Blog searcher

The new Australian blog search engine Gnoos is now up and operating.

Schork awards close

Entries for the 2006 Kurt Schork Awards for International Journalism close today.

Free handbooks

Journalists interested in improving their coverage of war crimes or politics can download two new handbooks, free of charge, from the Africa program of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting

(IWPR).

Lyneham award closes

Application for the Paul Lyneham Award for excellent in press gallery journalism close today. Application form and conditions here.

NSW Fair Trading awards

Nominations for the 2006 Fair Trading Journalism Awards ae now open and can be made on line at www.fairtradingawards.nsw.gov.au

Innovation Journalism

Papers and proceedings of the The Third Conference on Innovation Journalism at Stanford University, April 5-7, 2006 will be published on the website soon. In the meantime there is a very interesting two hour streaming video of a group of conference experts discussing the future of journalism and news publishing available free on Google Video. It is well worth a view for those with the time.

The May 2006 edition of the journal Media International Australia no 119 is now out. Contents and abstracts here and ordering information here.

Vic legal reporting awards

The Victorian Legal Reporting Awards were announced last night.

SLSQ media awards results

Surf Life Saving Queensland Media Awards announced tonight.

Tasmania media awards

The winners of the Tasmanian Media Awards were announced in Hobart last night.