Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
Anyone who follows me here or on Twitter may have picked up on my 'like it but keep forgetting to use it' attitude towards FriendFeed. I mean, I see the purpose of it, but I'm always forgetting to log in to the website - it's not an essential part of my network yet. So I... Continue Reading →
Questions I've been asked my thoughts on recently: 1. Should papers charge for some content online? 2. Could more money be made from paid content than advertising? 3. What about premium models? 4. How will new technologies affect charging? 5. Is it better to be an early adopter or a follower? 6. What about competitors?... Continue Reading →
I'm speaking at the Art of Digital event in Liverpool tomorrow. The topic of the learning lab is The Personal which (according to the accompanying blurb) is "all about the role and influence of people and organisations. We have recently seen the emergence of the self at the heart of online communication, placing the individual... Continue Reading →
This is starting to take shape now - we should be filming our first pilot show on Thursday.
The last post I wrote about open lines of communication prompted a few comments (thanks all) including a well-reasoned argument from James Goffin that, sometimes, people just wanted the facts. Not interaction, not contribution, just... to know clearly and concisely what was going on. You can find more at his newspaper blog. And I started... Continue Reading →
And yea, it is written that when four or more editorial execs are gathered together to forward plan the coverage of an impending Happening, one among them will, at some point, spake thusly: "We should do a liveblog". And everyone else nods while secretly wishing they had suggested it, and the suggestee gains immense Multimedia... Continue Reading →
Chris Brogan is an online social media star who has given me much to think about over the past 18 months or so that I've followed him on Twitter, and subscribed to his blog.If you don't, I recommend it - it's here. And his latest post is so good I couldn't resist sharing a few... Continue Reading →
It's not often I hear something that shocks me but it happened this week: I was told that a member of a southern weekly newspaper's digital team is facing a contempt charge for uploading a court case to the website.The background, as I understand it, is that the juvenille defendant could, allegedly, be identified from... Continue Reading →
Talk about making your own headlines! It's true; the deputy business editor of the Post & Echo was caught in crossfire this weekend and - like the news trouper he is - tweeted what was happening to him, from the ambulance.In a nutshell, (teetotal) Tony McDonough was unfortunate enough to be downing a diet Coke... Continue Reading →
FriendFeed is back on the radar, although not necessarily mine. I've had an account since it launched and never really been able to sustain the enthusiasm. The other problem is that it's intermittently blocked on my work internet, so simply logging on can be a small triumph. Anyway, recently the site has had an overhaul... Continue Reading →
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