Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
This is not so much of a new post as a republishing of something that already exists on a third party site but there is a reason for it beyond lazy blogging.Yesterday, I found myself rummaging through Delicious as I needed to use various Twitter tools I've either used or which have featured on, for... Continue Reading →
Today was spent talking with students.First up were two groups of PR students from Edge Hill university, whom I spent the morning chatting to about the working ways of newspapers and journalists, and the different opportunities for PR professionals to operate more effectively in multimedia.Then, in the afternoon, I headed over to Liverpool John Moores... Continue Reading →
Time is a precious resource. There is never any of it to spare during the working day; it zips past at weekends at super speed and creaks by during meetings and dental appointments at a glacial pace. All this means there are various online sites and applications that I don't have time to do anything... Continue Reading →
After Hanoi-based Steve Jackson (@ourman) tweeted "Is there any online software that will turn your Twitter activity into a graph?" I had a look through recommendations he received in reply and I thought I'd give them a try, alongside some of the ones I use regularly, or ones I've stumbled across and meant to use.... Continue Reading →
Here's a quick idea for some fun website content that takes seconds to make, and which can really personalise a story and make it sing a little... add a bespoke comic strip. This is my attempt, using Stripgenerator - it took me a couple of minutes from signing up to designing a character, to completing my... Continue Reading →
I don't know if I'm late to the party with this but I've just discovered Storybird and, let me tell you, it's an amazing website. So brilliantly simple, effective (and free - essential for me to try something for the first time) and engaging - I think it has great opportunities for journalists who want... Continue Reading →
No, I'm honestly not suggesting a return to those horrible stilted avatars reading the news headlines, but I do like the idea of using some animation to bring a reader into a story - particularly if the story is the latest in a long running saga and a handy recap of the tale-to-date would be... Continue Reading →
Mobile podcasting can be a real boon for newspaper journalists on a breaking story - it's a quick, easy way to get a story out. For the listener, it feels fast, real, and engaging - and it's also a simple way of filing copy back to the office. I guess we're all too attached to... Continue Reading →
A crane fell down in Liverpool today, crashing onto an apartment block, and I knew about it within seconds, from two sources.One was eyewitness who rang the Echo - it being the kind of local paper that people do still ring when things happen - and the other was Thom Shannon sat in an office... Continue Reading →
A while ago I wrote a blog post on the lifecycle of a news story, that our editorial training editor suggested I turn into slides, as a potential teaching tool.I messed around with the idea and then showed my attempt to an old mate, Glyn Mottershead, Professional Tutor in Newspaper Journalism at Cardiff University and... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 