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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Journalism agenda: “Twitter and Google are reportedly allying (against Facebook “Instant Articles”
Google and Twitter are joining the growing group of tech companies looking to optimize publishers’ content for mobile devices. This fall, the two companies are planning an launching an open-source product that’s similar to Facebook’s Instant Articles, Recode’s Peter Kafka and Mark Bergen reported Friday:
The idea, according to multiple sources, is that Twitter users or Google search users who click on a link while using their phones will see full articles pop up on their screens almost immediately, instead of having to wait several seconds.
Report: Google and Twitter teaming up for their own ‘Instant Articles’
Facebook isn’t the only tech company that wants to deliver #content to its users instantly.
At the very moment that critical independent media are needed most in Turkey, we are witnessing a renewed crackdown on media freedom.
A new tool from The Times of London lets you easily detect and capture quotes from a video
Surfacing the latest Donald Trump gem from a long, rambling video to share it in a story can be a chore. A new tool from The Times of Londoncalled quickQuote, recently open sourced, allows users to upload a video, search for and select words and sentences from an automatically generated transcription of that video, and then embed the chosen quote with the accompanying video excerpt into any article.
The hyperlocal news landscape may be bad in the U.S., but the U.K. faces even bigger challenges
It’s tough times for local news in the U.S. But things are worse in the U.K., according to a report released Wednesday. U.K. hyperlocal sites have received much less funding than U.S. hyperlocal sites, while facing all the same problems — newspaper closures, the growth of Facebook and Google as news sources — that local news does this side of the Atlantic.
When I think Twitter, I think “work”; when I think Facebook, I think “home,” or “work distraction.” I’m not alone in this: Journalists love Twitter. A quarter of Twitter’s verified users are journalists or media outlets, and a 2014 survey found that more than half of U.S. journalists use Twitter as their main social media reporting tool.
When Beacon launched in 2013, its founders saw a lot of promise in subscriptions and paywalls. Readers would pay $5 a month for access to about a dozen stories each week, with about 60 percent of that amount going to one “favorite” writer and the rest split among a network of 28 writers.
The journalist’s guide to drones over (or crashing into) stadiums
In the past week, two drones have crashed into two separate stadiums in the U.S.— the first at the U.S. Open in New York, the second at a University of Kentucky football game. They’re unlikely to be the last, given that more and more drones are sold every day to people who don’t understand the rules and that sporting events attract all kinds of attention.
It’s likely that reporters are going to have to cover these events again in the future. So here’s what you need to know.
Assange would publish drone attack info
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the whistleblowing group hasn’t published anything to assist the Islamic State group (IS) but he would “absolutely” publish leaked information on drone attacks into Syria if offered it. The 44-year-old Australian …
Julian Assange: I would publish information about RAF drone strikes in SyriaHerald Scotland
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: I would publish information about RAF drone …Glasgow Evening Times
The New York Times, troubled (but possibly reforming?) megastar Justin Bieber, electronic music producer Skrillex, and DJ/impresario Diplo recently became unlikely collaborators in a recent video feature about the making of the hit song“Where Are Ü Now.” The eight-minute video, which accompanies a 1,600-word piece by Jon Pareles, features interviews with the three artists explaining how the various sounds in the song were created and later pieced together. As the song itself plays in the background, visualizations in the form of colorful geometric shapes and lines run down the left and right sides of the screen, pulsing to the beat of the song.
After major budget cuts, a revenue model under threat of disruption, and a questioning of its place in a digital world, the BBC is planning an ambitious reorganization that will send staffers and content to local newspapers around the U.K. The proposal creates what BBC director general Tony Hall calls an “open BBC” that will see the broadcaster hire 100 new reporters to work with local newspapers and develop a centralized hub for sharing content and data.
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- EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative… a Cyberculture roundup…
- Journalism roundup: At least 66 journalists were killed in 2014 … Crowdsourcing the future of news…
- Cyberculture agenda: UK Tribunal Declares NSA’s Data-Sharing with British Intel Illegal …Adidas is the first major brand to use Twitter’s Group DM for marketing…
- Cyberculture agenda: Youtube is 10…
- Journalism agenda: “London attacks changed the news: The value of the witness
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Monday, September 7, 2015
In the anniversary of Istanbul pogrom, Hürriyet Daily attacked by a mob including an AKP deputy…
A group of people attacked and broke the glasses of the building of Hürriyet Daily by shouting slogans in favour of the President Erdoğan and soldiers who died during conflicts.
Daily Hürriyet’s Istanbul headquarters was attacked by around 150 pro-government protesters early Sept. 7, hours after a deadly terrorist attack in Turkey’s southeast
Daily Hürriyet’s Istanbul headquarters was pelted with stones by a group of pro-AKP supporters early on Sept. 7 in an attack described by the newspaper’s editor-in-chief as ‘a black page in Turkey’s democratic history’
A group of representatives from several minority advocate groups gathered on Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Istanbul pogrom, anti-Greek riots in Sept. 6 and 7 in 1955 that left 15 people dead, many others injured and a large number of Greek homes and buildings looted
Turkey’s nationalist leader has joined condemnation of a vandalism attack at the headquarters of Hürriyet daily newspaper, calling it “very awful.”
Interior Minister Selami Altınok has vowed that ‘no concession will be given regarding principles of the rule of law and public order,’ speaking about the violent attack on the headquarters of daily Hürriyet in Istanbul
HDP delegation explained 7 people died in two days and some quarters had neither electricity nor water and the hospital had only one doctor, in Cizre.
The Turkish Lira hit new lows against the U.S. dollar early Sept. 7, due to concern over Turkey’s worsening security situation, after Kurdish militants carried out one of their deadliest bomb attacks on Turkish troops in years
The Kurdish problem-focused HDP has offered its condolences over the killing of an undisclosed number of Turkish soldiers on Sept. 6 in a major attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari conducted by the outlawed PKK, while it reiterated its call for a mutual silencing of arms
Turkey’s two major opposition parties have called on the government to disclose number of casualties in an attack against Turkish soldiers launched on Sept. 6 by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A HDP deputy, who entered Şırnak’s Cizre district, where a curfew has been in place since Sept. 4, said two young people were killed in clashes with security forces
A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Diyarbakır province was detained Sept. 6 by the police for the second time, Netherland official news agency ANP has reported
An academic who became known as the “woman in red” during the outset of the Gezi Park uprising in 2013 has applied to the Constitutional Court on grounds her rights had been violated
The number of cases filed against journalists has increased with a criminal investigation launched against daily Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı and a legal case filed against daily Bugün columnist Yavuz Baydar for allegedly defaming President Erdoğan
A conversation with Turkish voters on the political uncertainty reeling their country.
Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury ‘in good spirits’, but Turkey-based colleague Mohammed Ismael Rasool remains in custody
Two British journalists arrested in Turkey on terror charges are in “good health and spirits” after arriving back in the UK, their employer Vice News said.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has reiterated his criticism towards United Nations Security Council permanent member states of being irrelevant to the crisis in Syria and Iraq, stressing it was the neighboring countries of Iraq and Syria which have paid the price of those crises
The head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has said vowed not to give in to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of the Nov. 1 elections
Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a petition to Turkey’s top election body regarding electoral security, as Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu dismissed claims of postponement of the early elections scheduled for Nov. 1.
‘If only you had not put to sea so that we could host you in our country,’ President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told the father of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian Kurdish boy who drowned on way to Europe, triggering a global outcry.
Related posts:
- As more blood spilled, nationalist MHP leans towards AKP for a war government…
- Despite 2 pro-Kurdish members, Turkey’s first election gov’t dominated by AKP…
- Turkey’s war with media goes beyond borders, BBC accused of ‘openly supporting terrorism’
- November snap poll announced while “Civilian entry blocked in 127 eastern Turkish zones since early June…
- Oh he is upset in Batman, not all citizens like the President… #TurkeyElections
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Monday, August 31, 2015
13 scandals of restoration from Turkey… A social fabric roundup…
The “SpongeBob” castle in Istanbul has rekindled debate on Turkey’s failure to protect heritage sites. Click through to see 13 sites across Turkey, destroyed due to erroneous restorations
In photos: 25 hilarious reactions to the tourist beating Turkish shopkeepers
‘If this tourist forms a political party, I’m voting for him,’ said a Turkish social media user on Aug. 26, prasing the Irish-Kuwaiti man who beat around 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul
todayszaman.com – Aug 28
The Milliyet newspaper has fired two columnists and five correspondents who had become known for writing reports that were critical of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. Columnist Mehveş Evin, who was fired by the daily
The leading country in marine and port projects in the world, the Netherlands, will be a model for Turkey’s ports within an environmentally-friendly Green Port implementation
A former vet tech from the U.S. has adopted a golden retriever from Turkey by the efforts of the rescue organization Adopt a Golden Atlanta (AGA), the U.S. media has reported on Aug. 30
The doyen of Turkish archaeology, Professor Halet Çambel, who died on Jan. 12 last year aged 98, was honored by Google with a doodle for her birthday on Aug. 27
The lawyer of a Kuwait-born Irish tourist who was captured on video taking on 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul has said his client plans to sue the assailants
Restored castle in Turkey looks to some like the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Catastrophic rain that killed eight people in the Black Sea region of Artvin has revealed an illegal dumping site, as floodwater dragged piles of garbage towards the coast.
Related posts:
- Turkey towards a police state with the proposed security bill AS the government attempts to confiscate Bank Asya…
- November snap poll announced while “Civilian entry blocked in 127 eastern Turkish zones since early June…
- Erkan also quoted: BBC Trending: “Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online…
- #TurkeyElections- HDP co-chair mocks Erdoğan’s nationwide inaugurations… Main opposition CHP’s election truck towed away in Erzurum…
- Unexpected move from Constitutional Court, probably hurts Erdoğan’s ambitions: “Turkish court blocks school closures
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Nov 1, General Election Timetable Announced; polls show AKP still short of votes to form government alone…
Timetable of general elections which will be held on November 1st has been announced.
Poll shows Turkey’s AKP short of votes needed to form government alone
Ruling AKP is seen falling short of the votes needed to form a single-party gov’t in a snap election on Nov. 1 with 41.7 percent of votes, up from 40.9 percent in the June election
The President Erdoğan has formally requested AKP Leader Davutoğlu to form an interim Council of Ministers as Prime Minister.
Daily Hürriyet cartoonist Latif Demirci imagines the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, as the former handed over the mandate to form an interim government
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has ignored the results of the June 7 election and Turkey, for first time in its political history, will go to early elections because parties failed to form a government, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy chairman Haluk Koç said on Aug. 25
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said he is confident that none of his party’s deputies will accept being a part of an interim pre-election cabinet headed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP), speaking at a press conference in Ankara on Aug. 25
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will be part of the election government, HDP spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen has said, a reiteration of the party’s willingness after negotiations failed to form a coalition government during the 45-day legal period after the parliamentary election in early June
Turkey PM appointed to form interim government in run-up to election
Ahmet Davutoğlu has five days to form a temporary cabinet to oversee a new poll in November after coalition talks fail
The top election authority has finally set Nov. 1 as the exact date for Turkey’s early elections, with its head stating that it took “seasonal conditions” into consideration
The opposition’s criticism of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) way of handling failed coalition talks has put its leader, incumbent Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, on the defensive, as he fiercely defended his self-made roadmap to form an interim power-sharing government
Turkey’s president appoints PM Ahmet Davutoglu to head an interim administration ahead of polls on 1 November.
PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan called on the Turkish army not to participate in Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) “war games.” Kalkan said, “Absolutely no strikes or attacks will be initiated against them by us [PKK].”
Mourners slam Erdoğan, Turkish gov’t at funeral ceremonies for slain soldiers
A lieutenant colonel’s angry rebuke during the funeral ceremony for his soldier brother has been added to the increasing number of protests by mourners accusing President Erdoğan and the government over the spike in violence ahead of early elections in Turkey.
With the Black Sea province of Artvin suffering floods after disastrous rain and landslides that killed eight people, experts believe the many hydroelectric power plants being constructed in the area and clogged culverts triggered the deadly phenomenon
Gendarmerie command is set to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the lieutenant colonel who blasted senior politicians during the funeral ceremony of his killed soldier brother
Related posts:
- He is not supposed to be the one to negotiate for coalition but still cites red lines…
- Elections for parliament speaker continues while Turkey’s presidential office plays logical games to justify ISIS
- Unexpected move from Constitutional Court, probably hurts Erdoğan’s ambitions: “Turkish court blocks school closures
- Coalition talks as slow as possible, while “Turkish PM orders local party HQs to be ready for possible snap election
- Turkey’s new Major General was acquitted of unidentified murders of 13 villagers…
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