Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
If you know what this is......the chances are you've brushed up against newsdesk or page design in a newsroom at some point. Everywhere I've worked it's been called something different - The Book, The Plan, The Dummy, the Flatplan - but recently I've started wondering if it should be called The Box, because we think... Continue Reading →
My Reader is crammed with iPad articles at the moment. More than I can shake a stick at, let alone read, no matter what format you offer them to me.As we all know, the iPad will save all newspapers / destroy all newspapers / is the new Kindle / is a bit rubbish as an... Continue Reading →
I was talking to friend and colleague Neil MacDonald (over on Twitter as xxnapoleonsolo) the other day about dodos. It had been a long, rather difficult week, and I happened to express the opinion that dodos deserved everything they got, as they hadn't been able to evolve fast enough to overcome changing circumstances.The rather tortured... Continue Reading →
I'm not a regular reader of The Observer but I'm following the news and views around its potential future (or lack of) with interest.There's a Facebook page (4,300-plus people have joined, a Twitter account , a Twitter hashtag (#savetheobserver), innumerable blog posts - even Newsnight has come out in support. There is a very real... Continue Reading →
I've been having an online amble around Journalism Shop and wondering how long before something similar opens in the UK. This is what the founders have to say about themselves: Over the past couple of years the Los Angeles Times and its corporate owner, Tribune, have undergone an epic financial crunch which has led to... Continue Reading →
Last week I got tricked up in a gown and mortarboard to graduate from the Journalism Leaders Course, courtesy of a Trinity Mirror team-up with UCLan. It was a good day but it struck me as I sat in Preston Guildhall that there was a very large number of newly-qualified journalists sat in rows around... Continue Reading →
Questions I've been asked my thoughts on recently: 1. Should papers charge for some content online? 2. Could more money be made from paid content than advertising? 3. What about premium models? 4. How will new technologies affect charging? 5. Is it better to be an early adopter or a follower? 6. What about competitors?... Continue Reading →
The last post I wrote about open lines of communication prompted a few comments (thanks all) including a well-reasoned argument from James Goffin that, sometimes, people just wanted the facts. Not interaction, not contribution, just... to know clearly and concisely what was going on. You can find more at his newspaper blog. And I started... Continue Reading →
Chris Brogan is an online social media star who has given me much to think about over the past 18 months or so that I've followed him on Twitter, and subscribed to his blog.If you don't, I recommend it - it's here. And his latest post is so good I couldn't resist sharing a few... Continue Reading →
Twitter, is an integral part of my job as a journalist. So it was something of a surprise to learn this week there are still some journalism colleges that don't show its potential benefits to their students.I was talking to some J-students this week about how newspapers and journalists can use Twitter when one of... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 