Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman has joined the programme of the World Editors Forum, to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, from 2 to 5 September next, to discuss the paper’s radically restructured news operation in a much anticipated session dedicated to innovations in newsroom organisation.
Jeffrey Heinz has been named vice president of Investor Relations at Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Gracia C. Martore, Gannett president and chief executive officer, announced today. Heinz has served as director of Investor Relations for the company since 2003.
The Axel Springer Academy, Germany’s most modern school of journalism, has launched an online experiment involving hyperlocal journalism: For the first time ever, twenty young journalists place one single street in the focus of their journalistic offerings: Berlin’s Oranienstrasse.
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The President of Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has become the latest head of state to commit to the core principles of a free press after endorsing WAN-IFRA’s Declaration of Table Mountain in Monrovia on Saturday (21 July).
Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG), a local broadcast television and digital media company, today reported 2012 second-quarter operating income of $16.4 million, compared with $6.2 million in the 2011 second quarter. The increase is mostly due to strong Political advertising and higher retransmission fees at the company’s 18 network-affiliated broadcast television stations, and core business displayed good strength as well.
Mikael Pentikäinen, Publisher and Senior Editor-in-chief of the Helsingin Sanomat in Finland, has joined a stellar session on digital innovations at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, which will examine how digital investments are paying off for newspaper companies around the world.
