reporting
iPhone 4S as a reporting tool Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/3xiphone4gs.jpg] There’s plenty for journalists to learn from yesterday’s Apple event, not least that spending weeks doing reports based on unsubstantiated rumours about a forthcoming iPhone is a really, really great way to make yourself look
The iPad as 21st century notebook Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/1da7cd3d84c847df87e487f9b5b5aee5_7.jpg] [Jim Colgan](http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/142139/how-journalists-are-using-mobile-devices-to-enhance-their-reporting/): > I’ve found mobile devices to be especially effective for on-the-street interviews. When New York City brought in a new system of letter grades for
Got to love this job sometimes... Paid Members Public
[http://t.co/sgyYTFF](http://t.co/sgyYTFF) latest coal analysis from our new coal editor Manca Vitorino[less than a minute ago](https://twitter.com/#!/KatieICISHeren/status/106027833050140674 "Tue Aug 23 15:39:39 +0000 2011") via web [![](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/
Fact Checking: not applicable to geography, apparently Paid Members Public
Next time you hear someone saying that what makes journalists unique and different is their fact-checking and professional standards, remember how often things like this happen: > from theMiami Herald [http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/17/2172095/man-killed-in-miami-british-tourist.html] :Two British tourists, reported by British media to have been
Afternoon Coffee Reading - 30th March 2011 Paid Members Public
The tabs in my browser were getting out of hand. Time for a link dump: * Is Twitter more media than social? [http://gigaom.com/2011/03/28/twitter-as-media-yes-celebrities-and-brands-still-matter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29] Interesting. I suspect that there’
A foghorn for lies on a giant scale Paid Members Public
Journalists are often their own worst enemies.
The Journalism Generation Gap Paid Members Public
Great stuff: [http://stdout.be/2010/two-cultures-in-media-criticism/] > - The old school would wish the government intervenes to support quality journalism, whereas we’d rather win the support of our fellow citizens through Spot.Us and Kickstarter. > - The old school regularly reminds us that our readers are stupid,
Less News, More Reporting Paid Members Public
Farmers Weekly colleague Caroline on the sheer rudeness of the coalition government [http://www.nufsaid.net/2010/05/13/take-your-time-its-only-a-deadline/]: > It’s taken long enough, but we’ve finally got ourselves a new DEFRA secretary. Caroline Spelman was announced as the department’s head honcho at about 7pm last