"The expansion will make new YouTube sites available in Japan, Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Citizen Journalism/OhmyNews/Korea
SF Chronicle: Reinventing news, Korean 'citizen journalism' site faces challenges
"After having turned a small profit for three years, OhmyNews slid into the red in 2006. It faces growing competition in South Korea, has failed to catch fire beyond its borders and, most important, has lost its luster as the must-read, latest new thing."
"After having turned a small profit for three years, OhmyNews slid into the red in 2006. It faces growing competition in South Korea, has failed to catch fire beyond its borders and, most important, has lost its luster as the must-read, latest new thing."
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Foreign Correspondents/U.S. Media
The Washington Post: Demise of the Foreign Correspondent
"Knowing about the world is not a luxury; it is an urgent necessity.But instead of stepping up coverage of international affairs, American newspapers and television networks are steadily cutting back."
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Foreign Correspondents/Brussels/Research
Cordis: EU project looks into world of Brussels-based journalists
"Journalists from bigger countries have more power because sources are more interested in talking to them".
"One of the biggest challenges facing journalists is the vast amount of information coming out of the institutions, and the jargon used. Learning to understand the jargon and how to decide which pieces of information are relevant and important is a hard task for journalists arriving in Brussels."
"One of the biggest challenges facing journalists is the vast amount of information coming out of the institutions, and the jargon used. Learning to understand the jargon and how to decide which pieces of information are relevant and important is a hard task for journalists arriving in Brussels."
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Journalists at Work
NY Times: 1,000 Journalists Killed in 10 Years While Reporting
"The three deadliest countries for journalists in the last decade were Iraq, Russia and Colombia."
Reuters´ version
"The three deadliest countries for journalists in the last decade were Iraq, Russia and Colombia."
Reuters´ version
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Copyright Lawsuit/Google News/Belgium
AP: Court Orders Google to Pull Belgian News
"Google Inc. lost a copyright lawsuit Tuesday to Belgian newspapers that had demanded it remove headlines and links to articles posted on its news site without their permission."
"Google Inc. lost a copyright lawsuit Tuesday to Belgian newspapers that had demanded it remove headlines and links to articles posted on its news site without their permission."
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Foreign Correspondents/U.S. Media
The Washington Post: The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent
"The reporting corps had diverse views on the central questions of the time, and even on what the central questions were, and the reports we sent home reflected that. Readers benefited from the diversity and competition".
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Foreign Correspondents
WSJ: Local Papers Mull Their Global Role
"The Boston Globe said it would close all three of its remaining overseas bureaus."
"The Boston Globe said it would close all three of its remaining overseas bureaus."
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Monday, December 04, 2006
Media Restrictions/China
The Guardian: China to relax media restrictions
"China has moved to relax its infamously draconian restrictions on media coverage for the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The new regulations abolish decades-old rules that require foreign reporters to obtain government approval for all travel and interviews."
Citizen Journalism
The New York Times: Have Camera Phone? Yahoo and Reuters Want You to Work for Their News Service
PS.
"There is an ongoing demand for interesting and iconic images," said Chris Ahearn, the president of the Reuters media group. He said the agency had always bought newsworthy pictures from individuals and part-time contributors known as stringers."
Yahoo´s You Witness NewsPS.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
War Reporting/Language/Iraq
E&P: 'Civil' Disobedience Spreads - 'NYT' Adjusts Language on Iraq
"In the wake of the highly-publicized NBC and MSNBC decision to start referring to the conflict in Iraq as a "civil war," other media outlets, which have long used phrases such as "sectarian violence," are re-considering their language in this regard."
Monday, November 27, 2006
Election Coverage/U.S.
Project for Excellence in Journalism: Election Night 2006 - An Evening in the Life of the American Media
"Perhaps the destinations best suited to Election Night 2006 were the Web sites of TV news operations, plus one aggregator. They offered a combination of quick access to results plus the ability of users—largely through access to exit poll data or Associated Press material—to plumb a wealth of statistical information on their own."
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Global tv-news channels
The Economist: News of the world
"About a dozen news channels now go out internationally, with more ready to run. The BBC has revived its own Arab venture, which is set to hit small screens next year. CNN International has made money for several years, but few of the new channels offering 24-hour rolling news seem likely to turn a profit any time soon."
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