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The sixth annual Online Journalism Awards (OJAs) competition, the only contest dedicated exclusively to recognizing excellence in digital journalism, opens June 23, 2005, and will accept entries through July 20, 2005. (Enter the Online Journalism awards by submitting an entry here.) The competition is presented through a partnership between the Online News Association (ONA) and the USC Annenberg...

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Scarborough Research, the leading authority for newspaper readership information and consumer behavior, released an analysis of "Integrated Newspaper Audience," a new measurement that combines the audience of traditional printed newspapers with the audience of their websites. The analysis found that newspaper websites are contributing significant numbers of...

The bias and political spin of mainstream news has alienated younger readers and contributed to the popularity of mix and match internet news, says Yahoo! UK editor Simon Hinde. Speaking at City University's Cass Business School last night, Mr Hinde defended the credibility of news aggregation. Discussion followed a screening of EPIC 2014, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson's project exploring a future...

RSF has welcomed the release on bail of N. Venugopal, editor of the Telugu-language twice-monthly "Veekshanam", on 16 June 2005. The editor was arrested on 30 May, along with three other members of the Revolutionary Writers Association (Virasam), V. Chenchaiah, G. Pinakapani and Ravi Kumar. Police had opposed their bail application before the Nizamabad District Court. On the morning of 16 June, a...

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has cleared the Right to Information Bill – expected to make governance more transparent and accountable. The President gave his assent to the Bill earlier this week. A notification will be issued by the Law ministry. The Bill entitles every citizen to have access to information controlled by the public authorities. It also covers state authorities and NGOs...

Bennett, Coleman & Co (BCCL) has offloaded its entire 8.55 per cent stake in Mid Day Multimedia. Mid Day informed the Bombay Stock Exchange of the sale, which happened on June 16, 2005. In March, BCCL had offloaded 13,88,313 shares of Mid Day in the open market. BCCL had picked up a 8.55 per cent stake for Rs 12 crore in October 2004 through its financial company Ban Hem Financial Investment...

ISLAMABAD: Senior editors and executives of Indian media told their Pakistan counterparts on Tuesday that large sections in India were behind the peace process and that there were serious limitations for any government to regulate media coverage on India-Pakistan relations. They were responding to observations from Pakistan delegates that media in India by and large "toed" the government line. The...

MUMBAI: Indian media companies are heading towards vertical models, spread across television and print businesses. A case in point: Sun Network snapping up Dinakaran to mark an entry into the newspaper market. And, Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra is in the process of launching DNA English daily in Mumbai, with Dainik Bhaskar as the joint venture partner. It really is a two-way traffic...

Back in the old days - pre-2005 - community activist Amy Gahran had three ways to reach readers of the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.: She could persuade a reporter to quote her, write a letter to the editor, or buy an ad. Now, the Internet has provided a fourth option, and Ms. Gahran wants to take advantage of it. She plans to recruit a "citizen journalism reporting team" to cover a controversial...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today protested against the senseless shooting to death of a journalist in Muzaffarnagar in northern India. "We are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, a victim of a mindless act of violence, and mourn this needless loss, " said IFJ President, Christopher Warren...