The story, #8216;Lights in the sky From Gazette,#8217; has attracted some non-related UFO / Chinese lantern comments: #8217;support#8217;, of sorts, from readers for a call to keep the Gazette journalists in Colchester. But will it lead to a proper campaign#8230;? and this: Similar Posts: NUJ Release: Newsquest to axe editor and 13 editorial jobs at Colchester Gazette New WSJ.com [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b94448/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Readers begin making noises to keep Gazette in Colchesterlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/readers-begin-making-noises-to-keep-gazette-in-colchester/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Readers begin making noises to keep Gazette in Colchesterlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/readers-begin-making-noises-to-keep-gazette-in-colchester/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876986650/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45696072/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876986650/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45696072/a2.img" border="0"//a

Foreign journalists working in Zimbabwe will have to pay $4,000 (USD) a year under new licensing rules announced by the country#8217;s government. Foreign media groups must pay around $32,000 for application, accreditation and administration as part of the new regulations. The fees don#8217;t apply to journalists working for Zimbabwean organisations. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: CNN: Zimbabwe demands $36,000 fee [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b94449/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=CNN.com: Zimbabwe demands registration fees from foreign journalistslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/cnncom-zimbabwe-demands-registration-fees-from-foreign-journalists/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=CNN.com: Zimbabwe demands registration fees from foreign journalistslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/cnncom-zimbabwe-demands-registration-fees-from-foreign-journalists/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876986649/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45696073/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876986649/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45696073/a2.img" border="0"//a

Group has tested running virtual events to cater for those who are less willing to travel to conferences during the economic downturn. A trading update from UBM said its magazine advertising and events businesses had not performed as well as hoped. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: GigaOm: User-generated magazine JPG closes down The Media Business: Consumers see the true picture [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b92fb0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Telegraph.co.uk: B2B publisher UBM considering ‘virtual events’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/telegraphcouk-b2b-publisher-ubm-considering-virtual-events/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Telegraph.co.uk: B2B publisher UBM considering ‘virtual events’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/telegraphcouk-b2b-publisher-ubm-considering-virtual-events/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876984408/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45690800/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876984408/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45690800/a2.img" border="0"//a

Think about joining relevant groups on Twitter to find relevant follows for productive conversations. Try out a href="http://twittgroups.com/group/journalists" this group for journalists/a, or a href="http://twittgroups.com/group/onlinejournalist" this one for online journalists/a. Tipster: a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/36/42/#Judith"Judith Townend/a.br /br / a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=Instant+Member4"To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link/a - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b91f1f/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - network on Twitterlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/tip-of-the-day-from-journalismcouk-172/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - network on Twitterlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/tip-of-the-day-from-journalismcouk-172/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876983258/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45686559/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876983258/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45686559/a2.img" border="0"//a

Ed Silverman, the blogger behind successful newspaper blog Pharmalot, has taken a redundancy package from owners The Star-Ledger and will shutter the site. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: Roy Greenslade: whole editorial board quits NJ Star-Ledger AP offers digital analysis to members as papers bypass agency content Images from a newsroom: the Star-Ledger gets webcast ready #8216;A significant challenge#8217; over at [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b91f21/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Pharmalot: Pharmalot blogger closes site, leaves Star-Ledgerlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/pharmalot-pharmalot-blogger-closes-site-leaves-star-ledger/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Pharmalot: Pharmalot blogger closes site, leaves Star-Ledgerlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/pharmalot-pharmalot-blogger-closes-site-leaves-star-ledger/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876983257/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45686561/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876983257/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45686561/a2.img" border="0"//a

MediaPost#8217;s Dave Morgan will no longer devote his column to newspapers, saying he no longer believes the industry is relevant to the future and all things digital. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: Sky News new beta site AOP: #8216;This is no time for vanity publishing#8217; - full audio of Sly Bailey#8217;s speech How to make a blog an e-paper#8230; Press Gazette: #8216;Digital [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b9169d/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=MediaPost: ‘My Last Column On The Newspaper Industry’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/mediapost-my-last-column-on-the-newspaper-industry/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=MediaPost: ‘My Last Column On The Newspaper Industry’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/mediapost-my-last-column-on-the-newspaper-industry/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876982187/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45684381/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876982187/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45684381/a2.img" border="0"//a

#8216;Here and Now#8217; channel will sit within existing Nokia portal and syndicate world news, music and celebrity content from publishers including Reuters and Rolling Stone. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: FTM: Reuters-Politico deal more threatening to AP than CNN newswire AOL launches horoscope channel with Russell Grant Thomson Reuters creates site for deal makers Nokia mobile journalism experiment spreads to Bizcommunity AOL [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b9169e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Brand Republic: Nokia launches new content siteslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6601" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Brand Republic: Nokia launches new content siteslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6601" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876982186/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45684382/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876982186/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45684382/a2.img" border="0"//a

The downturn in newspaper advertising is giving consumers a clearer picture of what they are getting in their paper: more wire copy, less quality editorial, argues Robert G. Picard. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: Norwegian newspaper reporters banned from filming rock festival Growing effect of online advertising in US, OPA study suggests Bloomberg runs false obituary for Apple#8217;s Steve Jobs AOP: [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b9100f/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The Media Business: Consumers see the true picture when ads disappearlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/the-media-business-consumers-see-the-true-picture-when-ads-disappear/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The Media Business: Consumers see the true picture when ads disappearlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/the-media-business-consumers-see-the-true-picture-when-ads-disappear/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981405/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682703/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981405/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682703/a2.img" border="0"//a

The downturn in newspaper advertising is giving consumers a clearer picture of what they are getting in their paper: more wire copy, less quality editorial, argues Robert G. Picard. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: Telegraph.co.uk: B2B publisher UBM considering #8216;virtual events#8217; Norwegian newspaper reporters banned from filming rock festival Growing effect of online advertising in US, OPA study suggests Bloomberg runs [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b9100f/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The Media Business: Consumers see the true picture when ads disappearlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6597" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The Media Business: Consumers see the true picture when ads disappearlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6597" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981405/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682703/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981405/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682703/a2.img" border="0"//a

As part of his newsroom tour, Eric Ulken visits the New York Times to discuss data, programmer-journalists and newsroom organisation with the Times#8217; Aron Pilhofer. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: OJR: Lessons learnt from time at the LA Times data desk Updated: Inside the Manchester Evening News#8217; newsroom Ironic snapshot at the LA Times: #8216;YOU Own This Place Now#8217; Eric Ulken#8217;s [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b91010/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Ulken.com: Exploring data at the New York Timeslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/ulkencom-exploring-data-at-the-new-york-times/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Ulken.com: Exploring data at the New York Timeslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/09/ulkencom-exploring-data-at-the-new-york-times/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981404/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682704/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876981404/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45682704/a2.img" border="0"//a

Dan Froomkin suggests seven ways Google could help journalism (if it really cared). Full story#8230; Similar Posts: CNNMoney.com (Fortune magazine): Google CEO wants to lend a hand to newspapers CNN: Zimbabwe demands $36,000 fee from journalists Comments not so popular on Google News Publishing 2.0: The declining value of redundant web news Google adds Google News to Google Earthimg width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b7698e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=HuffPost: What Google Can Do for Journalismlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/huffpost-what-google-can-do-for-journalism/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=HuffPost: What Google Can Do for Journalismlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/huffpost-what-google-can-do-for-journalism/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876952965/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45574542/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876952965/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45574542/a2.img" border="0"//a

#8220;Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) at Thomson Reuters have rejected the company#8217;s 2009/10 pay offer and are urging it to drop its attempts to impose a draconian performance pay regime on staff,#8221; the NUJ reports. Full release#8230; Similar Posts: NUJ says scale of Indy job cuts are a #8216;massive shock#8217; Newsquest York journalists seal pay [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b72b76/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=NUJ Release: Thomson Reuters employees reject next year’s pay offerlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/nuj-release-thomson-reuters-employees-reject-next-years-pay-offer/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=NUJ Release: Thomson Reuters employees reject next year’s pay offerlink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/nuj-release-thomson-reuters-employees-reject-next-years-pay-offer/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876946757/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45558646/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876946757/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45558646/a2.img" border="0"//a

Newsquest have told staff that they want to axe the position of editor and up to 13 editorial jobs on the Colchester Gazette, and will move management and subbing of paper to Basildon - 40 miles away.  Full release#8230; Similar Posts: Redundancy round-up: 50 jobs to go at the Telegraph and 78 at Trinity Mirror Newsquest announces 40 [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b6f98c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=NUJ Release: Newsquest to axe editor and 13 editorial jobs at Colchester Gazettelink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/nuj-release-newsquest-to-axe-editor-and-13-editorial-jobs-at-colchester-gazette/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=NUJ Release: Newsquest to axe editor and 13 editorial jobs at Colchester Gazettelink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/nuj-release-newsquest-to-axe-editor-and-13-editorial-jobs-at-colchester-gazette/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876942363/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45545868/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876942363/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45545868/a2.img" border="0"//a

Newsquest has told staff that it wants to axe the position of editor and up to 13 editorial jobs on the Colchester Gazette, and will move management and subbing of the paper to Basildon - 40 miles away.  Full release#8230; Similar Posts: Redundancy round-up: 50 jobs to go at the Telegraph and 78 at Trinity Mirror Newsquest announces [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b6f98c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=NUJ Release: Newsquest to axe editor and 13 editorial jobs at Colchester Gazettelink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6571" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=NUJ Release: Newsquest to axe editor and 13 editorial jobs at Colchester Gazettelink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6571" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876942363/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45545868/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876942363/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45545868/a2.img" border="0"//a

CNN reports that the Zimbabwean government is demanding that foreign journalists pay a combined annual licence fee of $36,000 to practice journalism in its country. This appears to be supported by a story in the Zimbabwe Times. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: NUJ calls for investigation into death of photojournalist Richard Mills Journalism in Africa: New media laws force [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b6e63b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=CNN: Zimbabwe demands $36,000 fee from journalistslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6566" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=CNN: Zimbabwe demands $36,000 fee from journalistslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6566" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876939492/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45540923/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876939492/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45540923/a2.img" border="0"//a

Google CEO Eric Schmidt #8216;professes a passionate desire to lend a hand [to newspapers],#8217; reports Fortune magazine. In an interview with Fortune#8217;s Adam Lashinsky, Schmidt #8217;shares some thoughts on how newspapers might yet survive - and how Google might help#8217;. Full story... Similar Posts: Eric Schmidt - Google resistance to ACAP based on technology Shibles.com: B2B magazines - [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b69718/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=CNNMoney.com (Fortune magazine): Google CEO wants to lend a hand to newspaperslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/cnnmoneycom-fortune-magazine-google-ceo-wants-to-lend-a-hand-to-newspapers/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=CNNMoney.com (Fortune magazine): Google CEO wants to lend a hand to newspaperslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/cnnmoneycom-fortune-magazine-google-ceo-wants-to-lend-a-hand-to-newspapers/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876931737/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45520664/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876931737/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45520664/a2.img" border="0"//a

Media Culpa reports that a man employed at the Swedish Migration Board since the 1980s has been fired for running a outspoken blog about the conflict between Israel and Palestine - but has received 32 months salary plus damages, totalling 1.3 million Swedish Krona, or US$165,000. Full story... Similar Posts: Aftonbladet to offer readers social network style [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b68784/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Media Culpa: Swedish blogger fired for pro-Israeli blog gets 32 months salary plus damageslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/media-culpa-swedish-blogger-fired-for-pro-israeli-blog-gets-32-months-salary-plus-damages/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Media Culpa: Swedish blogger fired for pro-Israeli blog gets 32 months salary plus damageslink=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/media-culpa-swedish-blogger-fired-for-pro-israeli-blog-gets-32-months-salary-plus-damages/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876930705/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45516676/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876930705/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45516676/a2.img" border="0"//a

Kenya#8217;s Daily Nation welcomes President Kibaki#8217;s intervention in the new media laws. The #8216;media fraternity welcomes President Kibaki’s intervention in the ongoing dispute over the Kenya Communication (Amendment) Act 2008,#8217; the newspaper comments. #8220;The President initially ignored entreaties by the industry not to assent to legislation that would curtail media freedom. But it appears wiser counsel [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b67bc7/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Daily Nation: Kibaki’s dialogue on media law is ‘welcome’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/daily-nation-kibakis-dialogue-on-media-law-is-welcome/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Daily Nation: Kibaki’s dialogue on media law is ‘welcome’link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/daily-nation-kibakis-dialogue-on-media-law-is-welcome/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876929273/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45513671/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876929273/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45513671/a2.img" border="0"//a

AP reports that Joe the Plummer, the man from Ohio who became a #8216;household name#8217; during the US presidential campaign, says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: NYTimes.com: New York Times releases first API Guardian: Guardian chief arts correspondent on making the move to blogging New [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b639d2/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=EditorPublisher (AP): Joe the Plumber turns war correspondent?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/editor-publisher-ap-joe-the-plumber-turns-war-correspondent/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=EditorPublisher (AP): Joe the Plumber turns war correspondent?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/editor-publisher-ap-joe-the-plumber-turns-war-correspondent/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876924139/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45496786/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876924139/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45496786/a2.img" border="0"//a

AP reports that Joe the Plummer, the man from Ohio who became a #8216;household name#8217; during the US presidential campaign, says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Full story#8230; Similar Posts: Media Culpa: Swedish blogger fired for pro-Israeli blog gets 32 months salary plus damages NYTimes.com: New York Times [...]img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b639d2/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=EditorPublisher (AP): Joe the Plumber turns war correspondent?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6545" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=EditorPublisher (AP): Joe the Plumber turns war correspondent?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=6545" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876924139/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45496786/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876924139/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45496786/a2.img" border="0"//a

Chris Morrison contemplates what would be left behind in the wake if the might New York Times were to fall. "Most people, including internet journalists, agree that print is the last bastion of the educated essay and the investigative article."img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b63166/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=VentureBeat: If the New York Times dies, does the news die?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/venturebeat-if-the-new-york-times-dies-does-the-news-die/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=VentureBeat: If the New York Times dies, does the news die?link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/venturebeat-if-the-new-york-times-dies-does-the-news-die/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876923150/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45494630/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876923150/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45494630/a2.img" border="0"//a

Jenny Cromie proffers six assumptions for freelance journalists to rethink in the current economic climate. "I believe that you have to challenge your own assumptions about your business and the way you’re operating it in order to survive this economic climate. And then once you identify what those are, you can develop self-defensive strategies to move forward and ensure that your business stays afloat."img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/367/f/5716/s/2b63167/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The Golden Pencil: Deadly freelance assumptions (or how to go out of business)link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/the-golden-pencil-deadly-freelance-assumptions-or-how-to-go-out-of-business/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The Golden Pencil: Deadly freelance assumptions (or how to go out of business)link=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/08/the-golden-pencil-deadly-freelance-assumptions-or-how-to-go-out-of-business/" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876923149/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45494631/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/28876923149/u/49/f/5716/c/367/s/45494631/a2.img" border="0"//a