Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
Question of the Day Paid Members Public
What’s the one thing that all blogging journalists should know?
Blogging is like sex: the more you do it, the better it gets Paid Members Public
Kevin Marks Anderson (sorry, it’s been a long old week) has a right old go at how bad some journalists are over on Strange Attractor in a piece titled Blogging is like sex [http://strange.corante.com/archives/2007/06/08/blogging_is_like_sex.php]: > “The bottom
Digital Doorstepping: Still not getting it Paid Members Public
Robin Hamman has posted an interesting write-up of a BBC College of Journalism debate on the media coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings [http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/05/debate_on_virgi.html]. And the issue of digital doorstepping that I was talking about at the time has re-emerged. Professor
Press Gazette relaunches, still excludes trade press Paid Members Public
So, Press Gazette relaunched last week [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=37638&c=1]. I actually saw the website in the first few hours, thanks to Martin Stabe’s tweet [http://twitter.com/martinstabe/statuses/74541772], but I’ve been far too busy
NUJ Faces Up To Digital Age Paid Members Public
The National Union of Journalists has a Commission on Multi-Media Working [http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1740], and not before time: > The NUJ has launched its Commission on Multi-Media Working at a conference at the union’s London headquarters. At a one-day event last Saturday (5/
How To Approach (Irish) Journalists Paid Members Public
Damian Mulley has done some research on how Irish journalists would most like to be approached by PRs. [http://www.mulley.net/2007/05/01/when-contacting-irish-journalists-some-tips-from-journalists-themselves/] It’s pretty much applicable to journalists anywhere in the world, although I’m quite surprised not to see “in humble supplication” on the
More on Digital Doorstepping Paid Members Public
The Media Guardian had a look at the Digital Doorstepping issue [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2063111,00.html] on Monday. (I’m reliably informed [http://www.spaaace.com/cope] that doorstepping is the act of going house to house in serach of reaction, doorstopping is where
Digital Doorstepping: New Worlds, Old Techniques Paid Members Public
There’s 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. There’s equally no doubt that the few seconds of shaky mobile phone footage of the shootings was
