Are forums the best way of interacting with online users? A quick glance at most newspaper websites would indicate the answer is... no.Frits van Exter, former editor-in-chief of Trouw newspaper, in the Netherlands, told the World Editor's Forum earlier this year that such interactivity was an 'open sewer' on a newspaper's website. I wouldn't go... Continue Reading →
Networks and Journalism
It's six months this week since I started spreading myself over the internet's social sites in an attempt to shift my analogue brain up a gear.I came home from a TM Leaders course last January shocked by my ignorance of Web 2.0 opportunities, and determined to do something about it. It started as a mild... Continue Reading →
Taking the LDP live for a day
Tuesday May 13 will be the day I go grey, bite off all my nails, and possibly take up smoking again.For Tuesday is the day the LDP goes live for a day. From 7am when the first stories are uploaded to http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk until 1am when the last page is sent down to the press room,... Continue Reading →
Too much information?
I am spreading over the web like mould. I am on, among others, Twitter, Flickr, Last.fm, Jaiku, and Bambuser and that's just a part of it. My 'social networks' folder is growing at an alarming rate.I embarked on this to learn more about the internet and interact with people online because I thought it would... Continue Reading →
Forums v Comment
I'm starting to think the Daily Post should reinstate the old 'have your say' option under our web articles.We used to have them but they were scrapped because posts had to be moderated before they could be uploaded manually.This meant sometimes comments posted on Saturday evening wouldn't appear online until Monday morning.So now we have... Continue Reading →
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