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More than 95% of the content examined attracted no criticism or concerns from the two non-ABC reviewers: author and journalist Gerald Stone and former BBC journalist Andrea Wills.
However, out of 97 stories about asylum seekers there were some issues identified by Stone as “raising concerns about the standard of coverage and requiring further investigation”, one on 7:30 and four on Lateline.”
—————————————– Invitation to Sprint on Internet Security —————————————–
Basic Internet Security Book Sprint April 28 – May 1 (2300 CET) Open to anyone remote or real space (Berlin).
Help us write an introductory book on Internet Security!
Greenhost.nl have brought their staff to Berlin for a Book Sprint on Internet Security. It’s intended as a basic introduction and giving some attention to the needs of journalists.
The topics include Email Security, Browser Security, Personal Data Security, VPN, & Mobile Security. The sprint is happening right now and finishes Sunday May 1. You are invited to contribute and help write the book. Contributions can include any of the following : * read the material and give us feedback (chat active on the edit page) * write chapters or parts of chapters * proof read * provide illustrations * add extra chapters / sections (discuss this with us in chat first 🙂 * technical checks * language checks * any other way you want
Contribute here: http://booki.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/edit/
We will be there waiting! 🙂 If you wish to attend in real space (Berlin) please contact Adam Hyde : adam@flossmanuals.net Thanks to Buro 2.0 for providing the venue for this sprint (http://www.buero20.org/).
Sprint facilitated by Adam Hyde.
I’ve always been a fan of Chris Masters. The dude has integrity and he was always willing in my under-grad years to lend advise and inspire wannabe journos like myself.
Investigative Journalism: Why we need it. Why it is endangered. Fri 11 December, 2009 Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank, Melbourne Meeting 6.45 for 7.00 pm start Guest Speaker 8.00pm Click here for more on Chris Masters
Cash for clicks – Kevin Anderson asks what can be learned from the music, video and games industries.
With the recession cutting into profits at News Corp, Rupert Murdoch (sic) has had a change of heart about charging for content online. In 2005, he predicted that the future of content on the internet would be driven by advertising. Now, he believes that if people want their news online, they will have to pay for it.
More people than ever are reading news on the internet, but organisations have yet to find a way to translate those huge audiences into the kind of revenues they had in print. A handful of newspapers, most of them financial papers such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, have instituted digital subscriptions – it is as yet undetermined whether the FT’s introduction of a pay-per-view model next summer will replace or exist in conjunction with its subscription service – and the New York Times charges per article for premium content in its archives. But the planned standalone Sunday Times site will be a trial run for general news providers – and with the advertising market dropping, Murdoch is not alone in looking to charge for online content.
But to what extent are users prepared to pay for it? Music, television and film studios, along with newspapers and magazines, are looking for ways to generate revenue from the web. While some consumers seem prepared to pay for premium content and convenience, most industries still haven’t found the magic formula to convince enough of them to do so. Are there any lessons that the various media can learn from one another?
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