January 2008 Archives
Journa-list
I've just stumbled upon journa-list, an interesting site that is intended to help members of the public find out more about UK journalists, what they write about, and who they write for. Type in a writer's name and read off what the site can find out about them: it gives you their most recent article, previous articles, and the topics they mention most. All very ingenious. I notice it says about me that I have "fewer bylined articles than the average journalist". It's true, too, especially when the survey is based on a survey of only 15 sites. Nice name for the site, too. I wonder how they thought of it?
Watch your step
The Press Complaints Commission, which organises self-regulation of the press in the UK, has a special site for its Editors' Code Of Practice Committee, where you can find a downloadable pdf of the Editors' Codebook. This is a detailed guide to the code and how it works in practice, including lots of examples of successful and unsuccessful complaints. Interesting and useful.Â
