The US embassy cables: to publish or not to publish?In the latest WikiLeaks US embassy cables dump, a variety of news organisations — think Le Monde, the NY Times, The Guardian etc — all got first dibs on the documents. The Wall Street Journal declined the offer. Here’s why.
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2010 Andrew Olle Lecture: Guardian ed Alan Rusbridger
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian gave this year’s prestigious Andrew Olle Lecture. He spoke about the splintering of the Fourth Estate, how the media is currently experiencing its own vicious case of “the bends”, which will be the end of the media as we know it.
The story behind the Afghan War Diary story
For the first time, WikiLeaks actually leaked its Afghan War Diary to major news sources — The Guardian, NY Times etc — in advance, so as to maximise media coverage. CJR explains how the deal was done.
The ten pound pom who became PM: The Guardian profiles Gillard
The Guardian indulges in some “local girl comes good!” reporting of Australia’s new PM Julia Gillard, even having a chat to her Aunt Mildred about a lost teddy bear.
The Guardian praises Fraser: an “antipodean Jimmy Carter”
The Guardian’s editorial is an ode to Malcolm Fraser quitting the Libs, calling him “a force for moderate good sense” and noting that dull leaders can make fine national elders.
UK election: so just who are these Liberal Democrats?
The Guardian has broken with tradition to endorse the Liberal Democrats at the upcoming UK election. This makes it all the more important to understand who the Lib Dems are and where they come from.
Inside the Guardian‘s editorial election meeting
The UK’s Guardian appears to be crowdsourcing everything these days, but it has gone one step further: giving readers a say in its election lead line. Go inside the ensuing editorial meeting for a rare peek at how the news narrative is created.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: witnessing the KGB takeover of London media
Today, the UK Office of Fair Trading said that it will not investigate the proposed takeover of The Independent newspaper by Alexander Lebedev, billionaire and former global economics operative for the KGB, writes Guy Rundle.
Climategate: The Book, written by you
The Guardian is taking crowd-sourcing to a new level: publishing the manuscript for its new book about the hacked climate change emails and asking readers to help write, edit and “peer review” the tome. Great idea or total gimmick?
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Guardian grid ups the ante while Rupert gets the sheets
As News Ltd boasts unironically of its “new era of profitability” for its clunky websites, The Guardian has just upped the pace, with the launch of its new “zeitgeist” interface.
Crikey Says: Help Crikey dig through the political donations data
Every January, Crikey pres over the AEC’s annual political donations data to see what we can dig up. This year, we want your help.
More dodgy IPCC claims?
The IPCC faced a fresh round of criticism in the British media over the weekend, with revelations of more spurious sources and that its chief, Rajendra Pachauri, may have known about the false claims before Copenhagen.
Simons: Apple’s thingamajig won’t be the new answer
Apple has promised to transform the reading of newspapers and periodicals, but exactly how remains under wraps. Will the company’s new i-thingy and its competitors really change the game?
Ramadge: We did not pull out of Copenhagen editorial
It wasn’t that The Age dropped their plans to run the climate change editorial published by 56 newspapers across the world, it always was going to write its own localised editorial, says editor-in-chief Paul Ramadge.
Crikey Says: One message echoes across the world’s front pages
As Copenhagen kicks off today, Crikey will be arguing over the politics and the approach on climate change. But there’s no arguing with the fact that climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to every single nation on earth.
Twitter kills the Guardian gag
An oil trading firm’s attempt to gag London’s Guardian newspaper from reporting on toxic waste it dumped in west Africa has been thwarted by a surge of social media outrage.
Guardian: We’ve been gagged from reporting Parliament
The UK’s Guardian newspaper says it has been censored from reporting on Parliamentary proceedings, after a gag order was placed on the details of a question to be asked later this week in Parliament.
Guardian apologises to its subbies: OK, you’re journalists, too
The Guardian has retracted the line “journalists and subeditors are not expected to be multilingual” in a recent article, after it presumably caused offense to the paper’s subs. “Subeditors are journalists” said the paper after changing the line to “reporters and subeditors”.
Guardian recreates Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath
The Guardian are recreating the Route 66 journey from John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, to examine the differences in this modern day Depression, where Mexicans have become the new Okies and suspicion of government is high.
newspaper death watch Guardian’s Observer on the chopping block
With finances plumbing new lows, the Guardian Media Group is considering closing its iconic Sunday paper The Observer after 218 years of publication in favour of a new magazine published on a Thursday.
Guardian winning the online tweet-war
Stories from The Guardian have been tweeted 328,288 times over the last four months — head-and-shoulders above any other British newspaper site. Just what are they doing so right?
Why investigative journalism needs … investigating
The really shocking aspect of the News International phone hacking revelations is that they have appeared in public, argues Crikey publisher Eric Beecher. The cat is out of the bag.
Guardian declares war on News International
Under the wily hand of editor Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian has obviously decided to roast News International slowly, writes Alex Mitchell from London.
What News won’t tell you about their hush-money payout
Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases over journalists’ involvement in criminal methods to dig dirt on politicians and celebrities. Don’t expect to read about it in The Oz…
Revealed: Murdoch papers paid £1m to keep phone-hacked victims quiet
A Guardian exclusive: News Group Newspapers have paid out-of-court settlements to cover up journalists’ “repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.”
