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Lionel Barber: Reporters' work must be checked

March 23, 2009

(Press gazette)Financial Timeseditor Lionel Barber has told Press Gazette his paper’s new 'two-touch' journalism system will not mean reporters having to sub-edit their own stories.

Barber briefed staff yesterday about the FT’s new "web-ready workflow" - prompting reports that the new system would lead to reporters subbing their own stories.
But Barber told Press Gazette today: "That’s just not true."

He said reporters will write stories in a "web channel", adding hyperlinks and metadata, with news editors suggesting headlines. But he added that reporters’ work would – and should – always be checked.

Author: Owen Amos

Source: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43389&c=1

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