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Scratch’n’sniff… Err no thanks! | Journalism Update

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Scratch’n’sniff… Err no thanks! Posted on March 8, 2011. It’s back to the lads mags again, and since their bashing in the ABC’s last month,. Magazine is attempting to up their game, in a rather smelly way. Announced today that the April issue of Bizarre will attempt to boost sales by allowing its readers the dubious pleasure of being able to ‘sniff’ the knickers of cover model Natalie Blair, revealing the scent of latex rubber. To add to the ‘appeal’ the exclusive scratch’n’sniff issue of Bizarre, which ...

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Big Issue vendors ‘smarten’ up | Journalism Update

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Big Issue vendors ‘smarten’ up. Posted on April 4, 2011. Sellers are soon to become your news reporters, equipped with smartphones to blog local goings-on on social networking sites like Twitter. Vendors will be encouraged to capture and upload images and audio clips in an attempt to reach a newer and wider audience. At first it sounded odd, but I can understand the concept. Big Issue. So who better to scour our towns for news than the people who are right there in the thick of it, all day, every day?

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Jefferies to sue for damages | Journalism Update

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Jefferies to sue for damages. Posted on April 28, 2011. Chris Jefferies, the landlord of murdered landscape architect Jo Yeates, has launched privacy and libel claims against numerous newspapers for his treatment during the investigation, and rightly so. The former English teacher is suing a string of papers including the Sun. Daily Express, Daily Star and Daily Mirror after receiving huge amounts of media scrutiny when he was arrested in December 2010 on suspicion of murder. The interest of fair trial c...

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Aspiring Journalist? | Journalism Update

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Posted on November 23, 2011. The Independent is looking for young journalists to enter their annual Wyn Harness Prize, a competition dedicated to the late Wyngate Harness, who worked at The Independent for over 20 years. For details on how to apply and more information, visit The Independent. Larr; Jefferies to sue for damages. Is Whitney photo too far? Be the first to start a conversation. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Error:...

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Is Whitney photo too far? | Journalism Update

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Is Whitney photo too far? Posted on February 23, 2012. US magazine The National Enquirer has been criticised today for publishing a photo of Whitney Houston in an open casket on the cover of this week’s issue. The picture was taken at Houston’s private funeral which took place last Saturday under the headline: “Whitney: The Last Photo! And has raised concerns of how the photo was obtained. Many of Houston’s fans are outraged claiming that the photo is a breach of the singer’s privacy. Houston died on 11 ...

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i launch on Saturday | Journalism Update

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I launch on Saturday. Posted on April 21, 2011. Many were dubious when the new concise i appeared on our shelves back in October 2010; it was different to what we had seen before, but the paper has had nothing but success since its launch. Personally I enjoy the daily digestible news it provides, which gives quality news in bitesize portions, easily sloting into a hectic lifestyle, and it appears that I am not alone. Although the figure was boosted by a TV ad campaign, the papers success is mainly due to...

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Be careful what you tweet | Journalism Update

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Be careful what you tweet. Posted on March 16, 2011. A Welsh court has become the first to hand out libel damages relating to a comment posted on Twitter. A councillor from Wales has been ordered to pay a hefty 53000 in damages and costs to a political rival as a result of a tweet containing untrue comments. I understand that in the case above the people involved are in the public interest and the tweet may have altered the result of the election, but aren’t our social network sites a place of freedom of...