Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
I spent most of today with the Leveson inquiry livestream playing in one of my tabs, listening if not watching, as the regional editors gave evidence. These were the ones I was really interested in hearing from - the Dacres and Hardings may make better copy but regional media is where I play and I wanted... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaReading Maria Purdy Young's take on UGC (Citizen Journalism: Something for Nothing Won't Last Long) I remembered Bild's 2008 announcement that it planned to pebbledash basic digital cameras around its potential audience, to try and boost the paper's photographic network. According to Bild's picture editor, the newspaper now receives something like 4,000 photographs a day,... Continue Reading →
Goodbye Google Wave. It seems so long ago that we were all selling our grannies for invites...***********************************************************From: Google Wave <wave-noreply@google.com>Subject: Google Wave Sunsetting in 2012To: alisongowDear Wavers,More than a year ago, we announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. At the time, we committed to maintaining the site at... Continue Reading →
Newsroom Insider: Hating on Chelsea ClintonDespite the title, this isn't a rant about nepotism - it's an excellent read about what it means to be a journalist, with some great anecdotes and observations on a long career. Having said that, it's difficult to disagree with the point that "Clinton is not the first unqualified silver... Continue Reading →
I'm a Lean Machine - Your Idea is a Liability, Not an Asset..."Whatever your idea is, however brilliant, it is a consumer of resources, not a creator. The creation of value comes from the execution of the idea, not the idea itself. Your idea is a liability. You, as the entrepreneur, are paying the expense of creating... Continue Reading →
Coding Horror: Suspension, Ban or Hellban? ..."every community is different. I've personally talked to people in charge of large online communities – ones you probably participate in every day – and part of the reason those communities haven't broken down into utter chaos by now is because they secretly hellban and slowban their most problematic... Continue Reading →
Sometimes a story can change how you see the world and your fellow man. And then there's this... I'm not singling out Yahoo News because a quick search revealed a whole host of other news websites were equally gripped by the drama - from Gulf News to Kentucky.com to CBS News; I clicked back 15 pages... Continue Reading →
If you manage online communities, this infographic by community102.com will no doubt strike a chord.
When does a story become a story? Could it be when it comes to the attention of the London media? The stick rattling my cage is an Observer article where the interviewer has discovered - in a style akin to a 13-year-old girl meeting The Biebmeister - Richard Parks.Now, Parks is someone I've learned a... Continue Reading →
How do you spot a journalist in the chaos surrounding a disaster? As a general rule of thumb I'd suggest they'll be the ones running in the opposite direction to the rest of the crowd.I guess most journos have experienced different degrees of this - heading towards something that they'd prefer not to, either because... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 