Media News - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Telegraph builds Olympics graphics tool for its reporters

The Telegraph has created a graphics system which will enable its journalists to easily create visualisations for track, field and swimming events as soon as the results are in. The graphics system was created by the Telegraph as part of efforts to get Olympics data in front of readers as quickly as possible, without the journalists needing to do any coding, interactive news editor Conrad Quilty-Harper told. "Livebloggers will be able to go in and pick from thousands of events and actually create a graphic using the data from that as soon as the event finishes," he said. (Journalism.co.uk)

Staff writer New Yorker resigns after fabrication Bob Dylan quotes

Jonah Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker on Monday, after admitting that he fabricated Bob Dylan quotes for his bestselling book "Imagine." Tablet reported on that day that he questioned Lehrer about several quotes that he could not verify. When confronted with the piece, Lehrer confirmed that he made the quotes up. The allegations surfaced just over a month after Lehrer was found guilty of recycling his own work. At the time, he apologized and the New Yorker assured readers that Lehrer made a "mistake" that he would not make again. New Yorker editor David Remnick spoke out about the resignation in a statement given to The Huffington Post. "This is a terrifically sad situation, but, in the end, what is most important is the integrity of what we publish and what we stand for," Remnick said. The news prompted people to fire off their best fake Bob Dylan quotes on Twitter. (The Huffington Post )

Twitter asked to explain ban on British journalist

Twitter is under growing pressure to explain the suspension of a British journalist Guy Adams after it emerged that the social network alerted NBC to his highly critical tweets of the US broadcaster's Olympic coverage. Adams posted a string of tweets criticising NBC for being "utter bastards" for failing to air the opening ceremony live to viewers on the West coast of the US, who had to watch it on a six hour time delay. He then took aim at Zenkel, who was appointed president of NBC Olympics in 2005, and published his corporate email address. Twitter immediately shut down Adams' account and told him it was a violation of the site's rules to post the private and confidential information of others. Twitter has faced criticism for the suspension, with some influential commentators describing it as quick-triggered and raising questions about the social network's relationship with NBC. (The Guardian)

Mexico media office torched in Monterrey

A newspaper in the Mexican city of Monterrey has come under attack, after several armed men stormed into a branch office of the El Norte newspaper, poured gasoline and then set fire to the building. The attack on Sunday was the third such assault to occur in the last month. More than 15 people were working at the office in the municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia at the time of the attack. No one was injured, the newspaper reported. Firemen who were called to the scene quickly extinguished the fire. Sierra Madre, the office which was attacked, published a weekly supplement covering the parties and social events of local residents. On July 10, assailants fired assault rifles and grenades at two other El Norte office in Monterrey. (Aljazeera)

The Independent goes to trial for libellous stories

Lord Ashcroft is suing The Independent , its then editor, Roger Alton, and journalist Stephen Foley over two articles it published appeared on 19 and 20 November, 2009. The pieces appeared some three months after the British Government imposed direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands following a report criticising the governance of the then premier, Michael Misick. Lord Ashcroft claims that the stories mean that he was participating in corrupt activities involving Mr Misick, who has been accused of benefiting from improper sales of Crown land and taking bribes from developers. He also claims that the second article contained an additional accusation that he told a "blatant lie" in an attempt to cover up his conduct. The defendants are pleading Reynolds privilege for responsible journalism on a matter of public interest, as well as justification and honest comment. (Press Gazette)

Newsgathering ‘revolutionised’ at KM Group by iPhones and SoundCloud

KM Group's local news desks across Kent use iPhones and SoundCloud to provide audio, video and copy for the publisher's news sites, local radio stations and newspapers. It added the SoundCloud audio recording app so that "all reporters need to do is hit the orange button", - Martin Jefferies, chief reporter for Kent Online said. Reporters then upload the recorded interview to SoundCloud using the "private" option and the audio is available immediately for the Kent Online, its radio stations and the print journalists based in the newsrooms across the county. The KM Group news desks are also shooting video using the iPhone. Jefferies said that for planned pieces they use a more professional camera, tripod and boom microphone, but reporters use the iPhone to film breaking news, shooting from three or four different camera angles. (Journalism.co.uk)

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