Earlier today, Peter Horrocks, the Head of BBC Newsroom, gave a presentation at the Broadcast News and the Active Citizen conference taking place at the University of Leeds Institute of Communication Studies. His full presentation has subsequently been posted on… Continue Reading
I’m a long term, and fairly heavy, user of the photo-sharing site flickr although, over time, my usage of the site has changed from being a place where I primarily shared my best and most interesting photos to one where… Continue Reading
At last October’s Networked Journalism Summit, organised by Jeff Jarvis, I had the pleasure of meeting Micah Sifry of the Personal Democracy Forum which is described on their website as a "hub for the conversation already underway between political practitioners… Continue Reading
Every so often I come across a tool that will be useful for journalists and others looking for first hand accounts and viewpoints on breaking news stories. Today I came across David Sterry’s Tweet Scan which allows you to search… Continue Reading
BBC Radio 4’s Eddie Mair recently asked listeners of PM and iPM to submit their postcodes to be plotted on a google map and were flooded by over 22,000 responses. The result, visible using google earth or as a google… Continue Reading
new bbc homepage blogs widget Originally uploaded by robinhamman The new homepage for bbc.co.uk, currently in public beta testing, includes a user configurable widget for the BBC’s blogs. The widget like feature allows users to select which blogs… Continue Reading
Can we make valid and useful comparisons of blog traffic based on subscriptions statistics reported by rss readers and feedburner? Bloglines, just one of many popular RSS readers, reports that there are 182 of it’s users subscribed to the feed… Continue Reading
Three potentially interesting conferences coming up in the first half of next year, with paper submissions in Dec 07 / Jan 08. I’m likely to be speaking at the event in Skopje. Futuresonic 2008: The Social – Online, Mobile and… Continue Reading
When I give presentations about blogging I’m frequently asked: "How much time does it take to have a successful blog? How much time do I spend blogging?" These are important questions but I find them almost impossible to answer because… Continue Reading
Last week I was interviewed by Valeria Maltoni for her marketing blog, Conversation Agent. We spoke about finding inspiration for blogging, the BBC’s blog strategy and how blogging is changing the work that journalists and editors do. The post ended… Continue Reading