Press Gazette: Reviewing the UK online coverage of the presidential primaries
Timesonline dedicated most time to looking at issues of race in the primaries although in a timely and sensitive way, according to Marty Karlon, Sunday editor at the Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire....
View ArticleGuardian removes suicide bomb video after 550 complaints
The Guardian has removed a video from its website showing a suicide bomb attack in Israel after more than 550 complaints were made about the footage. The piece, which was selected from a package of...
View ArticleEvening Star breaks Steve Wright trial verdict on new SMS service
A new SMS news alert system from Ipswich’s Evening Star newspaper marked its launch yesterday by delivering the verdict in the Steve Wright prostitute murder trial. Wright, who was yesterday found...
View ArticlePress Gazette: Round-up of UK media’s Olympic plans
Cross-media will be key to covering the Beijing Olympics. Organisations will need to make the most of online to keep up with the games – particularly because of the eight hour time difference. To...
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US elections: the best of the rest on the web
For those that have been under a rock/on Mars for the last year, the next President of the United States will be decided tonight, giving news organisations another opportunity to flaunt their...
View ArticleUS elections: CNN’s ‘magic map’ gets spoofed on Saturday Night Live
While reviewing the best online coverage of election day, CNN’s press office dropped us a line about the ‘magic board’ – a map of the states which will be used by presenter John King to show the...
View ArticleNews agencies suspend Australian cricket coverage over online coverage terms
Reuters, Associated Press (AP) and Agence France Presse (AFP) will not cover matches, training sessions and events for cricket in Australia, because of ‘unacceptable accreditation terms’ set out by...
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News sites get social for Obama inauguration
To mark President Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20, news sites are plotting and planning their online coverage already: CNN CNN’s going for the social networking angle, teaming its live...
View ArticleHitwise: How the Sun capitalised on the Alfie Patten story
The Sun’s online coverage of ‘baby father’ Alfie Patten broke traffic records for the site. Hitwise’s Robin Goad analyses how search and social media played a part in this. Full post at this...
View ArticleThe budget online: Liveblogging and Twitter dominate news orgs’ coverage
Today’s budget announcement is being billed as the most significant of recent times given the UK’s current financial woes. This is both a breaking news story, but one that requires closer analysis and...
View ArticleManchester Evening News tweets live from police control room
Three thousand police officers hit the streets last Friday for Operation Admiral – a series of co-ordinated raids over a 24 hour period, aimed at hunting down Greater Manchester’s most violent drunken...
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