The Boston Globe has been making the news as well as reporting it several times in recent days, the latest headline story being that its parent company, The New York Times Co, has put it up for sale. The Times paid $1.1bn for the newspaper in 1993 and is expected to sell it for far less. The […]
Investigative journalism may be at risk in the U.K. following arrests related to the Leveson Inquiry. A senior London police official voiced concern Wednesday that Operation Elveden may prevent whistle blowers from coming forward to media. In addition, other news outlets might follow The Sun’s lead of avoiding some investigative projects for fear of putting reporters and sources at risk […]
As media executives scrupulously seek to determine the best way to charge for digital content, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza shows that it’s not always essential to hedge your bets on just one route.
Before Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial began Tuesday, we heard about the rumpled bed sheets, the bloodied cricket bat, Reeva Steenkamp’s shattered skull. We heard whispers of the text message from a former lover that might have sparked an argument between couple, we read about the steroids that Pistorius might have been using that might have caused “‘roid rage.” Before the trial began, we were told by a South […]
Photo credit: Reuters. Photographer Goran Tomasevic writes that he’s come into the line of fire while on assignment in Syria. British newspapers including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Guardian, The Observer and The Independent are rejecting freelance work from Syria, according to Press Gazette. Photojournalist Rick Findler told Press Gazette that a representative from The Sunday Times recognized but declined his “exceptional work” from Aleppo, claiming, “We have a policy of not taking […]
The winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2012 is a picture by Paul Hansen of Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. The image (above) shows a group of men in Gaza City carrying the bodies of two children, two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad, who were killed when their house was hit during a missile strike, according to information from World […]
This is a guest post from Aralynn McMane, WAN-IFRA’s executive director of youth engagement and news literacy.
Patrick Daniel is the Editor-in-Chief of the English and Malay Newspapers Division (EMND) of Singapore Press Holdings. He is also a board member of the World Editors Forum. The following is his speech at the 2012 EMND Annual Awards, which was given on Thursday, 14 February 2013
The Associated Press clarified its policy on same-sex marriage terminology after the leak of an internal memo that suggested reporters use the terms “couples” or “partners” in lieu of “husband” and “wife.” The memo states: We were asked how to report about same-sex couples who call themselves “husband” and “wife.” Our view is that such terms […]
The Society for News Design yesterday announced the winners of their latest annual competition and named five newspapers as “World’s Best-Designed.” The winners for 2012, with links to the SND judges’ comments, are: Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm, Sweden) Die Zeit (Hamburg, Germany) The Grid (Toronto, Canada) Politiken (Copenhagen, Denmark) Welt am Sonntag (Berlin, Germany) European newspapers dominated the award this year, and four of […]
Gloria Brown Anderson, former president of the World Editors Forum and a long-standing WEF board member, will leave her position at The New York Times tomorrow, 15 February, to start a media consulting company. Anderson has worked at The New York Times for more than 20 years and has been vice president of International & Editorial Development for the […]
Time Warner Inc. is considering selling most of Time Inc., including People Magazine, which is thought to be the highest-revenue magazine in the world. Time Inc.’s Fortune announced the news Wednesday with the clarification that Fortune, Time and Sports Illustrated would not be part of the deal. Meredith Corp., a Des Moines, Iowa-based media conglomerate geared toward women’s […]