Mediagazer: Journalism that works: Telling the story of school deterioration, rebuilding (Caitlin Johnston/Poynter)

8:55 AM ET, November 26, 2012

Top News:

Using War as Cover to Target Journalists — The setting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Tuesday represented the height of refinement, but Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of The Guardian, reminded the black-tie crowd at the annual dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists of something …

Discussion: Infowars

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Bureau of Investigative Journalism says it had ‘no responsibility’ for making of Newsnight child abuse report — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has declared that it was not responsible for the disastrous Newsnight child abuse report of 2 November but it has expressed regret …

Ben Dowell / Guardian:

McAlpine libel: 20 tweeters including Sally Bercow pursued for damages — Comedian Alan Davies and the Guardian's George Monbiot also in defamed McAlpine's sights — Sally Bercow, the wife of the speaker of the House of Commons, comedian Alan Davies and Guardian columnist George Monbiot are among twenty …

Discussion: New York Times, Pressing Issues, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and A diary of deception …

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

Hiring a Bush Daughter, to Attract Younger Readers — Southern Living, a magazine with features on decorating fireplace mantels and profiles of former President Jimmy Carter describing how he hunts holiday turkeys, has a loyal following among middle-aged Southern women.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

HarperCollins launches digital-only teen imprint — HarperCollins has a new young adult (YA) imprint, HarperTeen Impulse, that will publish digital short stories and novellas. Ebooks will be priced between $0.99 and $2.99. — “We're seeing short-form content becoming more popular …

Discussion: Media Decoder

Julian Pecquet / Hillicon Valley:

Gaza violence leads lawmakers to call for shuttering terror groups on Twitter — The past week's violence in Gaza has rekindled calls for Twitter to shutter the accounts of U.S.-labeled terror groups such as Hamas. — Seven House Republicans asked the FBI in September to demand that Twitter …

Discussion: Forbes, SocialTimes, Washington Post, The Verge, AJE, The Next Web and The Raw Story

Reuters:

Explosives found under car of prominent Pakistani journalist — (Reuters) - A bomb was found on Monday under the car of a prominent Pakistani journalist who the Taliban had threatened over his coverage of a schoolgirl the militants shot, his employer said. — A half-kilogram (1 lb) …

Dave Winer / Scripting News:

Bullet points on Ev's new startup — I listened to a podcast interview between Evan Williams and Jeffrey Zeldman yesterday. It had a few bits about Medium, which is his new startup. I am interested in know what his thinking is on this — as we've been exploring the same territory for a number of years …

Discussion: ReadWrite, @scottros and @jayrosen_nyu

Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

Knitd to launch as web app for premium content — Readers will buy articles via a micropayment system, with journalists receiving 80 per cent — Copyright: Image by Alexander Kirch, Dreamtime.com — Knitd, a web app that will offer readers the chance to buy single articles via a micropayment system …

Steve Hewlett / Guardian:

Level-headed Tony Hall has an uphill task at the BBC — The director general has proved he is operationally effective, but will need to bring more than that to the table in the years ahead — On a November morning in 1995, the BBC's then director of news, Tony Hall, and his closest confidant …

Discussion: Forbes

Economist:

A Wall Street brawl — A new boss is trying to revive one of the world's best-known media brands — A PERSISTENT rumour about Lex Fenwick is that he set up a boxing ring in Bloomberg's London office to energise the sales team. He didn't. But in February, when Mr Fenwick …

Neil Thurman / Journalism.co.uk:

Why liveblogs outperform other online news formats by up to 300% — Dr Neil Thurman and Anna Walters, from City University London's Journalism School, have just published a study into liveblogging, which is becoming the default format for covering major breaking news stories, sports events …