Reader Flow and theArticle Gateway I believe we spend far to much time faffing about making home pages look 'right' when much of our traffic comes to stories direct rather than from our shop window, so to speak. Therefore, of course I agree with this post (which also links to another worthwhile read on the... Continue Reading →
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∞ — Wearables versus there-ables. What if we’ve got... "What if we’ve got it all wrong?What if we’re not actually supposed to wear all sorts of technology on our bodies and on our clothes? What if we didn’t have to / weren’t meant to carry our technology with us as we moved around town?What if... Continue Reading →
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(Re)defining multimedia journalism — Changing Journalism — Medium This is the key for me. Immersive means I am lost in what I am reading/watching/hearing/experiencing. Immersive experiences rule. Take me somewhere I have never been. Show me something I have never seen. New digital tools every journalist should try - Knight Foundation I haven't used any... Continue Reading →
Talking about Innovation and Digital Skills in Journalism at the Society of Editors regional conference
I was asked to speak at the Society of Editors regional conference 2014 a while ago, and so on Monday I found myself talking to a room of people about coding, social media, and data journalism, among other things. It was a little distracting when the Duke of York loomed in the doorway towards the end... Continue Reading →
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Aron Pilhofer on data journalism, culture and going digital | Tow Center for Digital Journalism Interestingness " Right now, many newsrooms are stupid about the way they publish. They’re tied to a legacy model, which means that some of the most impactful journalism will be published online on Saturday afternoon, to go into print on... Continue Reading →
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Socdir | Your social media directory of tools. There are a lot of resources in this directory, from basic to complex tools, many of which are rated and assessed by users. Very handytags: tools social media directoryHeckta for OS X - photo magnifier Hecta is an app for OS X which magnifies photographs without pixelation or... Continue Reading →
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How we built Ampp3d in eight weeks "Most publishers give their staff massive desktop monitors to work on, using desktop software tools, and a CMS that works on a desktop. And then the majority of users view the output on a mobile. "tags: technology future+of+news ampp3d Why venture capitalists are suddenly investing in news -... Continue Reading →
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Neil Gaiman's Journal: Storms and how they start "Twitterstorms are no fun when people are making up things about you or insulting you for things you didn't do or think or say. When scores of people from a group that you consider yourself a part of are shouting at you, it's incredibly upsetting, no matter... Continue Reading →
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14 takeaways from the news:rewired digital journalism conference Does exactly what it says on the tin. tags: news:rewired Crossing the language boundaries across your newsroom: journo to dev and back An open Google Doc that considers how traditional reporters and developer reports (for Noah Veltman considers them very similar in their goals) can work together... Continue Reading →
Social media monitoring and analytics (infographic)
Not 100% sure who I owe a hat tip to for tweeting a link to this infographic about social media monitoring (I suspect David Thackeray though).It is exceptionally useful, anyway, and I thought I would store it on my blog as it's a reference source I will probably come back to in the future. The World of Social... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 