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Sun Condemns Tabloid 'Witch Hunt' As More Journalists Arrested

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:47:10 -0500

Full article: Journalism.co.uk
Paul McNally
The Sun newspaper and the National Union of Journalists have condemned the Metropolitan police for leading a "witch hunt" against tabloid journalism, following another round of arrests this weekend.

Sun Journalists Fear Further Arrests As Police Investigation Gathers Pace

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:42:13 -0500

Full article: The Telegraph
Martin Evans
Journalists at the Sun newspaper braced for more arrests as the investigation into illegal practices at News International continued to gather pace.

Hacking Cases Focus on Memo to a Murdoch

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:39:22 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Sarah Lyall and Ravi Somaiya
As dozens of investigators and high-powered lawyers converge on Rupert Murdoch's News International in the phone-hacking scandal, attention has focused on the printout of an email excavated three months ago from a sealed carton left behind in an empty company office. Addressed to Murdoch's son James, it contained explosive information about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid -- information James Murdoch says he failed to take in because he did not read the whole email chain.

BBC to Issue Global Apology for Documentaries That Broke Rules

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:48:48 -0500

Full article: The Independent
Ian Burrell
The BBC will apologize to an estimated 74 million people around the world for a news-fixing scandal, in which it broadcast documentaries made by a London TV company that was earning millions of pounds from PR clients which it featured in its programming.

Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger Takes Pay Cut

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:37:33 -0500

Full article: The Guardian
Dan Sabbagh
The Guardian's editor-in-chief is to take a voluntary pay cut of 10 percent, and ask the publisher of the newspaper to halve the annual contribution it makes to his pension. The editor's action comes as the newspapers have been engaged in a string of measures to trim costs and raise revenues, including a decision to stop printing overseas, incorporate standalone sections into the main newspaper and raise the cover price during the week.

Gannett Is Offering Buyouts

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:35:47 -0500

Full article: MediaBistro
Rachel Kaufman
Gannett is offering buyouts to anyone in its Community Publishing division who is over 56 and has 20 years of service at the company. As a reminder of how huge Gannett is, that applies to 785 people, but Gannett is going to accept 'only" up to 665 employees, split among Gannett's properties.

The Vital Role of Global Journalism in the Digital Age

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:50 -0500

Full article: The Atlantic
Peter Osnos
A new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists shows the new challenges they face around the world. CPJ's annual report, along with the many additional surveys available on its website, provide unusually valuable insight into the organization's work: monitoring the role of journalism and defending the rights of journalists wherever unrest spreads.

It's Up to Us to Protect the First Amendment

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:34 -0500

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Josh Stearns
At their best, journalists tell our stories and cover our communities with depth, care and a critical eye. When it comes to the future of journalism, we are all in this together. Journalists with laptops, freelancers with cameras, ordinary people with cellphones — we all need to be able to speak freely. The First Amendment does not apply only to journalists. It applies to all Americans, and we all have to take responsibility when it is threatened or eroded.

To the BBC and Others: Twitter Is Not Your Competition

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:06:44 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Mathew Ingram
Just a day after Sky News told its journalists they should not post any kind of breaking news to Twitter, the BBC has released a new version of its social-media policies that also requires reporters to file updates to news editors first rather than posting breaking news to Twitter. The emphasis on protecting the British national broadcaster's existing news structure is just another example of how traditional media entities are struggling with their relationship to Twitter in an era of real-time, distributed news.

Cutting All State Funding to OETA Would be a Disservice

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:04:03 -0500

Full article: Oklahoman
Bills by two legislators to end all state appropriations would have a major impact on the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority. OETA most likely would have to reduce its statewide coverage and local programming. These cutbacks would indirectly hinder state goals of improving education and increasing the number of college graduates.