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BBC to offer journalism masterclasses free online | Media | guar
John Simpson: one of the BBC stars who recorded online masterclasses for its College of Journalism website. Photograph: BBC The public will be able to gain online access to masterclasses delivered by some of the BBC 's best-known journalists, including John Simpson and John Humphrys, under plans to be announced later today. BBC executives plan to let licence-fee payers use the corporation's internal training website , which includes thousands of hours of material, as part of a range of partnership agreements. Rival news organisations and broadcasters will also be able to use the material.
5 Things to Watch–and Act On « Borrell Associates
We have issued our Top 5 recommendations for local online advertising in 2010. They’re pretty straightforward: Identify and copy the fastest growers, start partnering with other companies, offer “promotions” services to advertisers, monitor but be cautious about mobile, and dive into video advertising. But I thought I’d also offers some predictions for 2010 that might startle you. First, I’m excited to announce that we have a new list of speakers we’ll be announcing this week for our Feb. 8-9 conference in New York. In the spirit of identifying and copying the fastest-growing local online advertising companies, we’ve gone to the trouble of identifying them for you — and getting their top executives to stand up at our conference and tell you why they’ve become the new darlings of Main Street.Future to launch 'coffee table' superhero magazine | Media | gua
Comic Heroes magazine: follows launch of premium title on World of Warcraft Future Publishing will look to capitalise on the popularity of superhero movies such as Iron Man and Batman: the Dark Knight with a new premium "coffee table" magazine, Comic Heroes. The £7.99 132-page quarterly follows a recent superhero special by Future's SFX magazine, which was one of the best-selling issues in its 10-year history. Future launched another premium coffee table magazine, based around the online role-playing game World of Warcraft , last year.
BBC journalist sacked over Hell's Angel link - Telegraph
Criticising Bill Holland, Warwickshire's Assistant Chief Constable, he added: "Mr Holland suggested that when we get together we discuss criminal enterprises. Absolutely ridiculous. Nothing could be further from the truth. Father-of-two Mr Jones was on leave when he took on the role of unofficial press spokesman for the biking event which attracts tens of thousands of people each summer. But the BBC informed him of a conflict of interest - under BBC employment rules, journalists are told to disclose their outside interests and get permission before representing outside organisations. A BBC spokesman said: “We can confirm that Steve Jones no longer works for BBC Cymru Wales.
from the give-it-away-and-pray dept Wired has a story written by journalist Paige Williams about her experience putting up a long form feature story about the pseudonymously named Dolly Freed, who had written a rather successful book as a teenager called Possum Living: How to Live Well Without A Job and (Almost) No Money -- but following the publication, Dolly decided to effectively disappear. Williams tracked her down and wrote a feature article about her, but couldn't find anyone willing to publish it. The NY Times was going to, but backed out when Williams refused to reveal Freed's real name. So, instead, she put the article on her own site and put up a Paypal donation button , hoping to recover her expenses.