Free Post lockdown Lockdown journalism digest: reporting, engaging and planning for the future The Covid-19 lockdown is changing journalism. Here's a few signposts on that road.
Free Post apple Apple's bad news: the confirmation bias magnet The coverage of Apple's bad financial news tells us more about the pundits than the company itself.
Free Post news Hyperactive reporting is a problem. Let’s fix it. Have we let the internet’s hype cycle shorten our attention span for big stories? Yes. And that’s a problem.
Free Post facebook The dangerous ignorance at the heart of Facebook The attitude Mark Zuckerberg is displaying towards news suggests a deep ignorance of the true dynamics of news and its role in society.
Free Post Twitter Hoaxers are crippling Twitter's breaking news value Buzzfeed's experience with breaking news makes it clear that hoaxes are eroding Twitter's value during a major news event.
Free Post culture How does it feel to be a journalist from an NRA-supporting family? This is a thought-provoking piece from a journalist who grew up in an NRA member family in the USA: My father’s interest in guns began as a young man
Free Post digital doorstepping We need a conversation about the ethics of digital doorstepping I first wrote about digital doorstepping a decade ago. And the problem has only got worse: I have dealt with 50+ journos online today. Two found my mobile number. This
Free Post BBC Nice example of news video shot on a phone Here’s a nice example of a reporting video shot using a phone from Auntie Beeb. Note how he uses the phone’s mobility to give a sense of environment, and keeping himself in shot and the central point helps the audio stay acceptable.
Free Post academic research Journalistic liveblogging analysed: a Polis report Some time ago I was interviewed by Karin O’Mahony about liveblogging and its use in a journalistic context. The report was published a little over a month ago, and I’ve finally had the chance to dive in. First of all – a caveat.
Free Post newspapers Reporting the US shutdown, US newspaper foreign story style How would US newspapers report the shutdown if it was happening in a different country? Six years into his rule, Obama’s position can appear confusing, even contradictory. Though the executive retains control of the country’s powerful intelligence service, capable of the extrajudicial
Free Post academic research Learning to read academic research Martin Belam gives a materclass in how to read academic papers properly, based on Neil Thurman’s research: The report is based on data from 2011. A lot has changed in the media landscape in the last two years, not least in the rise
Free Post lumia 920 Video test: Nokia Lumia 920 I have in my possession, for the time being, a Nokia Lumia 920, courtesy of some work I’m doing for Brilliant Noise. It’s a robust, elegant phone, with an interesting OS, and some excellent optics. It’s been interesting pushing myself our
Free Post journalism Verifying the fireball Is this video real? Malachy Browne does the verification. That’s how journalism is done.
Free Post burgers While you're waiting for iOS 5 to drop... …here are some links to distract you. - [Getting “digital first” right in the “newsroom”](http://www.yelvington.com/content/getting-digital-first-right-newsroom) – a nice, detailed look at why this is a more complex idea than many people realise - [10 ways journalists can use Twitter
Free Post iPhone iPhone 4S as a reporting tool There’s plenty for journalists to learn from yesterday’s Apple event, not least that spending weeks doing reports based on unsubstantiated rumours about a forthcoming iPhone is a really, really great way to make yourself look incredibly stupid once the event has happened.
