When the ‘Pork Barrel’ hit Manila – part 2

In an interview with editor-in-chief of The Inquirer, Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, Gunnar Springfeldt gets to the bottom of how the newspaper reported the ‘pork barrel’ scandal that revealed large-scale fraud of public money in The Philippines.

When the ‘Pork Barrel’ hit Manila

Until the devastating typhoon Haiyan, another story has dominated the Filipino news flow this year: the “pork barrel” scandal. The leading Manila daily, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, is responsible for breaking this news story that will change the country forever, and that has seen tens of thousands of Filipinos take to the streets.

Conference looks at how journalists are dealing with change

“You have to try a lot harder if you’re a journalist… It’s no longer where you went to school or what degrees you have. It is your skill,” Mathew Ingram, a senior writer with Gigaom, told participants at the School of Journalism at Sciences-Po in Paris during its annual conference on new journalism practices earlier this week.

Newsweek plans to relaunch its print magazine in 2014

In a move that seems counter-intuitive to recent magazine trends, Newsweek will be relaunching its print edition beginning in early 2014.

Costa Rican wins Gabriel García Márquez Award for Excellence in Journalism

Giannina Segnini recently won this year’s Gabriel García Márquez Award for “Excellence in Journalism” after she used technological advancements to expose corruption in Costa Rica and beyond.

Update: Journalists covering Ukrainian protests beaten by police

Over the weekend, on “Black Saturday” as Ukrainians now call it; thousands of people gathered to protest President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to not enter the country into the European Union.

New York magazine to reduce frequency in print

Despite optimism surrounding US magazine advertising revenues, which increased 4 percent in the third quarter, another prominent American magazine has decided to decrease its number of print editions, due at least in part to its own revenue losses.

Start-ups find paywalls a barrier in building audience

Paywalls have the potential to bring in extra revenue for some media outlets – but they may prove to be damaging to new media start-ups as shown by Matter’s decision last week to forgo its paywalls in an effort to increase its readership.

UN acts to protect journalists, fight impunity

The United Nations has released a new resolution on the safety of journalists and has declared 2 November to be the “International Day to End Impunity.”

In USA, Thanksgiving Day newspapers weigh in with bargains

The planning process for today’s issue of most daily newspapers in the USA today began many weeks ago, since Thanksgiving Day marks their biggest issue of the year, packed full of advertisements.