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Was This An Online Election? Paid Members Public
So, how has the online media done on this election? The BBC has reported unprecedented levels of traffic to its site this morning, but Paul Bradshaw has a good post up, suggesting that there’s a degree ofhomogenisation amongst the online news outlets [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/05/07/uk-general-election-2010-online-journalism-is-ordinary/
news:rewired Opening Sessions Paid Members Public
Notes from the opening session of the very first news:rewired in January 2010
Peston: Blog at centre of all I do Paid Members Public
Journalists really need to read this post by Robin [http://www.cybersoc.com/2009/09/bbcs-robert-peston-the-blog-is-at-the-core-of-everything-i-do.html] , where he highlights the speech the BBC’s Robert Peston [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/] gave where he explains how central blogging is to his work.
Reporting the G20 Protests with Social Media Paid Members Public
*Photo by [RachelH_ on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/3403502047/), used under a [Creative Commons licence](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en_GB)*My work schedule means that I’m sat in Sutton today, while all the reporting action is up in central London, as
BBC Video Now Embeddable Paid Members Public
Finally – BBC Video is becoming embeddable. It’s been a while in coming [because of rights issues](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/03/embedding_in.html), apparently, and it’s still only running on a limited scale – the technology section only – but it’s a nice step
Behind the Scenes at Today Paid Members Public
Behind closed doors at Radio 4’s flagship news show…
Morning Coffee Reading: Tools of the Trade Paid Members Public
Some great links about digital journalism in 2009
Why You Need Comments on Your News Paid Members Public
Any news organisation that’s serious about being accurate needs to read the tale of BBC woe [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/09/24/when-the-lack-of-comments-damages-your-news-brand/] Paul Bradshaw spins. Here’s the money quote: > Of course having comments on the story would have allowed this discussion to take place in public,