Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
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AG investigates Guardian over reporter's juror tweet
3 February 2012 - 6:26pmThe Attorney General is investigating the case of a Guardian journalist who tweeted the name of a juror during the trial of Tottenham Hotspurs manager Harry Redknapp.
Press Gazette launches News-Day, 8 February 2012, A Day in the Life of British Journalism
3 February 2012 - 2:34pmIt’s the big story that journalists ignore. Their own, writes Press Gazette contributing editor John Dale. Press Gazette is urging journalists to send us a snapshot of your work - in newspapers and magazines, TV and radio, and online - for a unique narrative of one 24-hour news cycle, from 6am Wednesday 8 February, to 6am [...]
Editorial redundancies at Archant Suffolk cut from 14 to 9
3 February 2012 - 1:19pmThe number of proposed editorial redundancies at Archant Suffolk as a result of plans to scrap the Saturday edition of the Ipswich Evening Star has been cut from 14 to nine.
UK magazine launch for Women's Health
3 February 2012 - 1:07pmHearst-Rodale is launching a new quarterly magazine for women which its hopes will replicate the success of top-selling UK men's magazine Men's Health.
Reuters: News Corp clean-up squad has 100 staff reviewing emails, expense claims and phone records
3 February 2012 - 12:48pmReuters has a fascinating report looking at News Corp’s Management and Standards Committee - the body which handed over information to police which resulted in four very senior serving and former Sun journalists being arrested on Saturday morning. According to Reuters, on any given day more than 100 lawyers, investigators and computer experts are in am [...]
Templeton appointed UTV executive editor of news
3 February 2012 - 12:47pmUTV has appointed Belfast journalist Darwin Templeton as its new executive editor of news. Templeton, who has more than 21 years of experience in journalism, will be responsible for the media company’s news output in Northern Ireland. Having worked at UTV for 11 years, the former editor of The News Letter and Insight will now oversee editorial [...]
Burnley Express brews up celebration of 125 years as a bi-weekly
3 February 2012 - 12:46pmThe Burnley Express has teamed up with two local businesses to commemorate 125 years since the newspaper became a bi-weekly. In addition to the newspaper running 12 special souvenir supplements and a dedicated 125 section of the website, a local brewery and butcher have agreed to name new products in honour of the Express. Reporter Hannah Ramsden [...]
Bloomberg launches twice-yearly luxury lifestyle mag
3 February 2012 - 12:40pmBloomberg Markets has announced it will release a spin-off lifestyle magazine distributed with its March 2012 edition. Set to be distributed to all subscribers, Bloomberg Pursuits is the company’s first luxury lifestyle publication and will be published twice a year. The magazine will launch with a circulation of 375,000 and is set to be released this week. Bloomberg Pursuits will [...]
10 new journalism jobs found today
3 February 2012 - 12:14pmPress Gazette has found 10 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. The Sun is seeking an online sub-editor. You will have subbing experience with knowledge of online production. Job Location: London There is an opening for a features editor. You will have at least one [...]
Agency outrage over coroner's address secrecy
3 February 2012 - 11:15amA London-based news agency is involved in a dispute with one of the UK's busiest coroner's courts over an apparent refusal to reveal the addresses of the deceased.
What do you think needs to be in Press Gazette’s Journalism Manifesto?
3 February 2012 - 10:16amFollow @domponsford // We’ve had some great responses to the Journalism Manifesto so far – some of which will make it into a second draft of the document which we are going to send to both Lords Leveson and Hunt. Press Gazette is going to keep this “consultation” open until the end of next week- [...]
Citizen journalism website Blottr launches redesign
3 February 2012 - 9:10amCitizen journalism website Blottr has unveiled a redesign of its websites in the UK, France and Germany.
Mother of knife attack victims condemns press intrusion
3 February 2012 - 8:07amThe mother of Abigail Witchalls, who was left paralysed after being stabbed in front of her son, said the media intrusion following the attack was in some ways more traumatic than tending to her daughter.
Mirror redundancies: Journalists call for Sly Bailey to go
2 February 2012 - 4:38pmJournalists on the Mirror titles and People this afternoon called on chief executive Sly Bailey to resign following the news that 75 journalists are to be made redundant across the titles.
Sun and Times editors recalled to Leveson Inquiry
2 February 2012 - 4:30pmThe editors of The Times and The Sun have been recalled to give further evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
Thomson Reuters journalists in two-day strike
2 February 2012 - 4:24pmJournalists at Thomson Reuters will embark on a two-day strike next week for the first time in 25 years.
PTC New Talent Awards: full list of winners
2 February 2012 - 1:17pmProperty Week’s Nick Johnstone was awarded a double honour at the Periodicals Training Council’s 2012 New Talent Awards. As well as picking up the new business deatures journalist of the year award, Johnstone also won the biggest prize on offer, the Grand Prix. Shortlist.com’s Tom Cullen, was named new editor of the year, and Amy Grier, of Shortlist’s [...]
11 new journalism jobs found today
2 February 2012 - 1:08pmPress Gazette has found 11 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. Archant Dialogue is seeking a managing editor. You will have at least three years’ experience working in the contract publishing industry. Job Location: Norwich Closing Date: 13 February GDR Creative Intelligence has a vacancy for [...]
Reporter's lorry collision prompts Times cycle campaign
2 February 2012 - 12:32pmThree months after a Times reporter was hit by a lorry while cycling the paper today launched a campaign for safer cycling across the UK's cities.
Journalism Manifesto: Why we need to look at more than changing the plumbing of the press complaints system
2 February 2012 - 11:20amToday Press Gazette launches a Journalism Manifesto – ten ways in which we think British journalism can learn from the hacking scandal and emerge from it stronger and more honest. At the heart of the manifesto is the idea that journalism needs be about more than pushing stories to the limits of what we can get [...]
