Newsworthy stories have several common criteria that help news‐gatherers define them. One of these is that the story should be interesting for or of interest to the audience. This means that there are elements of a newsworthy story that are common to gossip, rumours, urban legends and hoaxes...

The ex‐editor of Guardian Unlimited , considers the current position of newspaper Web sites. Points to the success of the old trusted brands. Agrees they cost a lot but believes newspapers have little choice but to continue to invest in them, they are becoming a fixed cost. Considers the rise...

Weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the British tabloid and broadsheet press. Material is presented from The Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Times, and also from a number of television channels for comparison. Provides evidence which suggests that, while there has been changes...

Mobile: ‘changing easily in expression, mood, purpose.’ Devices: ‘invent from existing principles or ideas.’ Definitions from Websters Universal Dictionary.

An online survey was conducted among 800 readers of Arab electronic newspapers resident in different parts of the world. The aim of the survey was to obtain baseline data about the readership for such newspapers, readers’ opinions about these publications, and antecedents of overall...

Since 1985, News International has maintained an in‐house database which provides access to several daily and Sunday newspaper titles and has developed into a powerful research tool for librarians and journalists. A plan to provide a web‐based front end to the Editorial Database led to the...

The text of a lecture given by Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian, to mark the opening of the new facilities for the Department of Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. The theme of the lecture is public trust in what journalists write. Argues that, despite the...