FAA expected to allow drone journalism in the USA soon

In the USA, Prof. Matt Waite of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, founder of the Drone Journalism Lab, says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seems to be ready to allow news reporters to use drones – subject to registration and records-keeping requirements. The FAA is expected to issue a new set of regulations governing the use of drones in the next few months.

Trouble in the Beltway: NY Times vs. Politico

Times in Washington, D.C., have been turbulent since two media giants, The New York Times and Politico, compete to “win the morning, win the afternoon.” Here is a look into the founding of Politico and how, at the expense of the Washington Post, it has become the must-read site in Washington.

New report finds ombudsmen a global growth industry

At a time when the number of news ombudsmen is dropping in some Western countries, their ranks are increasing elsewhere, most notably Latin America. According to a new report “Giving the Public a Say: How news ombudsmen ensure accountability, build trust and add value to media organisations,” this growth reflects a belief in young or fragile democracies that strong media play a critical role in development.

Q&A with Young Reader Winner SoLoMo winner: MijnZ’s Harold de Haan

Harold de Haan, the Chief Editor of the regional newsdesk of the Dutch daily De Stentor, is the project manager of MijnZ, a digital news platform for the young in Zwolle. Mijnz won this year’s Young World Reader Prize in the SoLoMo (Social-Local-Mobile) category, for their innovative new digital service for local youth, which was created by journalism students.

Traditional media turns to Instagram to report news

As more people rely on social media for news, traditional news outlets as well as startups have been experimenting with 15-second news segments on Instagram.

Google launches Newsstand application as upgrade over Currents

On Wednesday, Google announced Google Play Newsstand, a new application that combines Google Magazines and Google Currents. The new app, which was announced through the Official Android Blog, allows for users to choose from more than 1,900 publications, both free and paid.

Digital First Media plans transition to paid digital content

The incredible rise of the digital subscripiton meter model by U.S. newspaper publishers got a further boost earlier this week when Digital First Media CEO John Paton announced on his blog that all 75 daily newspapers in his group would be moving to pay meters.

Social media news consumption: YouTube bigger than Twitter for news

A new Pew Research Center study analysed characteristics of news consumers and the size of their population across social networking sites in an effort to observe how people engage with news on social media, and found some surprising results on the reach of certain social media sites.

The science of social media

The Sun in the U.K. recently announced that it will soon open up a new social media department, with six staff positions dedicated to the upkeep of all media updates.

Print is an increasingly powerful part of publishers’ revenue strategies

On the Nieman Journalism Lab web site, media analyst Ken Doctor states that newsprint should not be buried as it still enables more than 75 percent of revenue for almost all newspaper companies – with potential to grow.