31 August 2011

"Bill Adair, Editor of Politifact: 'Readers love this kind of accountability journalism'"

He is one of the speakers at the World Editors Forum.

"Facebook's New (New) Privacy Controls" - NYTimes.com

It may be that the conflict between technology and privacy will go on forever?

"It is right to curtail web anonymity" - FT.com

Newspapers have the opportunity to become clearer leaders of this good-sense move.

"WikiLeaks Web Site Crashes" - NYTimes.com

Computer vulnerability is an equal opportunity afflictor.

"Conrad Black on Life in Prison, Maintaining His Innocence, and Why He Blames Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. for His Legal Woes" - Vanity Fair

Who knows, another year Conrad BLACK might have been joining the Congress.

"Karma by the Cup" - NYTimes.com

We'll make sure there is plenty of free coffee at the Congress! In what city of the world does it seem better than in Vienna?

"Christine Lagarde’s Tough Message" - NYTimes.com

We are still hoping to convince Christine LAGARDE to join us at the Congress.

"Phil Bronstein: Should Journalists Get Out of the News?"

We'll be talking about branding at the Congress, and Phil BRONSTEIN raises a point that needs to be included in the discussion. What do we all think of the emerging school of thought that says that reporters ought to be their own brands? Is this over the top or down the tubes?

"Dominican Republic Grows Weary of Haitian Refugees" - NYTimes.com

We are very fortunate to have a Haitian newspaper executive signed up for the Congress. That will give everyone a chance to ask more about the evolving story that is Haiti:

Gerard Luly MEZIDOR Directeur fondateur C TRIBUNE NORD

"U.S. Moves to Block AT&T Merger with T-Mobile" - NYTimes.com

"Financial Times Leaves Apple App Store Over Subscription Rules" - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

29 August 2011

Photos in Perpignan

Here is Le Monde's story on the annual Perpignan photo journalism event. (Click on the front page here to go to the story in French, but with machine translation available.)