The Knight New Media Center Multimedia Training Program is accepting applications for 20 fellowships for journalists to attend this expenses-paid seminar that combines practical instruction in multimedia reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing. Participants receive six days… Continue Reading
I received the following call for proposals yesterday and, having confirmed it is blogable, am posting the details here since I think it might be a good opportunity for some cybersoc readers. I’m not in any way involved with the… Continue Reading
Taking the train to a new life in China… from London BBC Correspondent foregoes the plain for a week long train journey from London to China. (tags: bbc bbcnews travel london china train transport)
Where is UK in media blogging league? Wordblog looks at the figures made public by the BBC, Guardian and other UK news organisations and compares those to US figures. (tags: blogs bloggingtechniques blogging guardian bbc bbcblogs statistics)
Pew Internet: Americans are increasingly using the internet as their primary source of political news Report also found that more people are contributing to political debate via their own blogs but stops short of claiming the net has politicised Americans… Continue Reading
Thursday 4:41 pm 1/18/07 Originally uploaded by robinhamman. At 11.30am today I set off from home for Manchester, a journey that should have taken around 3 hours and 20 minutes including an hour long connection. At 4.30pm I arrived at… Continue Reading
FAQ about the BBC Licence Fee The BBC is funded through something called a “TV Licence” that, at present, costs every British household with a television £131.50 (approx. $260 US) per year. Find out more… (tags: bbc publicservicebroadcasting publicradio media)… Continue Reading
Media law review of 2006 Bournemouth University and The Guardian compile a list of the important media law cases in the UK over the past year (tags: guardian law libel privacy internetlibel internetlaw medialaw) Ewan McIntosh’s Edu Blogger blog (for… Continue Reading
I was reading a free issue of O’Reilly’s Make magazine that I got at the BBC Backstage Christmas party and came across this gem of a quote that I’m probably going to use at every blogging talk I give over… Continue Reading
Jemima’s work Christmas do ruined by vomit… I’m catching up on my holiday reading and found this gem of a post providing a behind the scenes glance of going-ons at The Guardian’s Christmas party. (tags: guardian christmas vomit jemimakiss) Guardian’s… Continue Reading