Why would someone think the comment section of a blog about journalism is the best place to flog energy-saving lightbulbs?I was tidying up this site the other day when I noticed a few extra comments on posts - and there they were - a whole bunch of spammy comments exhorting people to try a different... Continue Reading →
Achieving a more transparent newsroom
Sometimes it's easy to forget how far away the ethos of Web 2.0 is from traditional journalism.As a trainee I learned I had to always protect my sources of information; there's an unwritten rule that a journalist should generally imply the story on the front page has been obtained purely through painstaking, journalistic endeavour.This is... Continue Reading →
Sharing videos on Twitter with Ffwd
My heart sank when I opened up the Google Reader after a busy few days; more than 1,500 items is way too many to be able to keep on top of with a quick scan through. So I weighed up the work/life balance and MAAR-ed without a backward glance - apart from Mashable's feed, which... Continue Reading →
Flickr: The Book
I've learned so much about online communities and interaction from the Daily Post's Flickr group. I've written about it before and I'm fairly sure I will in the future, as I think Flickr is a wonderful example of collaborative story-telling.But the reason I've been immersed in Flickr this week is because a group of us... Continue Reading →
Testing FineTuna
I've been playing around with a new web app that lets you upload, comment on and share photos easily. It's called FineTuna and it is such a simple way of telling a story. I've tried it out on a photo of the Yellow Submarine outside Liverpool John Lennon Airport (which was taken by Neil Shenton... Continue Reading →
I’m a mechanic!
I follow Amy Gahran on Twitter, and she's a constant source of information and humour. I'm a fan of the way she operates and thinks, and so I subscribe to her Contentious.com feed in my Google Reader. Last month she brought me tales of naked Trick or Treaters, this week I learn, courtesy of her... Continue Reading →
I posted a message on Twitter today...... because I thought this feature on one of our Flickr group members was so good it was worth sharing.And then I got this message back...And you know what? I was so wrapped up in the idea of the Post getting a story out of our Flickr group that... Continue Reading →
No escape…
I'm bored of the US election, of Lewis Hamilton (yes, it was exciting but it was on Sunday), of Clarkson's latest gaff and of Ross&Brand, but there's no escape.Because between bloggers, my Google Reader, Twitter and Plurk, I'm getting the news even if I don't want it.Which got me thinking: In a networked world, is... Continue Reading →
Links and the marketing of Darren Farley
This video of Scouser Darren Farley running through his LFC impressions, filmed by a mate on a mobile phone, went up on YouTube on 10 October 2008...And within just 10 days this has happened...Today, searching Google, the man is all over the web; from fan sites and bloggers, to the Post & Echo websites, Sky... Continue Reading →
Our own worst enemy?
Here are some cheery words for journalists, courtesy of Michael Wolff, founder of Newser: "The advice [to journalists] is probably not to get up for work today, sleep in and, you know, hope your retirement account will take care of you."If I wasn't already downcast by that little spot of advice, these two overheard comments... Continue Reading →
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