At times it seems like every newspaper is rushing headlong into video. So this posting by Mindy McAdams is well-timed. It offers video clips in Flash of a panel discussion about video on newspaper websites. The participants, including Chet Rhodes from WashingtonPost.com and Regina McCombs from the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, explain their approach to video, show examples and tackle issues of training and workflow. As an extra enticement, the

Online video is set to grow and grow, according to a report by ABI Research. It predicts that the number of people watching video content over the Internet will triple to nearly 1 billion by 2012. ABI Research says “this growth will create a demand for new and evolved monetization models that will help create a multi-billion dollar industry in coming years”. This will hearten news organisations such as The

The World Journalism Education Congress held at the end of June in Singapore issued a declaration of principles laying out a framework for the teaching of journalism. Some 27 associations across the world signed up to the document (PDF link). It seeks to position journalism education “a balance of conceptual, philosophical and skills-based content” and as “an academic field in its own right with a distinctive body of knowledge and

While Facebook has been attracting the headlines recently and had the chattering classes talking, MySpace has quietly been growing in the UK. Figures from Nielsen/Net Ratings showed that MySpace had 6.5m unique UK visitors in May 2007. This compares to 3.96m for Bebo and 3.2m for Facebook. But there is a twist. MySpace may be leading the way in visitor numbers, but its social networking rivals are proving to be

The idea of a personalised new service has been long debated by journalists. A newspaper is built on the notion of providing a generic news package, whereas the web offers the ability to create what Nicholas Negroponte called “The Daily Me“. News organisations have different appoaches to the concept of a virtual daily newspaper customized for the individual tastes. Yahoo and Google both hand over a significant amount of editorial

At a meet-up of members of the Online News Association in London on Thursday, BBC News website technology editor Darren Waters offered an insight into its recent project to test on-demand video. Many might assume that the BBC, as an unrivalled TV and radio broadcaster, would have plenty of video to offer online. This pilot set out to investigate what kind of video worked best online, moving away from the

There is a wealth of detail in the 156-page annual report from the BBC, together with the 56-page report by its supervising body, the BBC Trust. As someone who spent 16 years as a BBC journalist, and as one of the founding members of the BBC News website in 1997, I have a keen interest in how the corporation is doing. Neither document devotes much space to the BBC News

One of the big issues for traditional media is how much money can be generated from the internet. The BBC is looking to boost its income by taping into the international popularity of its key online properties, such as BBCNews.com. A decision on whether to place ads on the news site is due in September. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC has shied away from saying how much

Following the unfolding story of the recent terror attacks in the UK, it is striking how much of the photos and video of the events came from the public. TV reports of the attack on Glasgow airport were dominated by shaky footage of the burning Jeep taken by a member of the public and sent to news organisations. The BBC alone received more than 70 photographs and videos of the