Interesting email from 140kit team, not least because I didn't realise TwapperKeeper - where you can archive your own and, export and download tweets - was affected. However, there are still good people out there; 140kit has come up with a workaround that satisfies new Twitter guidelines, and helps non-coders access once-freely available data: "...we... Continue Reading →
Court orders that make court reporting redundant
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)39. Power to prohibit publication of certain matter in newspapers.— (1) In relation to any proceedings in any court . . . F6, the court may direct that—(a)no newspaper report of the proceedings shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the... Continue Reading →
Links for 19/12/10 (bookmarking in a post-Delicious world)
My world shifted on its axis last week with the news Delicious was closing. That state of affairs has now moved to to Delicious is not closing, it's simply breaking up with Yahoo, and has won custody of the dog, or something,Whatever. The upshot is that my trust in Delicious as the guardian of my... Continue Reading →
Five things regional newspapers should aim for in 2011
How do you answer this question...What do regional newspapers need to do in 2011?...in less than 100 words?It taxed my brain sorely last week when Peter Sands asked me for a few pars in response to include in his annual newsletter; I eventually sent back this: Don’t waste time and energy wondering how to charge... Continue Reading →
Tips, tools, hints and advice: Reflecting on a presentation to LJMU journalism students
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 →
Society of Editors conference 2010: Notes from the What is the Audience sesision
What is our audience - Chaired by: Steve Hewlett, Presenter, The Media Show, BBC Radio 4Jim Chisholm, Media consultant and analystMike Ironside, Chief Executive, National Readership SurveyStewart Purvis, Professor of Television Journalism, City University LondonJim Chisholm's claims:People spend 30 mins reading a paper and 3.8 minutes reading online news sites e every day; This is... Continue Reading →
My First Death Knock
This whole post is apropos of nothing in particular, it's the type of story every journalist has, but I found myself thinking about it recently and so I wrote it down.There are a few set questions anyone applying for a job in journalism gets asked at interview - among them is a request to summarise what they... Continue Reading →
Meeting friends from Norwegian newsrooms
I had the pleasure of meeting a group of print and broadcast journalists from Norway who dropped by the Post&Echo offices on Friday, while they were on a union-led, team-building outing to Liverpool.Lars Johnsten, of Drammens Tidende, contacted me to suggest meeting up after a mutual acquaintance (whom I first met and admired on Twitter... Continue Reading →
Getting over a blogging breakdown
Dear Blog, I'm sorry I've been away; it's not that I don't care, it's just that I have had very little to say for myself and you, Blog, are partly to blame for that.You see, when I first hooked up with you and gave you your name, I also saddled you with a mission statement -... Continue Reading →
TBC.com could be an inspiring approach to hyperlocal news
I nosed around the newly-launched TBD.com website today, and came away a bit of a fan-girl.TBD, which is from the same brains as Politico, is a real foray into hyperlocal journalism and could just be one of the models the rest of us in mainstream media end up emulating. It offers local news and community... Continue Reading →
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