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EU court grants the “right to be forgotten”

The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the so-called “right to be forgotten”, a decision that will force companies like Google to amend certain search results at the request of users.

Former Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman on the evolving role of the editor

Before becoming the Dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia last September, David Boardman spent 30 years at The Seattle Times. For more than a decade, he was either the newspaper’s chief editor or a managing editor.

The New York Times releases innovation report

The New York Times released a report on newsroom innovation this past week which was led by Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, a metro reporter and the son of NYT chairman and publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

Patrick Eveno on Le Monde walkout: “There is a certain conservatism among some people.”

Following the walkout of seven editorial executives from French daily Le Monde last week, two deputy directors have also reportedly left the organisation. The World Editors Forum’s Paul McClean spoke to Patrick Eveno, Professor of Journalism at the Sorbonne, to find out why the paper is witnessing such turbulent times.

The Guardian’s Janine Gibson: on journalism that’s very live, very deep, and very revolutionary

Janine GIBSON is Editor of The Guardian in the United States and she led the paper’s US coverage of the Snowden story to industry acclaim. Now, she’s headed back to London as Editor in Chief of theguardian.com.

Julie POSETTI, editor of the World Editors Forum’s upcoming Trends In Newsrooms report, asked GIBSON what shifts in storytelling and editorial management she’s observing.

Spain set to introduce new law against aggregators

New legislation is set to be introduced in Spain to prevent news aggregators from reproducing other’s content without payment. Paul McClean speaks to a digital media consultant and a representative of the Spanish Publishers Association to discuss the ethics of aggregation.

Ukrainian journalist warns: Russian troops are targeting reporters as Putin’s propaganda reaches ‘Goebbels levels’

“Who will protect the journalists?” Oleksandr Akymenko asks urgently as he describes the deliberate targeting of Ukrainian journalists in Crimea by Russian troops and separatists. Akymenko, one of the founders of the impressive YanukovychLeaks collaborative investigative journalism project, visited Paris this week to try to activate the global journalism communuity in support of Ukrainian journalists.

Seven executives resign from Le Monde

Seven chief editors at French newspaper Le Monde resigned this morning, citing issues with senior management.

Australian journalists strike as Fairfax sheds more editorial staff

Journalists and photographers at Australia’s Fairfax Media have gone on strike in Sydney, Melbourne and regional centres after the company announced it would shed another 80 newsroom jobs and outsource most photography to Getty Images. Those who have walked off the job have been threatened with dismissal.

Gendered online abuse ‘shuts women (journalists) up’

Gendered online abuse is “…keeping women outside of that area of work (online journalism) and it’s really working to shut women up, which is its intention”, says Elisa Lees Munoz from the International Women’s Media Foundation. She spoke to the World Editors Forum’s Emily Bennett at UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Conference in Paris.