Could this be the tipping point for UK data mashups?
TweetThe best thing that I took from this week’s 2gether08 event was yesterday’s announcement by blogging MP Tom Watson and Ofcom’s blogging Tom Loosemore of Show Us a Better Way. The site (also a blog...
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Should journalism degrees still prepare students for a news industry that...
TweetUPDATE (Aug 7 ’08): The Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates suggests employment opportunities and salaries are not affected. J-schools are generally set up to prepare...
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Did The Guardian miss a viral opportunity with their Ultimate Summer Pop Quiz?
Tweet Last Friday the Guardian published it’s ‘Ultimate Summer Pop Quiz’ – a typically original take on the pop quiz format with a gloriously, insanely difficult set of over 100 questions such as “The...
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Lessons in community from community editors #2: Mark Fothergill, The Guardian
TweetI’ve been speaking to news organisations’ community editors on the lessons they’ve learned from their time in the job. In the 2nd of the series, the Guardian’s Mark Fothergill: 1. Getting the...
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Newspapers: turn off your RSS feeds
TweetUpdate, 2 days later: Paul lets me guest post here (ie I wrote this, not him). It was going fairly well until I wrote this post … You can read my climbdown here… The latest subscriber figures (see...
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C&binet: The mice that roared. Or at least wrote some things on Post-Its.
TweetI spent today at the hyperlocal C&binet event, organised by Creative Industries MP Sion Simon at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. I’ve already blogged my thoughts leading up to...
View ArticleGuardian makes its comments accessible, SEO friendly and mobile friendly all...
TweetThe Guardian has changed its user-generated comment system – moving from a client-side system to a server-side one. (This story was first published here, where you can read a bit more of the...
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Hyperlocal Voices: Ian Wylie, Jesmond Local
Tweet Yessi Bello continues the Hyperlocal Voices series with an interview with JesmondLocal‘s Ian Wylie, who decided to dabble in local journalism after taking voluntary redundancy from a national...
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A lesson from Superstorm Sandy: How to find sources using social media
TweetBy Ian Silvera In a world where an extraordinary amount of people own smartphones, it’s easier than ever to connect instantaneously with those affected by significant news events wherever you...
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Could this be the tipping point for UK data mashups?
The best thing that I took from this week’s 2gether08 event was yesterday’s announcement by blogging MP Tom Watson and Ofcom’s blogging Tom Loosemore of Show Us a Better Way. The site (also a blog –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should journalism degrees still prepare students for a news industry that...
UPDATE (Aug 7 ’08): The Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates suggests employment opportunities and salaries are not affected. J-schools are generally set up to prepare...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Did The Guardian miss a viral opportunity with their Ultimate Summer Pop Quiz?
Last Friday the Guardian published it’s ‘Ultimate Summer Pop Quiz’ – a typically original take on the pop quiz format with a gloriously, insanely difficult set of over 100 questions such as “The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lessons in community from community editors #2: Mark Fothergill, The Guardian
I’ve been speaking to news organisations’ community editors on the lessons they’ve learned from their time in the job. In the 2nd of the series, the Guardian’s Mark Fothergill: 1. Getting the tools...
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Newspapers: turn off your RSS feeds
Update, 2 days later: Paul lets me guest post here (ie I wrote this, not him). It was going fairly well until I wrote this post … You can read my climbdown here… The latest subscriber figures (see...
View ArticleClik here to view.
C&binet: The mice that roared. Or at least wrote some things on Post-Its.
I spent today at the hyperlocal C&binet event, organised by Creative Industries MP Sion Simon at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. I’ve already blogged my thoughts leading up to event...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guardian makes its comments accessible, SEO friendly and mobile friendly all...
The Guardian has changed its user-generated comment system – moving from a client-side system to a server-side one. (This story was first published here, where you can read a bit more of the...
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Hyperlocal Voices: Ian Wylie, Jesmond Local
Yessi Bello continues the Hyperlocal Voices series with an interview with JesmondLocal‘s Ian Wylie, who decided to dabble in local journalism after taking voluntary redundancy from a national...
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A lesson from Superstorm Sandy: How to find sources using social media
By Ian Silvera In a world where an extraordinary amount of people own smartphones, it’s easier than ever to connect instantaneously with those affected by significant news events wherever you happen to...
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Help Me Investigate: rip it up and start again (but I’ll still help you...
I’m stopping Help Me Investigate, my collaborative investigation project. It’s time to rip it up and start again. This year has seen the launch of a number of impressive crowdfunded and crowdsourced...
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Giving a voice to the (literally) voiceless: data journalism and the dead
In the Bureau’s Naming the Dead visualisation, blue indicates civilian victims and red alleged militants Giving a voice to the voiceless is one of the core principles of journalism. Traditionally this...
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