2005-2014

Debates about the compact vs broadsheet had been raging in the newspaper world for a while. But when a newspaper of the stature of the Guardian underwent a metamorphosis last week, many finally woke up from their stupor. The which-is-better debate is changing tack now to has-the-future-begun-to-take-shape. This graphic is for free use. To use it on a website, just save the image and use it on your...

NEW DELHI, September 19: Rediff has emerged as the most popular portal of choice, according to the findings of Portal Perception Study 2004-05. About 36.8 per cent of users surveyed said Rediff was their most favourite portal. The maximum number of users in New Delhi (40 per cent), Kolkata (40 per cent) and Chennai (35 per cent) favoured Rediff. Yahoo India was second placed in the popularity...

What exactly is Alan Rusbridger trying to do with the Guardian, or "theguardian", as its masthead has it? On Monday, readers had their first sight of the new Berliner format, which is a shrunken broadsheet or a puffed-up tabloid, depending on how you look at it. But the biggest interest, for many, will be in how, if at all, Rusbridger changes the editorial content. The Times (of which more later)...

The outward and visible pace of change seems suddenly frenetic. One minute the Guardian changes shape, the next the Sunday and Daily Telegraph begin testing new tabloid sections inside a broadsheet wrapper, the Independent on Sunday prepares to go the whole hog - and the Sunday Times carries on compacting its innards so that, as one very senior paper boy observes, you can't get it through any...

NADA SELAMEH doesn't hold back her opinions on the American media. "I don't like the way they represent us," she said. They make the American public attack us. What upsets me is the way they portray Muslim women as being oppressed by their men." Before 9/11, Selameh never wore a hijab, the head scarf some Muslim women wear as an expression of modesty. But when dusty burkas became the defining...

NEW YORK – NBC anchor Brian Williams, who returned to storm-ravaged New Orleans on Thursday for his third trip in as many weeks, said he couldn't bring himself to stay away from the region for very long. The experience has also moved him to consider other areas of coverage that he says need to be addressed. "I will be asking my network to lead a discussion on the issues of class, race, energy, the...

In our time, journalism's credibility has taken some big hits, most notably from criticism and attacks arising out of fabricated stories, exemplified by two notorious malefactors - Janet Cooke of The Washington Post in the early '80s and more recently, Jayson Blair of The New York Times. But the cycle of deception wasn't confined to two of the nation's most important newspapers. It entangled...

Hours after their detention, more than 80 journalists, who protested against government's continued crackdown on media, have been released even as 17 scribes in a western Nepal district have decided to leave the area after allegedly receiving threats from local Army. The 81 journalists, released late last night, were detained earlier in the day at Ratnapark, a restricted area at the centre of...

The Natali Prize for journalism is a prize for excellence in reporting on human rights and democracy in the developing world. It was created in 1992 by the European Union to promote quality in journalism and to commemorate the devotion of Lorenzo Natali, the former Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of development cooperation between 1985 and 1989. His work and commitment...

NEW YORK (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has complained privately to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch that the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina carried an anti-American bias, Murdoch said at a conference here. Murdoch, chairman of the media conglomerate News Corporation, recounted a conversation with the British leader at a panel discussion late Friday hosted by former president Bill...