Posts about the skills, ethics and practicalities of being a member of the fourth estate.
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Thereās no doubt that the shooting of dozens of students at Virginia Tech [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6560685.stm] in the US was a horrifying event. Thereās equally no doubt that the few seconds of shaky mobile phone footage of the shootings was
alan johnston
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2007/alan_johnston/default.stm]BBC Journalist Alan Johnston has now been missing for over a month [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2007/alan_johnston/default.stm]. He is believed to have been kidnapped on
Blogging
Martin Stabe has some good advice for journalism schools: [http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/04/11/hey-j-schools-teach-before-you-unleash/] > Journalism schools need to teach their students that blogs are internet publications like any other. They are public on the internet and can be read by anyone in the world with
Journalism
Yāknow, every time I go to the US, Iām shocked by the TV news. Ours isnāt great, but reallyā¦ [What We Call the News](http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/583911/jokeid/130841) | [Send To Friends](http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox_sendtofriend.aspx?id=
Blogging
Last Friday was not a good day to be milling around at a conference with a badge saying āReed Businessā on it. Why? Because people kept asking me about this hard hitting post by Seth Godin [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/spammers_and_pr.html]. Iād
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[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/03/blogherstacy.jpg] Finally, hereās my write-up of the closing Blogher keynote. Iāve had this one on the back-burner, because itās very much in my field ā online publishing ā and I wanted to mull over the issues it
bloggers
What did she have to say? A lot of the usual stuff, but it was nice to hear it confirmed from the horseās mouth, as it where. For example, she made the point that having a blog for your website will drive more links to your site from other
Journalism
Jeff Jarvis takes a walk around the new Telegraph newsroom [http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/12/in-the-telegraph-newsroom/]. The results are good readinā.
Blogging
Nice to see that someone else is suffering the same ātoo busy to blogā problem I am ā and for the same reasons. Martin Stabe: Freedom of Information, mashups and online journalism [http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/03/03/freedom-of-information-mashups-and-online-journalism/] : > My long silence here is due to the fact
Blogging
Hereās a rare but notable thing [http://www.scripting.com/2007/02/27.html#blameTheBloggers]; a post by Dave Winer I agree with completely: > Keenās work is a book-length sneer at most of what we hold dear. He blames bloggers and podcasters for the demise of professional
Blogging
The Guardianās Organ Grinder blog posted a few comments on ABC plummets amongst high-profile consumer magazines in Is anyone happy with the magazine circulations? [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/02/is_anyone_happy_with_the_magaz.html] . I found this comment amusing: > Pffffff. I know you
Blogging
The Blog Herald has picked up on the story The Guardian ran on our blogging and social media efforts at RBI: UK farmers get broadband, blogging, and social networking [http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/15/uk-farmers-get-broadband-blogging-and-social-networking/] Thanks, guys!
