2008's top 10 media & publishing ideas – Media musings "Springwise highlights smart concepts that will continue to provide entrepreneurs with plenty of inspiration and opportunities in 2009! Featuring both startups and new concepts by established players, here's their pick… Continue Reading
Laptopforbud på NJ-landsmøtet | Journalisten.no The Norwegian union for journalists has banned laptops and mobiles from it's conference, saying they just distract journalists… (tags: journalism norway mobile conference union) FT.com / UK – Sweet to tweet Finally, an interesting article… Continue Reading
Last week I spoke at the Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The conference brings together journalists, business leaders, academics and politicians for two days of discussion ranging from news coverage of global events such as the current economic crisis… Continue Reading
In July 2007, as I announced here, the BBC/AHRC partnership selected eight projects to go forward. I was, along with Liz Howell and Robin Morley, the primary BBC sponsor for the largest of those projects, the most comprehensive study ever… Continue Reading
BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | India election train: Map Journalists at the BBC are mashing up their blog posts, images, audio and a map…link thanks @sambrook (tags: bbcnews journalisttraining bbc blogging journalism india)
Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform | Net Effect "..the “swine flu” Twitter-scare has once again proved the importance of context – and how badly most Twitter conversations are hurt by the lack of it…" (tags: twitter flu swineflu panic… Continue Reading
The high costs of running YouTube. – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine According a recent report by analysts at the financial-services company Credit Suisse, Google will lose $470 million on the video-sharing site this year alone. To put it… Continue Reading
The Telegraph's wobbly experiment with Twitter and the budget | Media | guardian.co.uk "Telegraph.co.uk has taken the 'brave' decision to publish a live Twitterfall stream of #budget tags on its Budget 2009 homepage…" (tags: twitter onlinediscussion moderation newspaperwebsites telegraph) 66.3… Continue Reading
Review of Cover it Live – live blogging interface (tags: journalisttraining blogging journalism tools review coveritlive)
It must be social media event season again as I've got quite a few things creeping up in my diary: 16 April: SOMESSO pre-event, hosted by Headshift (my employer) – please RSVP if you fancy coming along for some informal… Continue Reading