Category Archives: Journalism
Tories’ “radical” local newspaper replacement idea – meh
So the Tories are suggesting the creation of around 80 independent cross-platform, ad-funded news companies staffed by professional journalists and community volunteers, in an attempt to fill the gap local newspapers are leaving behind. Oooh. The suggestion comes in the … Continue reading
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Response to research on journalists’ use of Twitter
Aussie journo and former ABC reporter Julie Posetti has published the results of research on the usefulness of Twitter to journalists. Part one was based on interviews with 25 mostly Australian twittering journalists and informed by her own experience of … Continue reading
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Charging for online content in the US – the Google question and an alternative model
As many UK newspapers continue to slim down as print version sections are ditched in exchange for online-only content, the noise around charging for online content by newspapers is amplifying. The owner of philly.com (the 180 year-0ld Philadelphia Inquirer’s online … Continue reading
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Another print edition bites the dust
After writing about the end of the print version of Maxim in the post on this blog about the demise of the Lads’ Mag, I’ve just found out The Ecologist is about to close down its print edition after 40 … Continue reading
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Future of lads’ mags uncertain
I’ve just listened to an interesting edition of Radio Four’s The Media Show about the demise of the lads’ mag. For anyone who missed it, in the UK in the 1990s, several magazines emerged aimed at men which became very … Continue reading
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Tangled up in Jews – but Jewlie Burchill can’t really say why.
I went to a conference yesterday. I saw the journalist and author Julie Burchill speak. I couldn’t believe what I heard. Although I’d read a few of her articles, I didn’t really know much about The Burchill before I saw … Continue reading
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Twitter for journalists. There. Not a pun in sight
Does Twitter come in handy for journos? Continue reading
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RSS
I wrote this article on RSS for Journalism.co.uk. It taught me to manage the web content I’m interested in a bit better and that I don’t have to trawl through a whole load of tripe to get to the meaty … Continue reading
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