Manual retweets are just self-promotion and Twitter embeds aren't journalism | Jeb Lund | Comment is free | theguardian.com Manually retweeting used to be the only option for passing on someone's message on Twitter - you used to literally have to cut and paste on the Twitter site, although Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, among others, offered... Continue Reading →
A disconcerting hush around The Right to be Forgotten
I am a bit conflicted by the Right to be Forgotten, and Google's role within it. On the one hand, I can feel for those people whose past misdemeanours are be blighting their modern day lives, and who wish to draw a veil over the follies of their youth by citing the ROA 1974. On the other hand, what happens in... Continue Reading →
The hook on which we are caught
These are some of my reflections on the Revival of Local Journalism conference, organised by the BBC and Society of Editors at MediaCity UK, and held on June 25. There are links to others’ posts and articles from the day throughout this piece. The Revival of Local Journalism conference (hashtag #localjournalism) on June 25 was... Continue Reading →
Interesting reads (weekly)
Battle Cries - NYTimes.com The different styles and levels of excitement of commentators' goal announcements makes for a fun interactive. Not too difficult to replicate I would imagine; some fun to be had here around regional differences in nouns, for example. tags: nytimes innovation visualisation interactive A feast of takeouts from #DEN visual content meetup... Continue Reading →
Crime, mugshots and the public interest (updated)
Update: Lancashire Police has now retracted this policy. Liz Riding, Lancashire Constabulary’s Corporate Communications Manager has reviewed the decision: ‘I have had a further look at this and have decided that we will not be applying the 12 month limited tariff for releasing images on conviction. ‘We are reviewing the demand into our press office, having lost... Continue Reading →
Innovation and the perils of “yes, but…”
There's an interesting post on the WAN-IFRA blog now, which details are the key attributes of an effective editor, leading at a time of industry disruption. It’s a subject close to my heart as it was the topic of my MA, and I agree with a lot of the points made by David Boardman, Dean of the... Continue Reading →
I need to think less about Audience, more about People
I managed to make it to the Digital Editors Network meet-up on Thursday - #visualDEN if you search for it on Twitter - and came away with head and notebook stuffed full of ideas.The theme, as the hashtag suggests, was around the visualisation of stories, and talks touched covered the presentation of information through graphs,... Continue Reading →
Social media has wrecked my blog*
I am a lazy blogger but it's not my fault. Twitter and Diigo are to blame for my indolence, and Blogger has a part to play in it too. You see, it's so easy to just tweet a link, perhaps with a (very) short opinion, or save it to Diigo and get that site to sweep... Continue Reading →
This week, I’ve been reading… (weekly)
Verifying Social Media Content: The Best Links, Case Studies and Discussion | Groundswell tags:how-to verification BBC 'NewsLabs team' to drive innovation | Media news tags:innovation BBC Jill Abramson’s Ouster: Why Aren't Standards This High For Male Leaders? - Sarah Green - Harvard Business Review tags:HBR NYT Sarah Marshall — How to export a Twitter list... Continue Reading →
This week, I’ve been reading… (weekly)
Your Brain on Story: Why Narratives Win Our Hearts and Minds - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society "Neuroscientists published research showing the changes in neural patterns of volunteers after reading a narrative story based on real events. The researchers assigned subjects to read Robert Harris’ 2003 novel Pompeii, a piece of historical fiction based... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 