Journalism.co.uk is a website with news and

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content for

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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

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industry and how the

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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 of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

. 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 ''

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s online

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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, Raju Narisetti,

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Ros Atkins Roslyn Atkins (born 1974) is an English journalist and DJ who is 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 r ...

, Paul Bradshaw and Jonathan Carr-West, head of the Local Government Information Unit.

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