Was the Scotsman right to sack Nick Clayton for blogging? September 27, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , trackbackLaura Oliver at journalism.co.uk follows up the apparent sacking of Nick Clayton from The Scotsman because of a blog post on allmediascotland. How many staff journalists’ contracts forbid them (in theory) to contribute to other publications?: “Reactions like this and the idea of more stringent restrictions on where journalists can write online are counterproductive: letting journalists write, comment, engage and react with colleagues and readers online can help build an online community around them and their content, driving users back to the publisher’s site. Spilling company secrets is one thing, but Clayton’s post was hardly exposing something that’s hidden from the rest of the newspaper industry.”
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