The Guardian: “Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom… A Journalism roundup…

Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year, coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship, is jeopardising independent reporting in many countries, according to a report issued today. From the … Read more

A journalism roundup: Crisis at BBC and more…

BBC needs ?radical overhaul?: chairman from Hurriyet Daily News The head of the BBC?s governing body said yesterday the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation.. BBC needs to relearn its journalistic ABC Endless layers of checking by executives and lawyers cannot replace experienced professional judgment, writes Philip Stephens   MAIN FOCUS: BBC mired … Read more

Journalism roundup: “Online Security Tips for Journalists, a short history of BBC war reporting, Hurricane Isaac coverage- promise of a hybrid model for news…

20% of Newspapers Now Have Online Paywalls from Mashable! by Lauren Indvik Online Security Tips for Journalists from Mashable! by International Journalists’ Network Could broadcast journalism see a revival in online media? from The Next Web by Joel Falconer The I Files: Investigative reporting comes to YouTube, launching with the BBC, NYT, Al Jazeera and … Read more

the internet category of The European Parliament Prize for Journalism 2011 questioned. and a massive journalism roundup…

The European Parliament Prize for Journalism 2011: A #fail in the internet category [updated] from Ideas on Europe by Ronny Patz The winners of this year?s European Parliament Prize for Journalism have been announced today, and the jury?s choice for the winning text in the category ?Internet? is what one might call a #fail on … Read more

Against the current: The Times charges its readers

They could not find a new business model and instead they charge us. I can just skip the Times. Journalistic elitism will only satisfy journalistic elites…. Times now charging online readers from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The Times becomes the biggest UK newspaper to begin charging its readers to access its online … Read more

BBC special on “the Virtual Revolution”

Making of the programme The Virtual Revolution’ was previously known as Digital Revolution (working title). It was also a radical change for BBC documentary making – an open and collaborative production, which asked the web audience to debate programme themes, suggest and send questions for interviewees, watch and comment on interview and graphics clips, and … Read more