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Reuters to change route, from quick to contexted
With almost 3000 employed journalists, Reuters is one of the largest news organisations in the world. Under the direction of BusinessWeek veteran Steve Adler it is set to change direction from fast food style output to more focused, in depth coverage, reports Ken Doctor.
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The best news photos of the year
As the year comes to an end and the “best of” lists begin, check out Reuters pick of its 55 best news photos from 2010, from refugees desperate for food to grieving families at military funerals. Even more fascinating, the photographers explain the stories behind each startling frame.
Reuters delete incriminating bits from Gaza flotilla photos
A Canadian photographer aboard the Mavi Marmara took photos of bloodied Israeli soldiers and a pro-Palestinian protester with a knife and gave them to a Turkish newspaper. But why did Reuters edit the knife out?
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The Wikileaks story that Reuters didn’t want you to see
Two Reuters staffers were killed in the now infamous Wikileaks killings , but the editor in chief of Reuters spiked a story in which the journalist suggested the US military killings were war crimes. Gawker got their hands on it.
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VIDEO: US military slays citizens and journos in Iraq
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video which it says shows the “indiscriminate slaying” of civilians and Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007, on a comprehensive website called Collateral Murder, including a timeline and transcript.
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The full list of approved iPad apps
App Advice has compiled a list of all the apps that will be available when the iPad App Store launches next weekend. So far, the only news app is Reuters Pro, which they have a sneak peak of here.
Read Reuters’ new social media guidelines
News agency Reuters has released a new set of social media guidelines for its staffers: don’t break news on Twitter, don’t reveal your political preferences, and no hacking. Read the full “handbook” here.
Howzat?! AP, Reuters, FP boycott Aussie cricket
News agencies the Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse are refusing to cover Australia’s three-test series against the West Indies in protest over Cricket Australia’s attempts to restrict their coverage of the event.
The science of Chinese whispers gone wrong
It all started when Reuters published a story about the positive cognitive effects of bad moods. Too bad the “study” doesn’t exist and neither does the journal it reportedly comes from, says science blogger Michael Slezak.
Reuters to AP: “stop whining”
Since the AP fell out of favour with the internet over their intention to charge for links and quotes to their content, the president of rival wire agency Reuters seems to have seen a golden opportunity: “I believe in the link economy,” he declares, giving the finger to “whiny” AP. Game on.
The future of newspapers: GlobalPost
A start-up wire service offering foreign news to cash-strapped US mastheads is another sign that the traditional business model for newspapers is finished, writes Glenn Dyer.
Reuters disappears from Australian newspapers
There’s been something different about the ‘world’ section of your newspaper over the last month, writes Eleri Harris.
Briefly Business: China, FBI investigations and the most embarrassing moment of the week
Chinese markets continue to implode … FBI gunning for subprime fraudsters … And most embarrassing moment of the week.
To pay or not to pay: the Fairfax online dilemma
Well done to The Age today for gently undermining sister Fairfax publication, the Australian Financial Review, and for exposing some of the battles being waged in the disputed territory of business online media.
