Former BBC reporter Michael Cole has hit out at the corporation’s reliance on “gratuitous and usually utterly redundant” pieces to camera in its news coverage. Read the full story
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Ex-BBC man hits out at the rise of the correspondent
Posted on 02 June 2011.
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Publishers face ‘inevitable’ Facebook news feed
Posted on 27 October 2010.
A facebook-owned news application is “inevitable” and “will not bode well for media companies”, according to the founder of NewsCloud, the social media research blog. Read the full story
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C4 launches fresh news website
Posted on 29 September 2010.
Ed Fraser, the Channel 4 News site’s senior editor, said his team of 15 would leave daily headlines to C4’s TV output and aim to provide “depth around core areas” rather than trying to compete with breaking news websites. Read the full story
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AOL accused of ‘sweatshop’ conditions
Posted on 06 August 2010.
One of AOL’s ‘hyperlocal’ editors has accused the company of making staff work 24 hours a day for relatively meager pay. Read the full story
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Cherchez le femme… Does Naomi focus skew the story?
Posted on 06 August 2010.
So now everyone knows about the Charles Taylor case. Who? The former Liberian president accused of 11 war crimes, including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers, relating to civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. News worthy enough for you? Read the full story
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