Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
I see another regional title is going to have a bash at paywalling content. Yes, I did just verb Paywall but if that was the only thing that bothered you about the opening sentence then well done, you’re an excellent sub. Now go correct lolcat spelling or something. But kudos to Wolverhampton Express & Star... Continue Reading →
Pearltrees could be an interesting take on curated and collaborative storytelling. I discovered the site via Mo Krochmal, who hade made a paella tree using the Flash tool, and I liked the idea so much I wanted to try it out.Basically, Pearltrees allows users to collaborate on just about anything that exists online. I've found... Continue Reading →
This is not so much of a new post as a republishing of something that already exists on a third party site but there is a reason for it beyond lazy blogging.Yesterday, I found myself rummaging through Delicious as I needed to use various Twitter tools I've either used or which have featured on, for... Continue Reading →
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)39. Power to prohibit publication of certain matter in newspapers.— (1) In relation to any proceedings in any court . . . F6, the court may direct that—(a)no newspaper report of the proceedings shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the... Continue Reading →
"Farewell to Prince's Landing StageRiver Mersey, fare thee well"* So that's it - I am a Liverpool Daily Post and Echo staffer no more. After countless news conferences, telephone calls from people who start their conversation "Wori'is,is..." and cups of coffee, I have cleared my desk drawers and turned in the company N97.In 1996 I joined... Continue Reading →
I was working as editor on the Post and the Echo newspapers on the day of the Liverpool FC v Everton FC derby match, when there was an announcement during the match that Anfield Road was closed because of 'an incident', and people should avoid that area when the left.Soon after the rumours started: A... Continue Reading →
Sometimes a picture (or three) is worth a thousand words...First we have this...Followed by this...And finally, courtesy of a quick Google search covering the last two working days, this... Sometimes it's convenient to wrap up the big numbers for a headline (and the bigger the number, the better the headline, right?) but the fact is... Continue Reading →
Back in October I wrote a guest blog post for Glyn Mottishead's online and mobile journalism blog for his students, about how site searches could be a useful tool for journalists, I found the draft post again in my Google Docs the other day and thought, since some things had moved on since that was... Continue Reading →
I am fascinated by what's going on at the Register Citizen Open Newsroom Project - I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. I'll read one of the team's blog posts, look at some videos of opening day, and then go about my usual daily whatevers. Then, a while later, I find myself back reading another... Continue Reading →
My world shifted on its axis last week with the news Delicious was closing. That state of affairs has now moved to to Delicious is not closing, it's simply breaking up with Yahoo, and has won custody of the dog, or something,Whatever. The upshot is that my trust in Delicious as the guardian of my... Continue Reading →
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