I was on BBC Radio Jersey a couple weeks ago discussing citizen journalism and, in particular, whether bloggers should be allowed to cover government reviews and inquiries. Here's the audio of the interview as it was aired: Download and Listen… Continue Reading
Last year, I ended up watching the Eurovision Song Contest because I wanted to take part in the conversations my friends were having about it on Twitter. In the resultant blog post, I looked forward to this year: “Broadcasters and… 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
Slideshare doesn’t seem to like the Below you’ll find the presentation on mobile journalism I’ll be delivering to students on the MA Magazine and Newspaper Journalism course at City University, London on Thursday. The presentation looks at: • service… Continue Reading
It appears that conference season has begun. On Tuesday I moderated a panel about using social media to have "difficult conversations at Social Media Influence in London with panelists Headshift's Lee Bryant (my boss), Andy Hobsbawm from Agency.com and Paolo… Continue Reading
UK internet measurement agency Hitwise recently announced that Twitter's traffic has increased a staggering 1000% over the past year and now exceeds that to Digg. The Hitwise report reveals something far more interesting, in my mind at least – the… Continue Reading
I spent most of the morning on BBC radio. It all started yesterday, when I saw a tweet by Rory Cellan-Jones, alerting me to a blog post he was writing in response to a Wired article proclaiming blogging is dead.… Continue Reading
bbc blog costs £17 billion…Originally uploaded by robinhamman Last year, Iain Dale brought us the news that government blogs were costing tax payers many thousands of pounds a month to run. David Milliband’s blog, for example, apparently costs over £40,000… Continue Reading
The panel on Social Media and Broadcasting that I helped organise for the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam takes place from 11.30 – 13:00 on Friday in Room L. Joining me on the panel will be BBC Radio 4’s… Continue Reading
My friend and former work colleague, Matthew Cashmore, who is soon to leave BBC Backstage for his dream job at Lonely Planet in Melbourne, has teamed up with a couple of his mates on a Journey to Russia to raise… Continue Reading