Martin Belam

Post about, inspired by, or featuring The Guardian’s Martin Belam. There’s probably a Doctor Who reference somewhere.

To Understand Today's Politics, Let Go Of Digital Snobbery Members Public

The last couple of years of campaigning – especially the last UK general election, the Scottish referendum with its “cyber-nats”, the Brexit vote and the Trump election – have made it plain to many that there’s a new set of elements at work in the public discourse – and they’re digitally-driven.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital journalism

Journalism is losing the culture war, because it's fighting last century's battles Members Public

When politicians can lie without consequence, our culture of fact-checking does little to stop them.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
alt right media

Mirror takes an axe to digital new formats team Members Public

A new boss at The Mirror is sweeping away the digital innovations of his predecessor. Not invented here syndrome at work…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
cuts

Your five minute Mail hate Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/03/aggregated-rubbish.jpg] A Gawker piece by James King is doing the rounds today, highlighting the “ripping off” done by the Daily Mail Online [http://tktk.gawker.com/my-year-ripping-off-the-web-with-the-daily-mail-online-1689453286] : > Yes, most outlets regularly aggregate other publications’ work in the

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
aggregation

15 million die-hard RSS aficionados Members Public

Martin Belam [http://martinbelam.com/2014/hello-world-slight-return/]: > And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel. Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my RSS reader of choice [http://reederapp.com]. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Amped about ampp3d and rigorous innovation Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/ampp3d-3427.html] When I first heard about Trinity Mirror’s Us vs th3m [http://usvsth3m.com], I rolled my eyes. Did the UK really need another Buzzfeed clone? Were our publishers incapable of innovating rather than jumping on yet another bandwagon?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
business strategy

Belam's Twitter ghost exposes misogyny Members Public

Martin Belam pretended to be a ghost on twitter – and discovered the misogyny lurking in our political debate [http://martinbelam.com/2013/bbcextraghost/]: > Then I announced that the next guest was going to be Emmeline Pankhurst, the first time it had featured a woman. Within a couple of minutes

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Martin Belam