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From newsroom to blogosphere – the sexism goes on
Report by Alex Klaushofer. Where are all the women? That was the question behind an NUJ fringe meeting at last week’s TUC women’s conference. A wide range of women gathered from all sections of the media. Shadow media minister Helen Goodman, citing the coalition government’s plans to relieve Ofcom of the duty to promote equal [...] -
Moving to a new beat – online music tutorials flourish after band bookings bomb
Case study by Tim Dawson Two-and-a-half years after fully focusing on producing online bass-guitar tutorials, Paul Wolfe is earning around £70,000 a year from his business. Approximately 500 subscribers pay $127 annual subscription for his weekly magazine and instructive video, other eBook products sell hundreds of copies at prices generally between $100 and $200. Indeed, so confident [...] -
Light-weight content is key factor in podcast’s success
Case study by Tim Dawson The Outdoors Station, whose podcasts have been downloaded more than 2 million times, was born out of Bob Cartwright’s frustration with shop assistants. Searching for specialist equipment for backpacking, he found that retail staff rarely knew the products they were selling and could offer little by way of specialist advice. [...] -
C4′s Snow appeals for snow news from citizen journos
Covering the chaos at Heathrow on this evening’s Channel 4 news, Jon Snow has appealed for passengers inside the airport to send footage and pix to the programme. Accredited journalists have been banned from filming inside the airport, which is owned by private operator BAA. Snow described the decision as a ‘deliberate policy’ to prevent [...] -
Shott – in the dark
Nicholas Shott’s report into the feasibility of new local television services in the UK envisages ten or twelve stations that initially piggyback on terrestrial television services. Until the arrival of universal high-speed broadband, Shott anticipates two hours per night of local content that could be accessed from the programme guide or a ‘yellow button’. It [...] -
Small-screen western – myCornwall.tv broadcasts hyperlocally
The pitch for local, internet television is easy to make. Regional tv has always addressed vast geographic footprints few of which have any emotional resonance to viewers. And we are now used to consuming tv and video via the internet. With many new televisions linking directly to the internet, the viability of local broadband broadcasting is [...] -
STV rolls out local news sites across Scotland
STV Local is among the UK’s most ambitious attempts yet to create a network of local, internet-based news services. The independent television franchise holder for Scotland aims to create up to 120 community-based news sites. Six pilots have been running since September and the company intends to launch six to nine new sites a month, and promises a [...] -
Government details plans for local TV
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to take another step in realising the government’s vision of a network of local TV stations today. Hunt, who has yet to convince the industry that there will be sufficient advertising revenue to fund the initiative, is to lay out his plans in a speech to the Royal Television Society.