Today was my first day teaching on the MA International Journalism programme at City University London. In preparation, I’ve been asking my twitter and facebook followers to help me come up with an outline for the lecture and received an… Continue Reading
On Sunday, I’m heading to Ghent to take part in Blog Boat 1.0 – Citizen Journalism. As the name suggests, it’s an event about blogging and journalism which will take place on a boat but, rest assured, the organisers tell… 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
I’m going to be speaking at the European Broadcasting Union’s International Broadcasting Conference in Geneva on Tuesday. It was a bit of a last minute booking, and will involve a 4am taxi journey to Luton Airport, but it will be… Continue Reading
Last week, Headshift co-hosted a blogging seminar with Six Apart, the makers of the Movable Type blogging platform. I wanted to talk about different types of blogs as a way of explaining why corporate and media blogs need to move… Continue Reading
There are just a few spaces left for a special seminar about blogging which Headshift is co-hosting in cooperation with Six Apart, makers of the blogging tool Movable Type. The event, taking place this Thursday (25 Sept. 2008) in London,… 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
Last night I gave a presentation at PR Newswire’s Meet the Media event. I kicked off by asking the audience how many of them had come to learn how they could get their messages across to bloggers. At least half,… Continue Reading