Tumblr sensation “Said to Lady Journos,” which showcases offensive quotes directed at female reporters, may provide a laugh, but its underlying message is anything but funny.
One year before its 50th anniversary, the printing plant in Neu-Isenburg is facing closure. The closure is a consequence of the filing for insolvency of the Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) in November 2012.
The fact that new technology has equipped the masses with the necessary tools to practice journalism is something traditional media can’t ignore, panelists at UNESCO’s WSIS+10 review meeting agreed during a discussion of traditional media’s role in the new media landscape yesterday.
The financial difficulties that media are facing are a concern for democratic society as a whole, said panelists discussing the role of the traditional media in the new media landscape at the WSIS+1 Review Meeting at UNESCO yesterday. “We are witnessing a serious contraction in the news industry’s ability to deliver in its important role of scrutinizing those in power,” said Aidan White, Director of the Ethical Journalism Network, with less money invested in investigative journalism, for example.
The BBC recently published 3,000 pages of evidence from an independent investigation of the decision to halt Newsnight’s Jimmy Savile investigation. The evidence, published Friday, includes transcripts of interviews with 19 BBC staffers and thousands of pertinent emails suggests that BBC executives were aware of significant flaws in Savile’s character when they ran a tribute of the deceased BBC broadcaster for […]
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.