links for 2007-02-22

In last night’s PR Week sponsored debate that ‘PR has a duty to tell the truth’, 138 members of the audience of 260 PRs voted against the motion, vs 124 for.

Consultant Graham Oakes: “For most of the public organisations I have worked with, the impact of the Freedom of Information Act has been low – they were initially concerned about the anticipated volume of requests, but the actual volume and impact on th

“I’m a little wary when I read of journalists leaping to embrace SEO principles. The aim of search engine visibility is a good one but it cannot be allowed to come second to good journalism.”

“Reuters is to launch a consumer-targeted African news and information portal that will include a continent-wide network of local bloggers.”

US regional newspaper The Roanoke Times is looking for a new editor. They have used their well-known skills for producing multimedia projects to create an impressive online advert for the job.

Chris Anderson says Wired is “having fun by launching new blogs right and left” … his own blog is not part of the Wired Blog Netork, but will be redesigned to run its ads.

“There has always been an underlying conflict in journalism — readers complain about sensationalism, but accidents, crimes, natural disasters and gossip help sell papers and spike TV ratings. On the web, we just get to witness the conflict in real time.