5 tweets worth your attention this week
Even a hellsite can produce gems worth your time.
Happy news for me this week, as the Ghost platform that I use to publish this site finally gains the ability to keep rich Twitter formatting in its newsletters. So, to celebrate, here are five tweets that caught my attention recently, that you might enjoy — or even *gasp* find useful.
1. The BBC won't cover this!
Classic of the genre… pic.twitter.com/IHXspyf9fH
— Paul McNamara (@PGMcNamara) December 8, 2021
For many of us the “why aren't the BBC/MSM/Newspapers covering this?” tweet is an annoying itch that you can never quite scratch away. This, however, is an absolute masterpiece of the clueless form.
2. Amazing what you can do with an iPhone and its (wired) headphones
BBC reporter @EmmaVardyTV has had to do her PTC for her report in the midst of #StormBarra for the main BBC TV6 news bulletin on her phone after her crew’s broadcast camera stopped working in the atrocious weather. #mojoftw pic.twitter.com/aJIQ6TbxPq
— Marc Blank-Settle (@MarcSettle) December 7, 2021
A storm wipes out the normal broadcast camera kit. So an iPhone, a cable clip inside the jacket and some wired headphones with a microphone on them does the job.
3. Anatomy of the story of the week
Strongly advise @cityjournalism students to listen to @BBCRadio4's #TheMediaShow where @PippaCrerar & @PaulBrandITV talk to @BBCRosAtkins abt the Downing Street party story. In-depth look at how stories are broken, protection of sources & ethical dilemmas https://t.co/6uLlgZmaKw
— Dr Glenda Cooper (@glendacooper) December 8, 2021
As Glenda says, an essential listen on the dynamics that led to one of the stories that's dominating UK headlines this week.
4. Who owns the .media (the dot is not a typo…)
I was curious, who actually owns the ".media" top level domain name? Well, turns out it's basically a bunch of opportunists ... and who has a partnership with Demand Media (Leaf Group) ... a company that doesn't really have a good reputation online. https://t.co/RsFRTD60bX pic.twitter.com/PMFkNcLCpr
— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) November 24, 2021
If you buy a .media domain, who are you giving money to? Baekdal decided to find out…
5. Why you should always check crops on your Twitter cards…
What’s a story for, she screams existentially.
— Taneth Autumn Evans (@TanethAutumn) December 9, 2021
Thanks @InPublishing for humouring my (data-informed) musings 🤙https://t.co/ywUqENkI15
The piece is worth reading. The Twitter card is… not exactly selling the story, now, is it?
Bonus: Great story, amazing photo
As Angela Merkel leaves office, I get to share my favourite photograph again.
— Richard Hall (@_RichardHall) December 3, 2021
In November 1990, a 36-year-old Merkel campaigns on the Baltic coast in Germany's first election after reunification. She reportedly drank five schnapps with them.https://t.co/iiVe9vyVxY pic.twitter.com/jDLkCfp14o
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Some Good Reading About The Future of News Paid Members Public
Good stuff I’ve read recently, haven’t linked to yet, but don’t have much to add to right now: * The Nichepaper Manifesto [http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/the_nichepaper_manifesto.html] – an articulate and well argued guide to how niche publishing might looks going forwards. * Media