Tom Loosemoore, who is heading up the BBC 2.0 project, a project to rethink, modernise and – hopefully – futureproof the BBC’s online offerings, has posted a list of the BBC’s 15 Web Principles. I was involved in (a minute… Continue Reading
The Knight New Media Center Multimedia Training Program is accepting applications for 20 fellowships for journalists to attend this expenses-paid seminar that combines practical instruction in multimedia reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing. Participants receive six days… Continue Reading
Le Web – Les Blogs Originally uploaded by robinhamman. On Sunday, I’ll be heading off to Paris for Le Web 3, the third Les Blogs conference. I’ll be one of the 1000 bloggers, geeks, start-up wanna-be’s, etc from a remarkable… Continue Reading
As previously mentioned here, I’m taking part in a Readers’ Revolution panel discussion, organised by Journalism.co.uk, and taking place on Monday, 04 December, at Imperial College, London. Tickets for the event ran dry almost as soon as it was announced… Continue Reading
Brand Republic, a stand-alone media and advertising industry news site owned by haymarket , and which also provides an online home for Campaign and Marketing magazines, is looking for a community editor: This new role will give someone the opportunity… Continue Reading
This morning I stumbled across the following post by Derek Powazek, who wrote Design for Communities a few years ago, describing the three communities important to magazines: those involved in creating the magazine, the readers, and the advertisers – “Magazines… Continue Reading
I’ve always said that brands that want to “do” online community need to find a topic, or a small number of topics, that they can plow all their effort into. There’s no point in trying to do a whole bunch… Continue Reading
In Saturday’s Weekend supplement, The Guardian’s John Lanchester tried to get to grips with “web 2.0” and met with some of it’s movers and shakers. Some of those interviews have been published as podcasts but, sadly, there isn’t a full… Continue Reading
Facebook, the #2 social networking website in the US, has announced a new product called “share“. The feature allows facebook users, predominately American university students, to collect content from partner websites and publish it on their profile pages. Initial partners… Continue Reading
Wired Digital, part of the Conde Nast group, has purchased the social bookmarking site Reddit for an undisclosed amount. Like Digg, Reddit is essentially a social recommendation tool for online news stories. Registered users add a story and other users… Continue Reading