Journalism.co.uk is a website with news and
advertorial
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In printed publications, t ...
content for
journalist
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s based in
Brighton, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1999 by John Thompson with the aim of covering the online
publishing industry and how the
Internet
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is fundamentally changing the practice of
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (pro ...
. It also hosts an annual conference for journalists. The site claims to have a user base of 150,000 monthly visitors. Its content is free and advertising-funded, and it is published by Mousetrap Media. The site includes news for journalists, career advice and training listings, events listings, a service matching journalists with press requests and a press release distribution service.
In 2006, Thompson was a member of the panel for ''
The Guardian
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s online
citizen journalism
Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, a ...
debate.
Journalism.co.uk holds an annual one-day digital journalism conference, "
news:rewired", which includes presentations by notable journalists, panel discussions and workshops. The
Thomson Foundation described the conference as "a key date in the diary for anyone interested in cutting edge journalism". The event was first held in January 2010, and as of 2013 the event is annually attended by over 200 journalism and media professionals. Journalists presenting at the conference have included
Heather Brooke
Heather Rose Brooke (born 1970) is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner. Resident since the 1990s in the UK, she helped to expose the 2009 expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of House of Commo ...
,
Raju Narisetti,
Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam ( bn, ফয়সাল ইসলাম; born 29 May 1977) is a British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of ''Newsnight''. He was the political editor of Sky N ...
,
Ros Atkins
Roslyn Atkins (born 1974) is an English journalist and analysis editor for the BBC.
He presents ''Outside Source'', ''Ros Atkins on the week'' and ''Ros Atkins on..'' on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He also presents on rotation '' ...
,
Paul Bradshaw and Jonathan Carr-West, head of the
Local Government Information Unit The Local Government information Unit (LGiU) is a local government membership body, thinktank and registered charity. Established in 1983 as a membership organisation for UK local authorities
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.
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news:rewired
Works about journalism
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