News from Journalism.co.ukLinks to news and blog stories from Journalism.co.ukFreelancer of the fortnight: Jonathan Elliott, London- July 9, 2008 Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Jonathan Elliot specialises in UK and international current affairs.http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16c95d9/story01.htm Sir Christopher Meyer to stand down as PCC chairman- July 9, 2008 Meyer will leave role in March 2009 after six yearshttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16c3927/story01.htm The Age: Fairfax plans for online expansion in Australia- July 9, 2008 Fairfax has reportedly bought up a series of domain names covering new areas of Australia and variations on its existing sites for Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16ac41b/story01.htm ITN On creates made-for-mobile games programme- July 9, 2008 ITN On, the multimedia arm of ITN, has launched its first programme made especially for mobile. Gamerzine TV - produced in partnership with digital publisher Cranberry Publishing - will be a 90-second mobile show featuring gaming news, reviews and tips. A three minute version for online outlets will also be produced, a press release from the ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16ab7df/story01.htm Crowd-funded journalism project Spot.us starts first campaign- July 9, 2008 Spot.us, a project to fund community news stories by donations from that audience, has started to raise money for its first brief - a feature on the supply of biofuels to California. This is the first project submitted to Spot.us, which was set up by David Cohn in May with the help of a grant of ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16ab1e5/story01.htm Getty teams up with Yahoo to tap into Flickr users- July 9, 2008 Getty Images is to collaborate with Yahoo-owned image-sharing site Flickr to harness the potential of the site's members. Through the partnership Getty will invite Flickr members to contribute their images to a 'Flickr branded collection' on the agency's website. Pics in this collection will then be made available for licensing by Getty's clients. Editors from Getty will ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16aa24c/story01.htm How Do: NXTBOOK to launch digital business magazine in Manchester- July 9, 2008 US digital publishing firm NXTBOOK Media is planning to launch an online business magazine later this year. How Do reported tht new digital publication would be âhttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16a6a4d/story01.htm links for 2008-07-09- July 9, 2008 Qik Adds Privacy Options and Group Video Streaming Qik has released one major update and two new features that will make broadcasting your content faster and more streamlined. (tags: qik mobile video) Advertising Meltdown: Cuts From Sky, Bauer, News Int. paidContent:UK Some of our biggest media names are culling their ad sales staff, in what could be a ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16a43d6/story01.htm European Journalism Centre aggregation project tops 500 mark- July 9, 2008 The European Journalism Centre's aggregation of EU newspaper feeds now features over 500 titles. eufeeds, which includes feeds from papers in 28 European nations and European Union publications, is updated every 20 minutes. The 45 titles representing the UK are a mixed bag from The Maidenhead Advertiser and Isle of Wight County Press to The Spectator and ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16a43d9/story01.htm FT.com embeds video in news pages- July 9, 2008 FT.com has started embedding video footage in its news story pages (example here). Prior to today's launch of the smaller embedded player users were directed to a specific page for video content. FT.com follows the BBC in embedding video in its news pieces and more widely across the site.It stared in March and soon after claimed the ...http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/16a3d2d/story01.htm |