Long-term work and blogging compadre David Higgerson and I were asked to give a talk on blogging recently. Obviously David has lots of thoughts on this subject because... pause... he still actually blogs (and there aren't many journo bloggers from way back when resolutely still plugging away - Hello! Adam and Paul !) Every one seems to be... Continue Reading →
On ‘posting a blog’
It's a small point, in the grand scheme of things, but when people 'post a blog' my day loses a little of its savour. Ancient (well, several years old, at least) blogger credo insists: You post a post to your [web]log; you do not post a blog. You don't upload a blog either, and there are purists who would... 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 →
For love not money: wise words from Cardiff Bloggers Meet
Now I’ve moved from Liverpool I miss the social meets a lot. Things like Ignite Liverpool, tweetups, Twestival, TEDxLiverpool, and Social Media Cafe turned online mates into real life friends and it was great.Plus, there’s a kind of comfort in walking into a room and knowing you’re among people who can recognise any given Last... Continue Reading →
Journalist or blogger? Both, please.
The above is taken from Dictionary.net; I screengrabbed it as I particularly like the 'interchange' reference in no.2. I think it's something that newsrooms can lose sight of from time to time.How does a journalist come to accept and embrace the idea of 'interchange', when the industry is founded on 'imparting'? I'd suggest the learning... Continue Reading →
This is not a blog post… this is a confession
This was quite a taxing post to write. It took me a while to work through my thoughts and I suspect it might irritate some as, essentially, it advocates allowing the people we interview to see and change copy before it's finished. So, before I get to the point, here's a story. As a trainee... Continue Reading →
Updated with Irish Mail on Sunday response: A sad tale of a deleted blog
UPDATED 28/01/10... see additions in bold, and the statement from Irish Mail on Sunday reproduced in full at the bottom of the original post. See also journalism.co.uk's latest article. Further Update: 09/04/10: Air traffic controller blogger drops press complaint following Irish Mail on Sunday apology (Journalism.co.uk)I read a blog post today that made me sa... Continue Reading →
reBlog from blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk: Liverpool Echo – Tech Blog
I have a new blog - it's an official work one, ostensibly about technology but actually about all kinds of digital stuff that interests me. Not likely to bother TechCrunch, for example.Anyway, I wrote about a local Flickr group issue on it as my first post - There was a right royal kick-off in the... Continue Reading →
Guest-blogging on Media140
I wrote a blog post last week which you won't see on this site. It was about how and why I use the Favourite option on Twitter, what its uses are, and different was of checking out other users' Favourites, and when I finished it I pinged it off to the Media140 blog to use... Continue Reading →
Talking social journalism at TEDx Liverpool
I was asked if I'd be one of the speakers at TEDx Liverpool - the first of several TEDx North events taking place over the next few months - and it turned out be be a memorable day.Based around the mind-stretching theme of Creativity, I got hear presentations by from Microsoft's Steve Clayton and Tinker.it's... Continue Reading →
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