Filed under: Journalism | Tags: G20, Interactive/citizen journalism, London, News, newspapers, Protests, The City, Twitter
G20 protestors gathered in London
As the G20 protests in the City gathered pace today, I like many others, turned to Twitter to keep updated.
It is at times like this when I fear that newspapers in their print form really are redundant. Who wants to find out the news tomorrow morning when they can watch the action unfold via the many 24 hour news mediums available?
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Alastair Darling, Bailout, Banks, Business Secretary, Charlie Beckett, Government, John Nicol, Media, Motor industry, newspapers, Peter Mandelson, Press, Press Gazette, Robert MsChesney, Twitter, US
Newspaper stand from laffy4k on Flickr
The Government has bailed out the banks and is working on a package for the motor industry, so what next? Some people have suggested newspapers should also receive a lump sum from Alastair Darling’s pot.
This idea was rejected by the Business Secretary Peter Mandelson earlier this month.
Filed under: Hackney Post | Tags: Dalston, East Festival, Hackney, Hackney Post, Hoxton, Journalism, Museum of London, newspapers, Passing Clouds, Shakespeare theatre, Shoreditch
This week we have embarked on producing our own newspaper and website The Hackney Post, covering all things Hackney related.
My role for this week was in the features department so on Thursday last week I rolled up for a features meeting to discuss ideas and start things moving.
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Journalism, New media, News/media, newspapers, Online
Straight forward reporting is still the most popular way of presenting facts, according to the Guardian’s Neil McIntosh.
Neil, who is Head of Editorial Development at the Guardian, spoke to City University students in a lecture today about innovation online, what the Guardian has done and what its future is.
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Evening Standard, freesheets, Journalism, London Lite, Metro, newspapers, Roy Greenslade, TheLondonPaper
Freesheets have taken off in a big way. I don’t think there can be any doubt about that, everyone I speak to comments on something they read in thelondonpaper or that interview in the Metro.
To my mind this can only be a good thing. No, they do not provide quality reporting, and I can’t say I enjoy reading them, but they get people reading the news and talking about it. Surely that is the role of newspapers?
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Dominic Ponsford, Marcel Fenez, newspapers, Press Gazette, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rachael Gallagher
As a trainee journalist, I am getting worried by all the pessimism about the future of newspapers.
I was pleased to find some more optimistic views published in the Press Gazette on Monday. Dominic Ponsford wrote about the Manchester Evening news’ Judy Gordon calling for the Guardian to stop “slagging off” newspaper journalists because they are working hard with less staff and for less money.
