THE journalism website, pressgazette.co.uk, has launched an online petition, urging action is taken to ensure that legislation (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) is not used by public authorities to secretly obtain journalists’ phone records and identify confidential sources.
Says pressgazette of its Save Our Sources campaign: “Put simply, if police and other public authorities can secretly obtain journalists’ phone records at will – why would any public sector whistleblower ever contact a journalist by telephone again?”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS the well-known writer, George Monbiot, in The Guardian: “Perhaps the most arresting fact about the Scottish referendum is this: that there is no newspaper – local, regional or national, English or Scottish – that supports independence except the Sunday Herald. The Scots who will vote yes have been almost without representation in the media.”
Read more, here.
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DETAILS of the indyref coverage by Sky News has been unveiled here – in a media release posted on www.allmediascotland.com.
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THE Scottish Sun has today opted for neutrality on its front page today, followed by a leader column inside saying it believes the people of Scotland will make the ‘right decision’.
It prompts a report by Stephen Lepitak on the website of The Drum media and marketing magazine, here, and comment from The Guardian’s media pundit, Roy Greenslade, here.
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BEGINS The Telegraph, yesterday: “There are only two days left until the Scots cast their ballots, and if social media is anything to go by, the och-ayes have it.
“As the day of the Scottish independence referendum nears, closer scrutiny has been paid to polling and social media as proponents of both campaigns clutch at any indicators of which way the vote – still deemed too close to call – could swing.”
Read more, here.
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A REPORTER is being sought by the Greenock Telegraph, as advertised here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board and repeated on the dedicated twitter feed, allmediajobs.
Meanwhile, a news reporter is being sought by the Glasgow-based magazine, The Digger – as advertised here.
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NO doubt, film journalists will be eying up one of the world’s most prestigious jobs in film festival curation, following the announcement yesterday that Chris Fujiwara is stepping down as artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Read more, here, a media announcement issued by the festival.
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THE heading to the article – on The Conversation website – reads: ‘Media bias and the Scottish referendum: BBC gets the blame as usual’.
Begin joint-authors Howard Tumber and Peter Ayton: “As voting day looms for the Scottish referendum to determine independence, accusations of media bias by the BBC in favour of the union are coming thick and fast.”
Both Tumber and Ayton are academics at City University London.
Read more, here.
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SAYS Channel 4 of its coverage tomorrow night of the indyref (and with a focus on first-time 16 and 17-year old voters): “We’re going to publish all of our best content [from the indyref], as well as live updates, via [photo and message service] Snapchat and [messaging service] Whatsapp, from the moment the polls close on Thursday night right up to when the results are announced on Friday morning – ahead of publishing it anywhere else.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “Social network Facebook will introduce the ‘I’m a Voter’ button on Thursday morning to enable Scottish independence referendum voters to declare they have had their say in their country’s future.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS Brian Ferguson, in today’s Scotsman: “Some of the world’s biggest pop stars will be heading to Glasgow in November after being nominated for honours at the MTV Europe Music Awards spectacular being staged in the city.”
Read more, here.
Among other reports on the subject, the Daily Record begins (here): “The 2014 MTV European Music Awards nominations have been announced promising a raft of superstars will be heading to Scotland.”
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