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
As part of the BBC’s White Season, a week of programmes on BBC2 as well as other BBC TV and Radio outlets, BBC News online hosted an online discussion asking if "white working class people [are] ignored in Britain?" The… Continue Reading
[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
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
As part of a new occasional feature, Journalism.co.uk has set out to interview people working at the collision of journalism and social media. This week they cornered me and asked about my role at the BBC, which social media tools… Continue Reading
Click to Play Cameraphone video of a presentation on CNN’s iReport from the DNA 2008 Conference in Brussels. If you have problems with the embedded player you can view it directly on blip.tv or nowpublic.com [update: The presentation is by… Continue Reading
I used my camera phone, and a free service called qik, to stream live video of a panel discussion titled "God is a VJ". The panel included: • Pat Loughrey, Director, BBC Nations and Regions • … Continue Reading