in 2009, he is now president and CEO of this company and of Desert Digital Media. Gilbert was formerly a professor at Harvard Business School and elsewhere and a consultant on innovation and disruption.

Bright start for Axel Springer startup accelerator

“More recently we did a little investment in Dropbox” – Saeed Amidi, CEO, Plug and Play Tech Center

Washington Post develops native advertising for print

The Washington Post is developing its BrandConnect programme by selling native advertisements for print, AdAge reports. Since March, the Post has been rolling out its sponsored content platform, which allows advertisers to tailor their message to the paper’s audience.