journalism Novice and 'deep dive' journalism books Which journalism books would you pair up for a novice reader and a 'deep-diver'?
journalism Behind Local News and the hyperlocal challenge. The Behind local news conference was a chance to see the local news industry put its best foot forward. But also think about where community media fit.
journalism Don’t postmortem journalism. It’s not dead. Fix it. In the aftermath of the Trump win many in the media are looking inward to understand what went wrong. But is it too soon to write off journalism as a
journalism The connected middle class: Ofcom and civic internet use OFCOM have released their Adults’ media use and attitudes report for 2015. It’s a report that is always worth a read through. This is the ten year anniversary edition
journalism Oborne and the fetish for old school journalism Like many in the media industry I’ve been confronted with a wall of coverage around Peter Oborne’s resignation from the Telegraph. I read his piece when it came out but have sat on my thoughts. That’s mainly because I can trust
journalism Light the flaming torches and stand back: Are you a good leader of your social media mob? I’m pulling together my yearly online journalism ethics lecture. It’s the fifth-ish lecture on this module (some previous ones online) and the fast-moving nature of this stuff means
journalism Is more than 100 likes on Facebook news? Occasionally we get emails asking if we can forward ‘writing opportunities’ to our journalism students. This week it was for student news site The Tab. For those looking to take up the opportunity, there’s a handy guide for those asking the question ‘what
journalism Elephants and MOWSUC's - questioning the future of media When I think about where media is going, I think about elephants. For the longest time digital was the elephant in the room. Now media, and journalism in particular, accept
journalism Ebola Zombie image hoax: A useful reminder of the value of reverse image search Update: This is an insanely popular post on my blog in terms of people searching for ebola zombie. Even if the picture wasn’t the thing that made you search
journalism Elite Media trolls, banter and journalism The Guardian’s James Ball has an interesting , and suitably search-bait-headlined, comment on internet trolls that’s worth a read. The last par is the kicker: The transformative promise of
journalism An updated timeline of journalism in a digital age. Early last year I updated my timeline of journalism events in a digital age and I thought it was time to take a look and see what needed to be added. So I’ve updated it including the following: I’ve added **the appearance
journalism Am I responsible for a shitty freelance market? Yesterday I posted about using Medium as a platform for my second year students. In passing I mentioned that Contributoria also looked like a good bet. That led to a brief exchange with Sarah Hartley (editor at Contributoria) which also included Leeds Met uni
journalism Who takes the risk in changing journalism? I’m spending the next few days in a research symposium about journalism. Lots of great people with interesting things to say about the changing face and challenges for journalism.
journalism What do journalists use instagram for? Tell me, I’ll forget Show me, I’ll remember Involve me, I’ll understand I’m not one for sharing proverbs or pithy statements; ones that would look great on a poster with some Kittens or shared in a cursive font on Facebook.
journalism Argentina's Clarín gets to grip with convergence : exploring multilingual social media The wonders of Twitter, tweetdeck and google translate meant that I got an interesting insight into the way Clarín, the biggest newspaper in Argentina, is approaching the challenge of a converged newsroom. What caught my eye was a the visualization of the ‘new editorial
journalism Restarting news: Will Journalism have much say in what journalism becomes? Prof George Brock has an interesting post as a prelude to his talk at the international journalism festival in Perugia which is well worth a read. He ponders an incomplete list of things that might shape what comes next in journalism. There are a
coding 5 steps to turn you into a journalism coder (maybe) I’ve been thinking alot about coding. Staring at some code for an hour and then realising that it’s not working because you spelt slider wrong will do that!
journalism Who broke Moyes? Breaking news in a multi-channel world So Moyes has gone. But does, as some have claimed, this mark another first for twitter? Like him, loathe sport, I think the whole thing offers an interesting case study to ponder for journalists of all genres
journalism Is the BBC really a useful benchmark for online journalism? his semester my Monday mornings are spend in the company of our Foundation Degree students and this morning I was talking about Online writing. I spent a bit of time talking about headlines and how important they are in the digital world. They’re
journalism Essential vitamins for your journalism It’s that time of year again where I find myself doing a tour of various rooms and buildings introducing myself to new students. By a quirk of timetabling and course structures I don’t get to see many of them to teach until
journalism Diagnosing the noble disease - how we treat journalism in the 21st century. This is the original script to a short presentation I gave University of Northampton’s ‘Imagine Journalism in Ten Years’ Time‘ mini-conference chaired by Kevin Marsh, and organised by John
journalism Potholes make for good content. No.Really! I always make a point of looking over the local and free papers when I visit a place, it’s a nice snapshot of a place. So, visiting the out-laws in Plymouth over new year gave me a chance to catch up with The
journalism Ivory tower dispatch: Fast and slow journalism and innovation must die The Al Jazeera English newsroom – Not available as a google app (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A diverse range of things in the ivory tower this week. Balancing personal and professional social media identities was still on the agenda – the mantra was you might not use
journalism The commercial blindspot:Funding news The idea of the weekend – a £2 levy on broadband that can be used to pay for journalism. There are almost 20m UK households that are paying upwards of £15
