Tom Watson turns tables on Fleet Street tormentors with blog alleging bullying at The Sun

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 10 February 2012 at 14:45
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers

Tom Watson MP has turned reporter today to report claims about bullying at The Sun which he said had been made by a “Wapping-based journalist” speaking on condition of anonymity.

He says a “number of credible sources” have verified one story of a complaint being made by a journalist. He adds that News International have declined to comment to him. (more…)

Time to make the case for Defamation Bill being in the Queen’s Speech

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 10 February 2012 at 10:15
Tags: Journalism, Law, National Newspapers, Newspapers

Time is running out to make the case for libel reform - with the deadline looming for legislation to be included in the Queen’s Speech.

The Libel Reform Campaign is urging those who have yet to do so to write to their MPs urging them to back the case for libel reform. (more…)

Campaigning journalism from Coventry Telegraph secures potentially life-saving operations

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 9 February 2012 at 14:21
Tags: Newspapers, Regional Newspapers

Campaigning journalism by the Coventry Telegraph has helped ensure that a 72-year-old woman and another OAP can have potentially life-saving operations. (more…)

Timeline: Three weeks during which The Times’ Nightjack scandal was laid bare

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 8 February 2012 at 13:51
Tags: Journalism, Law, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

The possibility that there was an email-hacking scandal brewing at The Times first emerged in a few lines of written evidence published by the Leveson Inquiry on 10 January, and exploded yesterday as Times editor and News International issued a comprehensive mea culpa about the affair.

Here is a recap of how the story emerged: (more…)

Sir Michael Parkinson is celeb guest at Journalists’ Charity’s Midlands lunch on 22 June

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 8 February 2012 at 12:44
Tags: Journalism

Sir Michael Parkinson is to be the celebrity guest at this year’s Midlands lunch in aid of the Journalists’ Charity.

The lunch is being held at the Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, on Friday, 22, June. Full details are in the release below sent out by  the Journalists’ Charity: (more…)

Dickens birthday promoted from birth notices to front page 200 years on for The News, Portsmouth

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 7 February 2012 at 09:03
Tags: Regional Newspapers

The News in Portsmouth has a nice front page today - even if the story is 200 years old.

Some 200 years agoo today, Charles Dickens was born in the heart of Portsmouth - and the Johnston Press-owned daily has tracked down his original birth notice. (more…)

Former BBC exec says one code of conduct needed for all journalists: print, broadcast and online

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 6 February 2012 at 12:56
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers

Former BBC executive Blair Jenkins has suggested all journalists -working across print, broadcast and online - should sign up to the same code of conduct.

The Editors’ Code currently primarily applies to print publications and their websites, though it can apply to website-only publications on a voluntary basis. (more…)

Reuters: News Corp clean-up squad has 100 staff reviewing emails, expense claims and phone records

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 3 February 2012 at 11:48
Tags: Law, National Newspapers, Newspapers

Reuters 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. (more…)

Thurlbeck: ‘Expect more high profile arrests at News International’

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 19 January 2012 at 13:52
Tags: Journalism

Following news of 36 37 new phone-hacking settlements by News International today - former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck has predicted more high-profile arrests at the publisher.

So far 17 individuals have been arrested in connection with the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (more…)

The Times: Editors should have to justify intrusions made into private life without prior notification

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 17 January 2012 at 11:04
Tags: Journalism, Journalism Technology, National Newspapers, Newspapers

The Times set out its stall on the future of the press today ahead of editor James Hardings’ appearance before the Leveson Inquiry.

The lengthy leader makes a number of concessions to the new era which has been forced upon the British press by the hacking scandal. (more…)

Filkin Met Police reforms could stop the sort of journalism which helped convict Lawrence killers

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 6 January 2012 at 09:35
Tags: National Newspapers, Newspapers

The Filkin recommendations restricting informal police contact with journalists would stifle the sort of campaigning journalism which helped bring Stephen Lawrence’s killers to justice.

This is the claim made by Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn who today points out some of the absurditues of the Filkin Report. (more…)

Clearing of Corrie star Michael Le Vell prompts call for sex case suspects to have anonymity

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 5 January 2012 at 11:31
Tags: Journalism, Law, National Newspapers

Brian Reade writing in the Daily Mirror today argues that men accused of serious sexual offences should have anonymity until proven guilty because of the terrible stigma associated with such charges.

It follows the news that Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell has been cleared after accusations that he sexually abused a schoolgirl proved groundless. (more…)

ABC: Wall Street Journal bulk circulation deals ‘complex and circuitous’ but compliant with rules

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 4 January 2012 at 12:08
Tags: Journalism, Media Metrics, National Newspapers, Newspapers

The Audit Bureau of Circulations has issued a statement following its inquiry into allegations the Wall Street Journal Europe was involved in a complex circulation-boosting scam.

It was reported in October that 31,000 out of 75,000 copies of the European edition of the WSJ were sold to companies in bulk and then distributed to students. It was also claimed that the WSJ effectively ended up buying some off the copies itself, after a sponsor pulled out, and that the deal included favourable editorial coverage. (more…)

FT raises weekday cover price to £2.50 as UK print sale halves in a decade

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 4 January 2012 at 11:49
Tags: Journalism, Media Metrics, National Newspapers

The Financial Times has raised its cover price for the second time in three months - up from £2.20 on weekdays to £2.50. The Weekend edition on Saturdays is to rise from £2.80 to £3.

The move comes amid a backdrop of rising newsprint prices and the increasing success of the FT’s digital subscriptions business. In November, the FT revealed that it now had 250,000 paying digital subscribers. (more…)

From Cambridge Daily News to the New Yorker - editorial illustrator Ronald Searle dies aged 91

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 3 January 2012 at 14:59
Tags: Journalism, People

Artist and editorial illustrator Ronald Searle, who has died aged 91, began his career aged 15 after sending in drawings on spec to the Cambridge Evening News, The Guardian notes in its obituary today.

After returning from World War Two he created the St Trinians cartoon for Lilliput magazine and in the 1950s he was a regular contributor to Punch. (more…)

February edition journalism jobs round up

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 1 January 2012 at 14:59
Tags: Journalism

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS

American Chemical Society is seeking a European reporter. You will have at least seven years of experience in business or financial reporting and a degree.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 10 February

EHealth Media has a vacancy for a reporter. You will have a journalism background or will be NCTJ qiualified, with strong journalism skills.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 10 February

The Music Sales Group has a vacancy for a music editor. You will have a music degree or other similar qualification and will have experience of editing music publications.

Job Location: Central London

Closing Date: 10 February

UBM Medica is seeking a sub-editor. You will have at least one year’s subbing experience including working online.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 09 February

Reed Business Information is seeking a community editor. You will have reporting and digital journalism experience.

Job Location: United Kingdom

Incisive Media is seeking a reporter. You will have journalism experience with a thorough command of English and at least one European language.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 14 February

Insider Publishing is seeking a reporter. You will be an experienced reporter.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 18 February

There is an opening for an editor (£45-50K). You will have b2b editorial experience within telecoms and financial sectors.

Job Location: London

IBT is looking for a business journalist. You will have at least five years’ of experience in a similar position.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 19 February

ICIS is looking for a senior editor. You will have previous experience in market reporting.

Job Location: UK

Incisive Media is looking for an editorial assistant. You will have a relevant background with publishing experience.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 21 April

There is a vacancy for an editor (£45-50K plus excellent benefits package). You will have proven experience within the b2b telecom and finance industry.

Job Location: London

There is an opportunity for a senior editor (£35-43K plus excellent benefits package). Ideally, you will have experience covering legal content and will have a legal background.

Job Location: London

Haymarket is looking for a reporter. You will be generating on and off diary news stories on a daily basis.

Job Location: London

CONSUMER MAGAZINES

Bauer Media is looking for a senior sub-editor. You will be an experienced sub-editor in a similar role.

Job Location: London

Future Plc has a vacancy for editor-in-chief. You will have proven excellent track record in digital media.

Job Location: Bath

There is a vacancy for a magazine editor (£30-38K). You will be an experienced magazine editor with strong editorial skills and will have a background in the health and social care sector.

Job Location: London

DIGITAL

There is an opening for an online editor (£35-40K). You will be an experienced online editor and will have strong writing skills.

Job Location: Surrey

NATIONALS

The Sun is looking for a features editor. You will have at least two years’ experience at features editor level or above on a national publication.

Job Location: London

OTHER

Rolls Royce has a vacancy for an editor. You will have an experience of editing a newspaper with excellent communication skills.

Job Location: London

Closing Date: 17 February

Haymarket Network has a vacancy for deputy editors. You will have a journalism experience and will have a thorough command of English.

Job Location: Leeds & Milton Keynes

Closing Date: 16 February

Law Society has a vacancy for editorial assistant (£26,356). You will have a degree or equivalent education and will have experience of editing and proofreading copy.

Job Location: Chancery Lane

Closing Date: 10 February

When Piers met David Sherborne: ‘Barking you say?’ - ‘The man’s one sandwich short of a picnic’

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 21 December 2011 at 13:49
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers, People

Counsel for the phone-hacking victims David Sherborne appeared to think he was ambushing former Mirror editor Piers Morgan with a terribly incriminating smoking gun at the end of Morgan’s Leveson testimony yesterday.

But Morgan was ready for the accusation that the Mirror suppressed information about phone-hacking in 1998 and then used it for its own heinous means. And Sherborne ended up, it must be said, looking like a bit of a wally.

Here is their exchange (taken from the official transcript): (more…)

Guardian adds footnote to 37 stories which make Milly Dowler ‘false hope’ claim

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 21 December 2011 at 09:42
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers, Newspapers

The Guardian has agreed to a request from Sun managing editor Richard Caseby that it correct all the articles it has published since July this year which repeat the claim that the News of the World deleted Milly Dowler’s voicemail’s creating false hope for her parents that she was alive. (more…)

Revealed: Why the NUJ allowed private investigator to join the union

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 20 December 2011 at 09:04
Tags: Journalism

The NUJ has finally shed some light on why it allowed News of the World private investigator Derek Webb to become a member of the union.

Roy Greenslade reports that it was told he was a researcher who had worked for a number or national newspapers, that he was seconded by two members and that it does not have the resources to subject all applications to further scrutiny. (more…)

This week’s Leveson witnesses include bullied reporter Matt Driscoll, Piers Morgan and City Slicker James Hipwell

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 19 December 2011 at 08:23
Tags: National Newspapers, Newspapers

A fascinating final three days before Christmas are in prospect at the Leveson Inquiry.

Today we will here from former News of the World sports reporter Matthew Driscoll, who won £792,000 in a tribunal in 2009 after it found that he was bullied out of his job. (more…)