Publishing
This is how the future media ecosystem will look
The death of Buzzfeed News and the bankrupty of Vice make it clear how the new media ecosystem is developing: it's surprisinglyā¦ nautical?
Adam Tinworth
Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 25 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St Georgeās, London.
Social Media
Donāt write off social journalism yet
Buzzfeed News and Vice crashing and burning has led to another wave of doomsaying about the future of journalism and social media. Letās get some nuance back in the discussionā¦
Blogging
RIP Dooce
The queen of mummy bloggers, the first influencerā¦ Call her what you will, the tragic loss of Heather Armstrong means that one of the web's true pioneers is gone.
SEO
Why you shouldnāt worry about AI-powered search ā yet.
Hundreds of thousands of words have been spent describing a new era of search that nobody understands. Let me add to them by explaining why you shouldn't worry just yet.
Social Media
Blue sky thinking about emerging social platforms
There's a whole new wave of social media emerging. Do you need to be there now?
Monday Reading: get elders off TV and journalists off Twitter
Five useful reads, lovingly sifted from the cesspit we call the interwebs.
Social Media
Mediaās no good, very bad week
More proof that VC funding and journalism are poor bedfellows ā and that you should never trust a social media platform.
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Well, stone the crows. Instagram has unexpectedly done something we never thought theyād doā¦
photos
Scenes from a commute
A selection of photos, capturing the beauty in the everyday during my journey home from work.
Social Media
Some notes on Substack Notes
Who is the new Substack feature serving? Plus the final nail in the coffin of the keyword from Google.
mastodon
Whatās your Mastodon strategy?
Is Mastodon the future of social media? Or is it a failed Twitter killer? Itās neither ā and any audience team would be foolish to ignore it.
newsletters
Does it matter if Substack is in financial trouble?
Substack has managed to make itself all but synonymous with "newsletters". If the platform is struggling financially, could that have an impact on the whole newsletter ecosystem?