(EJC) When it comes to content, YouTube has a reputation for silly home movies, amateur music videos and, in many cases, copyright infringements. Lately, YouTube has been working hard to change this perception. [..]

(Forbes) We've done a lot of polling recently on how people get their news and what sources they most trust. We wanted to find out more about why the Internet is in rapid ascendance, while newspapers are on the media endangered species list. The results come from two Zogby Interactive surveys taken in the past month, one in conjunction with 463 Communications and the other a Zogby project. [..]

ARTICLE 19 is shocked and deeply saddened by the killing on 15 July 2009 of Natalia Estemirova, a Chechen human rights activist and representative of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in the Chechen capital Grozny. [..]

(IFJ)The newly created Belgian Association for self-regulation of journalists’ ethics (AADJ) will form a Council of journalists’ ethics composed of 20 members including representatives of journalists, editors, editors in chief and representatives of civil society. [..]

(Stopbigmedia)“Hispanic chick lady,” “an angry woman,” “a brown woman,” “this broad.” Demeaning? Check. Sexist? Check. Racist? Check. Do these descriptions help the public evaluate Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor as she faces her Senate confirmation hearing? Of course not. [..]

(IJNET) The Jordan-based Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) has announced a new Web site focused on citizen journalism in the Arab world. The site, called "The Bloggers Gate," is part of a project on new media that aims to help bloggers and Jordanian Web site professionals. [..]

(IJNET) Journalists looking to increase their skills and knowledge and to find relevant resources can check out the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) recently updated "Journalists' Toolbox." The website features links to useful informational websites on topics including social media, copy editing, teaching and reporting, and student resources. [..]

(Digital Spy) Veteran BBC newsreader Peter Sissons has blamed "political correctness" for falling standards at the corporation. The 66-year-old broadcaster, who recently announced his retirement, claimed that senior BBC figures are afraid to challenge journalists when they make mistakes. [..]

Plans for a pan-African media observatory from the European Union and the African Union may be well-meaning, but they could threaten press freedom in the region warn the Global Forum for Media Development and the Africa Forum for Media Development today. [..]

(Bloomberg)Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World had at least two journalists, in addition to another sent to jail, who knew the paper was using a private investigator to tap phones, Guardian journalist Nick Davies told lawmakers. Davies, who on July 8 reported that the newspaper owned by News Corp. paid more than 1 million pounds ($1. [..]