Posts about the skills, ethics and practicalities of being a member of the fourth estate.
Blogging
Well, Iād like to suggest that, if a union is meant to represent its members, than the NUJ got it exactly right. Itās showing exactly the same form of fear, uncertainty and doubt that manyĀ journalistsĀ areĀ expressingĀ right now. Truth be told, in my experience, most journalists
Blogging
Over on Workbench, Rogers Caldenhead suggest that the most popular techbloggers are starting to tread a very well-trod path: that of the exclusive and the embargo [http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/news/3283/exclusive-techbloggers-have-sold-their-souls] , as the news sites cut deals with PRs. This is interesting, I think, because tech blogs
awards
One of our blogging journalists, Tony Collins [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/], has bagged the digital journalist award in the Magazine Journalism Awards [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=39196&c=1], for his work exposing the failure, mismanagement and waste of
advertising
Has the journalism industry been the architect of its own problems by persistently concealing the true cost of its products from consumers by deriving most of its revenue from advertising? Discussā¦
Journalism
Lots of things I was planning on writing about, but wonāt manage before I go away: [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/09/Four-bloggers-blogging.png] A model for the 21st century newsroom [http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/a-model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt1-the-news-diamond/] Weāve only really seen
blog advice
Hereās the third in my series of guidance documents for journalists, hoping to ease their transition into the blogosphere. As ever, itās posted here for advice, criticism or mockeryā¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expert Comment Many journalists assume that blogging is just a form of opinion writing. And it certainly can
andrew keen
Yes, I have a copy of [*that* book](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FCult-Amateur-Internet-Killing-Assaulting%2Fdp%2F1857883934%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1190567495%26sr%3D8-1&tag=fishnefedora-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738)
bloggers
Iāve just realised why the comments last night ascribing one monolithic mindset to the traditional media annoyed me so much: > His commenters show the typically depressing blogger mindset of treating us journalists like a monolithic social block that all behave the same way. Yet if any journalist should
Blogging
My wise, witty and winsome colleague Andrew Rogers, Esq [http://engagement101.blogspot.com/] brings to my notice this fine bit of debating [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2007/09/who_needs_reviews.html] from The Guardianās Michael Billington: > Is blogging changing theatre criticism? Undoubtedly, yes. The newspaper
apple
Via Mike Butcher [http://mbites.com/]ās Twitter stream [http://twitter.com/mbites/statuses/276241442]: > no wifi at apple iphone uk launch. What idiots I really canāt believe that anybody seriously arranged a press event, particularly a tech press event, without giving free WiFi access for the hack.
Blogging
Today marked a first for our blogging effort here at the brown towers. [We decided to close comments on a post](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services/2007/09/the-dail-mail-and-its-lies-abo.html). The nine days since that post went up have been something of an eye-opener for me. For one
authority
Iād just like to draw peopleās attention to a really excellent comment Olivier Amprimo [http://www.headshift.com/about/team.cfm] of Headshift [http://www.headshift.com/] left on a earlier post about the relationship between authority, research and blogging: [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/09/research_
