News

News
powered by feedangel

10 July 2008
Future on the line for regionals
Regional papers are turning to the net for their future revenue streams, as they haemorrhage advertisers from their print editions amid growing economic uncertainty.

7 July 2008
Mobile journalists to share desks
Mobile journalists, or mojos, face losing their desks as newspapers look to take advantage of mobile technologies, such as laptops and WiFi, to cut down on office real estate.

3 July 2008
Regional star does four million impressions
The web offering of Britain's biggest-selling regional evening newspaper, the Express & Star, has reached a new milestone by breaking through the four million barrier for monthly page impressions.

30 June 2008
Journalists should take blogging seriously
Too few journalists treat blogging seriously and are failing to grasp the truth that the blogging revolution is threatening the established order of journalism, according to Guardian media commentator, Roy Greenslade.

26 June 2008
BBC wants Ł800,000 local video kitty
The BBC has unveiled plans for an £800,000 fund to source local video content from outside the organisation, as part of a £68 million investment in its local network.

23 June 2008
Mail posts first-class online figures
Mail Online has leapfrogged Telegraph.co.uk to become the most popular online national newspaper, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation Electronic (ABCe) statistics.

Archive...

13 September 2007

PCC steps up drive for quality logo

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has renewed its call for a quality stamp to appear on reputable newspaper websites amid the threat to the integrity of digital media by the emergence of news blogs.

The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Sir Christopher Meyer, said that there was a need to enable readers to differentiate between what is rubbish or fantasy and what is quality or reliable.

In an address to the Scottish Society of Editors, he said that recent changes to the press code should be harnessed to establish a quality-control system for online news.

Meyer suggested that the code, which now extends to audio-visual content posted to the online versions of newspapers and magazines, should evolve into a seal of good housekeeping on the UK’s news websites. He would also eventually like to see a system in place where British online newspapers and magazines can reassure their readers by displaying the PCC logo.

Meyer added that the digital revolution of the media presented both opportunities and anxieties. The sheer mass of material available on the internet raises concerns about quantity over quality. But he believes that this availability of information could work to make the quality of news reporting and editing even better.