Cuttings
Cuttings: YouTube, education and Ghost
Quick links in and around journalism from the interwebs, annotated for your reding pleasure.
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fediverse
The federated One Man & His Blog
If you haven't heard of ActivityPub yet, now might be the time to start paying attention
cms
Your coffee reading, or the Monday linkdump
For your amusement and edification as you sip your coffee
mastodon
Adding Mastodon author attribution to Ghost
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
Local News
The Mill, The Bell, the Ghost and the future of local news
Mill Media's latest site eschews Substack for Ghost. That's great: the web/newsletter/subscriptions space needs competition, and a choice of platforms for publishers.
Social Media
News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.
newsletters
When hosted newsletter platforms go bad
A bad product update can seriously ruin a newsletter writer’s day.
Journalism
Building a news oasis in a journalism desert
Plus why we end up with zombie websites, YET MORE Twitter chaos, and the cancelling of Dilbert