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Monday, March 22, 2010
Online news headlines copyright fight goes on
The Newspaper Licensing Agency is facing a lengthy battle with press
cuttings agency Meltwater over the use of aggregated online headlines
after the Copyright Tribunal decided to mount a full investigation.
A preliminary hearing was held by the tribunal on 25 February, with the
results published on Friday in which the tribunal set the time-frame for
a full trial looking into the issue. That hearing is now set for
February 2011. The NLA estimates that charges for aggregated news headlines could be
worth around GBP 1m a year to the UK newspaper industry. But this
case could have much wider implications for the conduct of news
aggregators, such as Google News, which will be a major issue as news
producers increasingly seek to defend their own rights to charge for
content. The NLA issued nearly 200 licences for the use of aggregated news
headlines from newspaper publishers at the start of this year. But it
has suspended taking the money for the licences pending the outcome of
this case. Meltwater has objected to the charge for the licence, of GBP 10,000 a year,
saying that if all the sources it took news headlines from worldwide
charged such a fee it would be liable for fees of GBP 25m. The fee relates to the headlines and short text extracts from online
newspaper stories, with hypertext links, which Meltwater sends out to
its paying clients. Press cuttings agencies and the PR industry already pay the Newspaper
Licensing Agency fees which are worth GBP 20m a year to the newspaper
industry for reproducing articles in full. Meltwater believes fees
shouldn't apply for the headlines and short story extracts which it
takes.
(Press Gazette)
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Reporting Development: Handbook links Central Europe to developing world
EJC’s media development team has just published a handbook for reporters from Central Europe, covering development issues around the world. As they move from beneficiaries to donors, Central Europeans are now looking to the global level.
There is a growing sense that people are more connected than ever: from trade and tourism to environment, health epidemics and international crime.
“Here the role of journalists is vital,” co-author Oliver Wates said. “Their readers, listeners and viewers need to know why people are poor, what can be done to improve their situation, which aid policies are effective and what types of policy changes are needed to help the most vulnerable. It is up to well-informed, creative journalists to find ways of engaging them.”
The book can be downloaded here in PDF format.
Posted on March 12, 2010 by EJC
Filed under news, development.
EJC invites 120 journalists to cover the EU neighbourhood
Looking to pay a visit next door? A new series of eight press briefings will facilitate European journalists to report stories from countries neighbouring the EU. The events will kick-off in Brussels with one-day of preparation followed by an intensive three-day study tour in one of the selected countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
The programmes will feature meetings, on-site visits and panels with a wide range of sources offering useful background information and discussing newsworthy topics. The main EU policy at work, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), will be put under the spotlight together with other relevant focus themes.
All media categories are qualified for participation (print, TV, radio and online). The EJC will select 15 reporters specialised in covering foreign / EU affairs for each briefing, prioritising first-time applicants.
This initiative is financially backed by the European Commission.
More information about the briefings can be found in the online leaflet.
Interested journalists are invited to apply online at ejcseminars.eu.
Posted on February 19, 2010 by EJC
Filed under news, seminars.
EJC announces Round 3 of TH!NK ABOUT IT blogging competition
Internationally renowned blogging competition seeks enthusiastic journalists, bloggers, students and experts! TH!NK3: Developing World is the latest in the European Journalism Centre’s TH!NK ABOUT IT blogging series and will feature some 100 participants from 27 EU member states, neighbourhood countries and beyond, as they track sustainable development efforts and global cooperation initiatives around the world.
The third round of TH!NK blogging competition will be launched with a kick-off event on 22-23 March in Brussels.
Participation in TH!NK3: Developing World includes travel opportunities to Asia, Africa and New York City, where TH!NKers will report on development issues from on the ground!
Sign Up today: thinkaboutit.eu or contact info@thinkaboutit.eu for more information.
Non-European applications: 19th February 2010
European applications: 28th February 2010
The EJC has received additional support for the TH!NK3: Developing World launch event from the European Commission.
Posted on February 9, 2010 by EJC
Filed under news, blogging, events.
EJC joins press freedom consortium
Five Dutch nonprofit organisations have joined together to strengthen press freedom around the world. The partnership, called Press Freedom 2.0, includes World Press Photo, European Journalism Centre, European Partnership for Democracy, People on a Mission and Free Voice.
The EJC joined the Press Freedom 2.0 consortium to help build local professional journalism capacity, raise ethical standards and improve media literacy in developing countries.
Each Dutch development organisation involved has worldwide networks, which can now be linked. The resulting collaborative climate will be the best possible environment for the sustainable strengthening of independent media on a local level.
Press Freedom 2.0 also wishes to amplify the voices of minorities, women and children in local news spaces.
In recent months, the alliance has been working intensely with dozens of local partners in the global south on a 34m euro grant request to work in that area.
Posted on December 9, 2009 by EJC
Filed under development.
EU4Journalists now in Croatian and Turkish
The EJC is pleased to announce that the main content of the EU4Journalists website is now available in Croatian and Turkish.
Our goal is to help journalists cover the EU, whether they are based in Brussels, candidate countries or elsewhere. We provide essential information about how the EU works, as well as contact details of EU press officers.
Our dossiers give a solid background on EU policy areas and links throughout the site help users find the latest developments. We try to use as little jargon as possible, making the site especially useful for reporters covering unfamiliar subjects in a hurry.
EU4Journalists will always be a work in progress. New elements, including changes made under the Lisbon Treaty, are added and old ones removed on a regular basis. Please check the weekly video podcast on the homepage for the latest EU agenda.
Posted on December 4, 2009 by EJC
Filed under projects, website.
Covering the Crisis: Every angle covered
Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi, financial futurist Bernard Lietaer and former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen lead the programme for Covering the Crisis, the EJC Interface conference on the role of the media in the financial crisis.
This event also features a cartoon exhibit on the financial crisis by Kevin ‘Kal’ Kallaugher, the editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine. The two-day event takes place on 9 and 10 November in Brussels. Click here for more.
Posted on November 2, 2009 by EJC
Filed under events.
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German regulators consider micromanaging news on commercial TV
German media regulators could do many things: crusade for quality in commercial programming in general, go after violations of human dignity in the media more effectively, step up their efforts in media education, and become strong advocates of net neutrality and open access to information as well as technology. But micro-managing news in private television, as considered in a position paper earlier this month, would mean missing out once more on an opportunity to modernise German media regulation.
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As journalism evolves, so must journalism training organisations.
“There is the need to be nimble, to be working on a variety of strands in order to meet the desire for learning,” said Stephen Buckley, a former international correspondent who presently serves as interim dean of the Poynter Institute.
Indeed, as working reporters and editors scramble to expand their professional proficiencies – learning to create content for smart phones, for example – training organisations are trying to meet their needs.
The Fifth Estate, a growing group of attention workers who are not professional journalists, also clamours for training. They are people like the owner of Captain Al’s, who came to Poynter to discover ways he can use online publishing to improve his business.
“Journalism skills and values are the core that people have come to know and expect from us,” said Karen Dunlap, president of the Poynter Institute.
“Increasingly we’re hearing from folks who may or may not be not interested in traditional journalism skills and values but do want to know how to discover the power a blog can bring to a business or how to ask more effective questions.”
Both groups are served with NewsU, an e-learning platform offering skill-specific training to journalists and Fifth Estate attention workers.
Howard Finberg, who worked as a newsroom manager, lecturer and independent consultant in Chicago and San Francisco before joining Poynter, launched NewsU in 2005.
As it exists today, NewsU affords any journalist anywhere a chance to improve her skill sets, provided she is proficient in the English language. But Poynter is working with the ICFJ to translate some of these into Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese. Its first non-English courses will be in Persian and geared to Iranian reporters.
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