books
Keeping my print past on the GRID
I had the four issues of the architecture and design mag I edited a decade ago bound. And it’s a lovely thing.
Journalism
Posts about the skills, ethics and practicalities of being a member of the fourth estate.
Journalism
Six things I learnt while teaching journalism students today
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/01/IMG_7537.jpg] 1. Carrying your DSLR with you to do some video demos means you can grab unexpected fun images while waiting for a train 2. Confusion about what images from the web you’re allowed to grab
Journalism
The problem with inexpert journalism
Kottke [http://kottke.org/13/01/the-challenges-of-conversational-journalism] spots a trend amongst all sorts of media outlet – it’s all about expert opinion writers, rather than opinions from experts: > A side effect of this way of doing journalism is that you rarely hear from anyone who actually is an expert
admin
Welcome to new readers from journalism.co.uk
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/01/IMG_7535.jpg] Nothing encourages you to get your head down and posting like appearing in the list of 50 blogs by journalists, for journalists [http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/50-blogs-by-journalists-for-journalists/s2/a551846/] . So, hello, new readers. Welcome.
ebooks
Matter: is its long-form science journalism worth reading?
How is Kickstarted long-form science journalism startup Medium performing? Pretty well, so far…
Android
Are smartphones now essential for journalism?
Between hurricane Sandy and the US presidential elections [http://blog.instagram.com/post/35239837390/election-night-on-instagram] we now have confirmation, if you needed it, that Instagram is a big social player. I can see why Facebook bought it – there’s plenty of evidence that people interact more around photos than anything
business models
On journalism and scale
Felix Salmon [http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/06/the-ft-in-play/]: > And there’s another inconvenient fact for would-be acquirers of the FT: journalism doesn’t have economies of scale. The bigger that journalistic organizations become, the less efficient they get: salaries rise, new layers of editors and managers
Blogging
Why Journalists Should Escape Their Desks
I don’t always practice what I preach. Yesterday’s post [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/10/the_skill_of_short_sharp_blogging.html] , which mentioned not keeping drafts in your blog platform? I’m guilty. Below is the second oldest draft I have (of eleven in total), in
Journalism
Verifying #sandy
It’s been a busy night for the many journalists covering the impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York City, not least in separating the wheat from the chaff: * Is the above photo too good to be true? Yes. [http://blog.storyful.com/2012/10/29/thats-not-sandy-how-to-spot-a-fake-image-in-three-easy-steps] * The Atlantic’s
html
HTML for journalists - free
Knight Mozilla is running a free, two hour basic HTML course for journalists: > Are you a journalist who is interested in getting an introduction to tags, html, and all that extra text you see if you “view source” on an article in your content management system? Do you want
bloggers
Clark Kent quits newspapers to become a blogger...
Tomorrow, newspaper journalism loses another icon. Clark Kent, well-known reporter on that famous Metropolis organ The Daily Planetquits, to go into online journalism [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/10/22/clark-kent-superman-comic-book-series/1648921/] . That’s right, Superman is getting out of print journalism, and he’s not the only
BBC
Two screens, all horror
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-22-at-23.34.40.png] We live in a world where journalists hacked a murdered girl’s phone – and where the activities of a serial sexual predator like Jimmy Savile went unreported for decades. British journalism has a lot of