Joel Gunter
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Gunter is currently sub-editor at Journalism.co.uk.
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Neville Thurlbeck reinforces idea of ‘wilful blindness’ at News International
Neville Thurlbeck, the former News of the World chief reporter who was the intended recipient of the so-called “for Neville” email, has reinforced the accusation of “wilful blindness” levelled against News International executives by MPs on the culture, media and sport select committee.
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Romenesko resigns from Poynter over attribution complaint
One of the most high-profile US media bloggers, Jim Romenesko, has resigned his post at media standards non-profit Poynter after questions were raised about his use of verbatim quotes.
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Index: Take action to end impunity
This coming 23 November will be the second anniversary of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the Phillippines, in which 34 journalists were murdered during election related violence in the country.
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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: Using Facebook, Twitter and Storify for political coverage
Free online tools and social networks are being used around the world in journalism, from students to startups to national news organisations.
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Guardian: Court of protection should be open to media, says leading judge
The processes of England’s most private court should be opened up to public and media scrutiny, the head of the court of protection Sir Nicholas Wall has said in an interview with the Guardian.
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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: making Twitter @ replies public
This may seem like an obvious one for a lot of experienced Twitter users, but it seems like a lot of journalists still don’t know about that dot you sometimes see at the start of a tweet, before someone’s handle.
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Guardian: Number of possible phone hacking victims close to 5,800, say police
The number of possible phone hacking victims is now close to 5,800, the Met police have confirmed.
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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: timing your Facebook posts
In Journalism. co. uk’s tech podcast tomorrow, Sarah Marshall will be looking at social media optimisation. Before that, here are some tips from PageLever’s Jeff Widman on Mashable for timing your Facebook posts to reach the largest number of people.
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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: reporting from court using Twitter
Developments in technology often outpace those in legislation, and live reporting from court through Twitter can add extra legal pitfalls to an already sensitive reporting job.
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Steven Morris: How I tweeted the Vincent Tabak trial
The Guardian’s Steven Morris has an insightful post up today on how he went about tweeting from the trial of Vincent Tabak for the murder of Joanna Yeates.
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