The BBC’s Newsnight controversy, the future of investigative journalism and anxious debates ahead of Leveson all provided timely content at the Society of Editors annual conference. But were there enough actual editors among delegates? Steve Dyson re
Is drawing lines between editorial content and commercialism as outmoded as standalone print magazines? Magazine publishers’ decisions on this score are complex, and demand serious consideration, given the potential implications for their long-term f
Publishing has always been associated with thought-provoking sentences, attention-grabbing headlines and heart-tugging photographs. Social media should have been a natural transition for marketers in the publishing industry, but, writes Amanda MacArt
On 29 November, Lord Justice Leveson presented his long awaited report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press. The million or so words, spread over four volumes, quickly became distilled into one central question – should there be statut
The spectre of the Leveson Report loomed large, writes Lisa Nelson, as the NCTJ Journalism Skills Conference got underway in Nottingham on Wednesday, 28 November.
Could digital be the saviour of print? The last twelve months have seen increasing numbers of publishers starting to use augmented reality technology to add an extra dimension to their print offering, and readers have responded positively. Jo Bowman
Proof of the impact that freemium title Stylist has had is the fact that you don’t see many copies lying around the carriage floor. Readers actually take their copies with them. Meg Carter talks to editor Lisa Smosarski about how the title has achiev
Over the last eighteen months, writes Mark Edwards, two black-and-white creatures have emerged from Mountainview, California like a pair of movie monsters – and the effect on many websites was similar to that of Godzilla and King Kong rampaging throu
A service to commemorate journalists, camera-crew and support staff who have died in the conflicts of the 21st Century while bringing us the news was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, on Monday 22nd October. Peter Preston gave the address.
In the run-up to publication of the Leveson Report, Newspaper Society director David Newell challenges those advocating a system of press regulation underpinned by statute, saying they have singularly failed to address the fundamental issue at the he
The regional newspaper editor has become something of an endangered species. Title closures, frequency changes and company restructures have all taken their toll. Former Lancaster Guardian editor, Sue Riley, looks at what some of her erstwhile collea
The deep recession and the Leveson Inquiry are resulting in major changes in journalistic training, including new courses in business and finance reporting and media ethics. Steve Dyson finds out more from Joanne Butcher, chief executive of the Natio
And then it was over! After many months of sometimes shocking testimony, Lord Justice Leveson brought proceedings in Court 73 to a close at the end of July and retired to the thankless task of drawing up his recommendations. Jon Slattery looks at wha
What’s your abiding image from this summer’s Royal Wedding and where did it come from? The chances are, says Peter Jackson, that it came not from the countless hours of TV, but from one of the still pictures in the following days’ souvenir issues.
Have the demands of multi-platform publishing spelt the end of the traditional door-stepping hack? Should journos now be desk-bound computer whizz kids? Or a mix of the two? Peter Sands tries to nail down a job description for the modern journalist.
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