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Daily Mail: London journalism student reported raped on assignment in Calais
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 28 2008, 11.53am
A young British journalism student has reportedly been raped whilst on assignment in Calais. The female student, allegedly from London, was investigating a story about asylum seekers when the attack occurred, the Mail reports. (more)

Brand Republic: Launch of the Jakarta Globe
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 28 2008, 11.44am
Indonesia's large conglomerate, The Lippo Group, is to launch the Jakarta Globe, an English-language daily newspaper. (more)

MediaGuardian: O’Brien says that financial crisis could cause sale of Independent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 28 2008, 11.43am
Irish entrepeneur Denis O'Brien says that Independent News & Media (INM) needs to sell its Independent titles along with the Belfast Telegraph, as a result of the financial situation. (more)

Sports agency hits gold with tailored coverage for regional titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2008, 10.50am
More than 50 daily regional and weekly newspapers got news from the Beijing games (more)

Black armband tribute to journalist at Huddersfield Town cup tie
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2008, 10.50am
Players follow up donor clinic visit with show of support (more)

E-mail call for support from Sheffield journalists in job cuts protest
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2008, 10.50am
Major campaign targets colleagues around the country (more)

Axe could fall on pre-press jobs at Newsquest Hampshire
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2008, 9.40am
Company looks to merge operations and outsource work overseas (more)

Newspaper publisher sheds 21 jobs
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2008, 9.40am
Archant Norfolk wields the redundancy axe and closes newspaper sales shop (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - creating a slideshow
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 28 2008, 9.17am
Multimedia: To quickly create a slideshow for your website, try Soundslides. Drag and drop to upload images and audio and tweak slides. The site also has an efficient forum for troubleshooting. Tipster: Laura Oliver To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. (more)

Telegraph hires Laura Roberts for Mandrake column
From Media Guardian. Posted August 28 2008, 6.13am
Telegraph Media Group has appointed Daily Mail showbusiness reporter Laura Roberts to work on its Mandrake column. By Stephen Brook and John Plunkett (more)

IN&M sales hurt by advertising slump
From Financial Times. Posted August 28 2008, 3.00am
The chief executive of Independent News & Media believes the Ireland-based newspaper group will achieve annual results in line with expectations in spite of a... (more)

RBS investors still expecting 'deeper shake-up' of board
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 28 2008, 12.01am
Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have demanded further boardroom changes after the appointment of three new non-executive directors to bolster governance at the bank, as revealed yesterday by The Daily Telegraph. (more)

Chinese disease stalks orange groves of Florida
From The Times. Posted August 28 2008, 12.00am
Real estate is not the only industry in Florida to be suffering from an economic blight. While the Sunshine State ranks as one of the foreclosure capitals of America, its huge citrus fruit industry is fighting a disease that threatens to devastate the orange business within a decade. (more)

Johnston Press classified collapse makes gloomy reading
From The Times. Posted August 28 2008, 12.00am
Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, admitted yesterday that newspaper advertising revenues had plunged 23 per cent in the first three weeks of August - the fastest rate of decline that the group had experienced this year. (more)

How Press Association is repositioning itself to face the digital future
From Press Gazette. Posted August 28 2008, 12.00am
The Press Association announced a raft of job changes this week to reflect the changing demand from its regional and national press customers. Managing director Tony Watson speaks to Patrick Smith about what it means for the 140-year-old... (more)