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21/6/05
Dear subscriber to the Editors Weblog newsletter,
It is now three weeks the 12th World Editors Forum is over, but you are still a lot to read our postings (or to download presentations if you were a Forumís participant). Please find below the key highlights from this conference whose title was ìYour readers are changing? Change your newspaper!î.
The purpose of the Editors Weblog is to bring together editors from around the word to share dialogue on improving newsroom management and editorial quality.
Regards,
Bertrand Pecquerie,
World Editors Forum Director
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TOP STORIES
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DAN GILLMOR: WHY TRADITIONAL JOURNALISTS SHOULDN’T BE TOO ANGRY ABOUT CITIZEN JOURNALISTS
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Dan Gillmor spoke about his personal citizen journalism project, about the unstoppable evolution of citizen journalism in general and about the consequential ramifications.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/dan_gillmor_why.html
HOW GOOGLE NEWS CHANGED THE WORLD
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Krishna Bharat, founder of Google News, explained the goals and technical process behind the innovative news tool currently employed by Google.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/how_google_news.html
RICH SKRENTA: RSS IS A GREAT WAY TO ATTRACT PERMANENT SUBSCRIBERS
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Rich Skrenta CEO and founder of Topix.net explained the opportunities that RSS provides newspapers, emphasizing the local advantage that newspapers have. www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/rich_skrenta_rs.html
SIMON WALDMAN ON RSS: IT’S ABOUT TRAFFIC
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UKís The Guardianís Simon Waldman gave a publishers point of view of RSS and aggregators, explaining the pros and cons of RSS since the Guardian implemented a branded RSS readers in February.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/06/simon_waldman_o.html
WEF’S VISIT TO THE OHMYNEWS OFFICE
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The World Editorís forum got a sneak peak into the newsroom of OhMyNews and got to speak directly with founder Yeon Ho Oh about his innovative citizen media experiment.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/06/robb_montgomery.html
THE IMPACT OF THE COMPACT
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Mario Garcia of Garcia Media, a newspaper designer and a strong advocate of format change for newspapers, spoke about reasons to change and strategies that could drive broadsheet newspapers to convert their formats into compacts, or tabloids.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/the_impact_of_t.html
INFOGRAPHICS: NOT JUST TO COVER THE GREY
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Alberto Cairo, El Mundo’s Infographics Editor, and Peter Espina, the infographics editor at China daily, spoke about the importance of inforgraphics and their ability to greatly enhance a paper’s content and presentation. www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/alberto_cairos_.html
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/infographics_no.html
WORLD PRESS TRENDS: NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION AND ADVERTISING UP WORLDWIDE
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Director General of the World Association of Newspapers Timothy Balding presented WAN’s annual survey of world press trends, elaborating on the increases in newspaper circulation and advertising revenues last year. www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/world_press_tre.html
ASIAN NEWSPAPERS DRIVING WORLDWIDE CIRCULATION
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In looking at the results from WANís annual survey of world press trends, it is important to realize that three-quarters of the worldís 100 best selling daily newspapers are located in Asia. www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/asian_newspaper.html
“MOBILE WILL ACCELERATE THE NEWSPAPERíS RENAISSANCE”
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Jim Chisholm, strategy advisor for the World Association of Newspapers, explained how newspapers can use mobile technology to expand their reach and increase their revenues.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/mobile_will_acc.html
ARTHUR O. SULZBERGER, CHAIRMAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY: RESTORING NEWSPAPER CREDIBILITY
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Chairman of the New York Times Company Arthur O. Sulzberger explained that newspapersí ultimate value indicator in todayís challenging market is their credibility.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/06/arthur_o_sulzbe.html
PRESS FREEDOM COULD HAVE PREVENTED SUDAN CRISIS, PRIZE WINNER SAYS
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Sudanese journalist Mahgoub Mohamed Salih, winner of the 2005 WAN Golden Pen Award spoke about the importance of freedom of the press to support peace and stability in politically tense climates.
www.editorsweblog.org/2005/05/press_freedom_c.html
DIRECT ACCESS TO THE WEBLOGíS CATEGORIES
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a. Is blogging journalism?
www.editorsweblog.org/a_is_blogging_journalism/index.html
b. Alliances and partnerships: consequences for newsrooms
www.editorsweblog.org/b_alliances_and_partnerships_consequences_for_newsrooms/index.html
c. Converged or diverged? The multiplatform newsroom
www.editorsweblog.org/c_converged_or_diverged_the_multiplatform_newsroom/index.html
d. Making newspapers easier to read
www.editorsweblog.org/d_making_newspapers_easier_to_read_/index.html
e. Tabloid vs. broadsheet
www.editorsweblog.org/e_tabloid_vs_broadsheet/index.html
f. Weekly supplements
www.editorsweblog.org/f_weekly_supplements/index.html
g. Visual strategies and photojournalism
www.editorsweblog.org/g_visual_strategies_and_photojournalism/index.html
h. New readers: how to involve them
www.editorsweblog.org/h_new_readers_how_to_involve_them/index.html
i. What is newsworthy or how to reshape the future of the newspaper
www.editorsweblog.org/i_what_is_newsworthy_or_how_to_reshape_the_future_of_the_newspaper/index.html
j. Staff changes
www.editorsweblog.org/j_staff_changes/index.html
k. Newspapers launches and results
www.editorsweblog.org/k_newspapers_launches_and_results/index.html
l. Editors conferences, training sessions and awards
www.editorsweblog.org/l_editors_conferences_training_sessions_and_awards/index.html
m. From editorial quality to editorial measurement
www.editorsweblog.org/m_from_editorial_quality_to_editorial_measurement/index.html
n. New sources for Editors
www.editorsweblog.org/n_new_sources_for_editors/index.html
o. Ethics and Press Freedom
www.editorsweblog.org/o_ethics_and_press_freedom/index.html
p. Quotation of the day
www.editorsweblog.org/p_quotation_of_the_day/index.html
q. Global/Local trends
www.editorsweblog.org/q_globallocal_trends/index.html
r. What new revenues and new business models?
www.editorsweblog.org/r_what_new_revenues_and_new_business_models/index.html
s. 2004 World Editors Forum in Istanbul
www.editorsweblog.org/s_2004_world_editors_forum_in_istanbul/index.html
t. 2005 World Editors Forum in Seoul
www.editorsweblog.org/t_2005_world_editors_forum_in_seoul/index.html
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