Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
I try not to start posts off with "when I was a young reporter..." but, well, here goes: When I was a young reporter the word 'spokesman/woman' didn't really appear in local papers. It was part of my weeklies paper training that you included the names of whichever person was speaking on behalf of an organisation, rather... Continue Reading →
How being consistent helped a hyperlocal news site to finally get Facebook Friend and colleague Ed Walker has posted about his decision to get serious with Blog Preston's Facebook page. Although this is about his hyperlocal site, it's good advice for anyone who has a Facebook page for their brand or themselves, and gives detailed... Continue Reading →
UPDATED: This is a really old post (from 2010 in fact). I accidentally republished it today while going through the back end of my blog to find posts on local news reporting, to research something for a conference. Quite how I managed to plagerise myself I don't know. So, if this sounds like I'm repeating... Continue Reading →
Could the great commenting free for all actually make it harder for journalists to do their jobs? | David Higgerson David Higgerson considers some of the (myriad) ways online comments cause difficulties, including giving those characters who prefer not to be held to account by journalists a way to avoid them.... "Unlike a residents association... Continue Reading →
I had a bit of a think before adding to the Allyson Bird 'Why I Left News' discussion. If you haven't read it, the link will take you to a post that obviously comes from the heart about a decision that has caused her a lot of anguish and consideration. However. Days later, this paragraph is... Continue Reading →
An Open Letter to Google: Google Alerts Broken The Financial Brand loves its Google Alerts, and it is Not Happy that they are broken with no fix in sight. In this information packed post, it sets out why we should all be concerned about the latest Google glitch "Google has lost touch with its core... Continue Reading →
I've been reading the latest Pew report on American Journalism 'The State of the News Media 2013' (overview here).It's a piece of work that, for those of us in print or broadcast. won't inspire a great deal of joy. But, among the standout points highlighted by Pew was something that's being increasingly discussed in my... Continue Reading →
When People Write for Free, Who Pays? This Gawker article deals with the Nate Thayer/Atlantic fallout but also poses a number of questions that pertain more towards the 'free interns' debate. When does work experience become free labour, and how far should you go to prove yourself in your chosen profession before that profession thinks... Continue Reading →
10 Newspapers that Do It Right 2013 "If the industry has come to learn anything from the Great Recession, it’s that we produce a product, a product that needs to be marketed just as well as — if not better than — any other product. This year’s 10 Newspapers That Do It Right are all... Continue Reading →
The Daily Post's Right to Tweet campaign continues to roll forward (we even made Roy Greenslade's blog) but since we've launched it there have been a number of other instances of newspaper journalists and councillors falling foul of the 'can we/can't we' ad hoc approach. Some of the recent examples can be found here (Hounslow) here... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 