Two weeks ago, Mayhill Fowler, who had gained access to a fundraising speech by Barack Obama because she had previously donated to his campaign, rocked Obama’s campaign by posting audio of his controversial speech about blue collar Pennsylvanians. Fowler’s recording… Continue Reading
I’m going to be speaking at quite a few conferences and events over the next few months. Do drop me a note if you’re speaking at or planning to attend one of these: 17 April – BBC World Service, Spanish… Continue Reading
Here’s a couple of twitter applications which could be useful for those working in journalism or broadcasting: PollDaddy makes it easy to create and run multiple choice polls on twitter. To use it you simply author a question, set up… Continue Reading
Jemima Kiss, a friend of mine over at the Guardian, seems to have kicked off quite a blog storm with an article challenging the visitor statistics disclosed by Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale, two of the UK’s most widely known… Continue Reading
Loic Lemeur discusses the different social media services and tools he uses as he takes us on a tour of his social map: Spotted thanks to Adam Tinworth who has a rather good blog covering journalism and social media.
[note: I cross-posted the following on the BBC Manchester Blog a few minutes ago…] The BBC Manchester Blog will be closing on Sunday. When Richard Fair and I launched it in August 2006 we had high expectations, not just of… Continue Reading
The other day I met with some work colleagues to discuss their proposal for a new blog related to a weekly regional television programme. When the hour was over they left not with a well formed blog proposal but with… Continue Reading
Cross-posting is useful where it genuinely adds value but sometimes it’s just plain spammy. That, at least, is the conclusion I’ve drawn on the use of automated cross-posting to and from blogs and social networking services. For the past month… Continue Reading
Social media isn’t something you add to a website, it’s something you do. When I look back over the social media projects I’ve been involved in over the years, it’s obvious that the key variable upon which success, or failure,… Continue Reading
Click to Play A few days ago, Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC’s Technology Correspondent, asked on his blog: "What would happen if everyone, anywhere, could have their own live television station from a mobile phone?" I guess the answer is, things… Continue Reading