This was an amazing week, that passed at a few hundred miles an hour, so sorry for the silence. First thing that has grabbed me this morning as I peruse my feeds is ...
Tag Archive: journalism
Butching out the credit crunch – with some help from social media
In terms of useful tips and advice, although I'm not a freelance journalist I found Fiona Cullinan's post Freelancing in a Recession interesting on a couple of counts. First, she reflects a change in the demands of the market away from her sub-editing skills to a more ...
Un-filtered news: Twitter, the BBC and Mumbai
Media Guardian carries a timely analysis of some of the discussion of Twitter informing, in some cases becoming part of, the coverage of the terrorist attrocities in Mumbai. It picks up on a blog post by Steve Herman, editor of the BBC News website: As for the Twitter messages we were monitoring, most did not add ...
Techmeme turns up the human in its news aggregator mix
Aggregators were my first love, when it comes to news and social media - I've always been infatuated with the idea of Digg, lover of Techmeme and I basically see most of the world through my personal aggregator, the ever flexible and accesible ...
Tag Archive: journalism
Bild’s Vado publishing eco-system and the promise of user generated advertising
This was an amazing week, that passed at a few hundred miles an hour, so sorry for the silence. First thing that has grabbed me this morning as I peruse my feeds is ...
Butching out the credit crunch – with some help from social media
In terms of useful tips and advice, although I'm not a freelance journalist I found Fiona Cullinan's post Freelancing in a Recession interesting on a couple of counts. First, she reflects a change in the demands of the market away from her sub-editing skills to a more ...
Un-filtered news: Twitter, the BBC and Mumbai
Media Guardian carries a timely analysis of some of the discussion of Twitter informing, in some cases becoming part of, the coverage of the terrorist attrocities in Mumbai. It picks up on a blog post by Steve Herman, editor of the BBC News website: As for the Twitter messages we were monitoring, most did not add ...
Techmeme turns up the human in its news aggregator mix
Aggregators were my first love, when it comes to news and social media - I've always been infatuated with the idea of Digg, lover of Techmeme and I basically see most of the world through my personal aggregator, the ever flexible and accesible ...