Author: Alison Gow

I'm a journalist, particularly interested in story-telling, networks and digital innovation.

Exploring YouTube

I've never really bothered much with YouTube. Clips get sent to my Facebook superwall which I may or may not watch, and that's about it. But the Liverpool Daily Post site is hugely popular, and I figured that I ought to at least try and understand how YouTube works - and why it works. So... Continue Reading →

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Death of newspapers?

I read a Steve Outing, post recently in which he wrote about finally cancelling his local newspaper. Steve writes for the Editor & Publisher Online and I'm a fairly new convert to his blog, which by the way is excellent.Anyway, if a writer who specialises in the newspaper industry cancels his subscription you just have... Continue Reading →

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living through my laptop

If I'm not on my work computer checking emails, gmails, internet updates and our Daily Post website stuff (or in meetings!) then I'm either surfing the web on my phone, twibbling or on the laptop at home.Luckily, I also have a tendency to exercise and eat healthily so I'm not likely to morph into some... Continue Reading →

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Words and pictures

I started this blog with the aim of testing out different ways of telling news stories but I wasn't sure what that would entail. Looking at it now, it's got so much mad furniture going on around the actual words it's more like a small child's attempt at communication than anything else. But you know... Continue Reading →

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Fire alarm via SpinVox

UPDATE 2013: SpinVox subsequently closed downWell we had a fire alarm in the office today which nobody knew anything about but it was the prefect opportunity to practice streaming via qik on my mobile phone and it worked really well. I just need to work out now how to embed it the blog site because... Continue Reading →

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Testing qik

So this is my first ever attempt at streaming on Qik and, let's face it, I am never going to be an auteur. However, the N95 performed really well and I was really very impressed by the website's ease of use. I think I want to try and stream some newsroom action next just to... Continue Reading →

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