BEGINS the Scotland office of the National Union of Journalists, in an announcement: “The NUJ in Scotland, in conjunction with the University of Strathclyde, is conducting a pilot study into the scale of the problem of cyberbullying the media with a view to carrying out further research.
“The aim of the survey through a short questionnaire is to gain an indication of the scale of the problem of cyberbullying the media, the impact on members, the need for support mechanisms for journalists affected and their effectiveness where they are already in place.”
Click to view the questionnaire, here.
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BEGINS Karen Boyle, chair in Feminist Media Studies at the University of Stirling: “This summer, Katharine Viner will become the 12th editor of The Guardian – and the first woman to edit the paper. That the announcement of her appointment on March 20 didn’t mention her age, marital status or appearance was almost as notable as her achievement itself.
“Research has long shown that the news media report on a world in which men outnumber women in almost all occupational categories – with the exceptions of homemaker (72 per cent female) and student (54 per cent female).
“Women in the news are identified by their family status four times as often as men – and by age almost twice as often. When a woman is interviewed, it is most likely to be as an ‘ordinary’ person speaking about her personal experiences: 80 per cent of experts quoted in news stories are male.”
Read more, here, on The Conversation website.
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A VIDEO celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has been made by the orchestra’s near neighbours, Glasgow-based creative agency, 999.
Take a look…
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A COMMUNICATIONS manager is being sought by Young Scot – as advertised here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board and repeated on the dedicated twitter feed, allmediajobs.
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BEGINS an announcement from BBC Scotland: “BBC Scotland is producing a new tranche of programming in the four-year season to mark the centenary of World War One, including television series on the profound impact of the conflict on Scotland and the country’s role in the naval campaign.
“An one-off documentary on Britain’s deadliest ever rail crash at Quintinshill near Gretna, which claimed the lives of many Scottish soldiers on their way to the front line, will also be shown.
“The latest round of programming for television, radio and online follows on from a range of content such as the Machine Gun and Skye’s Band of Brothers and Pipers of the Trenches, which were shown last year.”
Read more, here.
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THE Scots media, post indref? Stephen Angus Peter Junor, in www.the-newshub.com, considers…
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BEGINS The Scotsman, regarding yesterday’s financial results from its publishers, Johnston Press (as noted here): “Media group Johnston Press, publisher of The Scotsman, has hailed strong growth in its digital revenues after posting its second consecutive rise in annual operating profits.
“The firm also secured a five-year ‘multi-million-pound’ deal to print titles for Express Newspapers at its site near Sheffield.
“Underlying operating profits at the Edinburgh-based group, which also owns the Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland on Sunday and a host of websites, rose 2.8 per cent to £55.5 million for the year to 3 January, while net debt fell to £184.6m – down from £302m a year earlier.”
Read more, here.
And The Herald’s reporting of the figures begins: “Johnston Press has reported a sharp rise in underlying pre-tax profit and a slowing decline in revenues, and says it is getting closer to reaching a ‘digital tipping-point’ where new revenues replace old ones.
“The Edinburgh-based business raised £360million last year to reduce its financing costs and had reduced debt from £302m to £185m by the end of 2014.”
Read more, here.
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