In past posts, I’ve written a lot about how journalists make use of blogs as a source of contacts, context and content. But how, I keep getting asked, can journalists – or anyone for that matter – go about finding… Continue Reading
Regular readers of cybersoc.com will recall that back in August I got kicked out of Google Adsense. I appealed to Google, asking for them to spefically disclose what, if any, evidence they had that I had broken their terms and… Continue Reading
Journalism.co.uk is hosting the Readers’ Revolution panel discussion on Monday, 04 December, at Imperial College, London. The panelists are: * Kevin Anderson, who recently left the BBC to become Blogs Editor at The Guardian. He’s been an online journalist since… Continue Reading
Journalism.co.uk is hosting the Readers’ Revolution panel discussion on Monday, 04 December, at Imperial College, London. The panelists are: * Kevin Anderson, who recently left the BBC to become Blogs Editor at The Guardian. He’s been an online journalist since… Continue Reading
The audio interviews I did at the Manchester Blog Awards last week are going to be broadcast on BBC 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs tonight between 2-3am British Summer Time. Technically speaking, that’s really really early Tuesday morning. [Update: the… Continue Reading
This evening I went along to the Manchester Blog Awards. [update: ickleweb has a photo of me live blogging ] If you happen to be awake and conscious at 2 am British Summer Time (9pm EST) you can listen to… Continue Reading
It wasn’t quite the point I was trying to make when I posted yesterday about Guido scoffing at the idea of getting out of bed for £21,000, reportedly the average being offered for professional bloggers as based on a large… Continue Reading
Lisa Williams has posted an invitation for a sneak peek under the hood of placeblogger, a project she’s been working on. Placeblogger will be a searchable directory and aggregator of placeblogs which she explains are: Placeblogs — sites that focus… Continue Reading
The Press Gazette picked up on my recent post where I quoted research suggesting that bloggers earn more (£21k) than journalists but significantly less than holders of Bachelors degress (£29.6k). In response, Guido Fawkes, the most high profile political blogger… Continue Reading
The Manchester Blog Awards will be take place on Monday the 16th (October ’06) at Urbis in Manchester. Shortlists for the four award categories (political, personal, arts and culture, and blog of the year) are available on Manchizzle, which has… Continue Reading