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The Radio 4 people liked my blogging session today… I went to see a group of presenters and producers over at BBC Radio 4. They really seemed to get enthused – which was exactly the point – and I’m delighted… Continue Reading →

Software spots key players in online communities Then, by going through each message and rating their usefulness, they were able to spot patterns in the behaviour of different posters. (tags: onlinecommunitymanagement statistics academicresearch socialnetworking socialsoftware) Complete Tosh, by Neil McIntosh:… Continue Reading →

Being bilingual ‘protects brain’ Being fluent in two languages may help to keep the brain sharper for longer, a study suggests. (tags: academicresearch) Cash reward for Facebook programs Software developers will be offered up to $250,000 (£125,000) to develop applications… Continue Reading →

Chatroom warning after web death Mr Gwynne said: “The death of Kevin Whitrick should not be allowed to pass without someone seeing if it is possibl (tags: onlinecommunitymanagement onlinediscussion onlinecommunity) BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook ‘costs businesses dear’ According… Continue Reading →

Knight News Challenge This is year two of the Knight News Challenge, a contest awarding as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news. (tags: grants journalism knightfoundation journalisttraining local citizenjournalism)

City University London: PhD Position to study Citizen Journalism @ SkyNews “Very good posting for a position at the City University of London: for a doctoral student to work with Sky News and an army of citizen journalists.” (tags: academicresearch… Continue Reading →

from at Work – a photoset on Flickr This is the sort of behind the scenes stuff (from a photographer) that I wish some of the BBC blogs did more of. (tags: howto bbcblogs bloggingtechniques flickr photosharing)

Inoperability of social networking sites could undermine usefulness the steady stream of requests for Facebook friends, LinkedIn connections, Dopplr travellers, or Plaxo contact updates, highlights the lack of interoperability between social network sites and significantly undermines their usefulness. (tags: socialnetworking… Continue Reading →

Teaching Online Journalism (Blog) (tags: Journalism journalisttraining education blog bloggingtechniques) Technolo-J Blog A group blog giving first hand accounts from journalists experimenting with the use of new technologies in their work. (tags: technology howto Journalism journalisttraining bloggingtechniques) Facebook Group Pressure… Continue Reading →

Web Community Forum » Instant Facebook Applications: Just add RSS Haven’t had time to test that the headline is the reality yet but worth investigating… (tags: facebook rss mashup widgets) COMM 361: Online Journalism, Fall 2007 Syllabus for a university… Continue Reading →