Up until about two months ago, I always used the RSS reader built into my Mac’s Safari browser. But when I started giving presentations about blogging and sometimes had to use other people’s laptops, it became obvious that I needed… Continue Reading
Last Friday I had the pleasure of spending half an hour speaking by phone with Geoff Dougherty, editor of the ChiTownDailyNews. He’s an interesting and friendly bloke whose doing interesting things in Chicago. Dougherty, a journalist with 14 years of… Continue Reading
Nico Macdonald has written an interesting analysis of the Guardian’s Comment is Free for the Online Journalism Review. Nico suggests that "The Guardian’s attempt to build an engaging group blog further illustrates the cultural differences between running a newspaper and… Continue Reading
Yesterday I made my first post over on the Pods and Blogs. It’s a whirlwind tour of the perception of online community as a concept, and development of the online community management industry, from 1993 to today. Here’s a quick… Continue Reading
Last month I had the pleasure of a spending a few hours with online community guru Nancy White who visited the BBC, and gave a presentation at e-mint, whilst in London. As I mentioned here previously, BBC Radio 5 Live’s… Continue Reading
In the last couple of years of the 70’s, or perhaps early 80’s, my parents decided to get a station wagon (the British call this an Estate Car) to better haul our growing family and groceries around. The one thing… Continue Reading
The Globe and Mail’s Mattthew Ingram has posted a round-up of "citizen journalist" coverage of the London terrorist plot. The article clearly demonstrates how mainstream media can add depth and alternative viewpoints to their coverage by linking out to blogs… Continue Reading
CNN has teamed up with blip.tv to handle the upload and storage of user contributed video footage. The service, called CNN Exchange, allows users to submit their comments, photos and video as an "i-report" via web interface. They also provide… Continue Reading
Even Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s Director of New Media and Technology, is a citizen journalist now – I spotted his photo of the queues at Heathrow in a BBC News Online gallery today (click through to the third photo).
Barb Palser suggests, in an article for the American Journalism Review, that "news sites should make better use of the material provided by YouTube and other Internet resources". Her main point is that news and media organisations don’t need to… Continue Reading