Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
My Facebook page has had a serious clear out. I junked my Twitter feed, Friendfeed and Mento links (along with a host of other stuff that I never liked or really wanted but which I acquired every time a friend sent me something).The reason was simple: whenever I logged on I was faced with an... Continue Reading →
Two titans went up against each other in a desperate battle for supremacy this week, at the Walking With Dinosaurs show in the Echo Arena. Yes, amid earth-shaking, smoke machines and screaming children, I pitted an iPhone 3Gs and a Nokia N97 against each other to see which came out top. Actually, it wasn't quite... Continue Reading →
and it's been a while... I wish phoning in from the UK still worked :(Mobile post sent by Alison using Utterli. Replies. mp3
This is starting to take shape now - we should be filming our first pilot show on Thursday.
It's not often I hear something that shocks me but it happened this week: I was told that a member of a southern weekly newspaper's digital team is facing a contempt charge for uploading a court case to the website.The background, as I understand it, is that the juvenille defendant could, allegedly, be identified from... Continue Reading →
I've started new chapter in my life as a journalist but I'm not alone in this - the collective newsrooms of the Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Echo, and the Merseyside weeklies are travelling the same road as me.We've become (or, more accurately, are becoming) a single news-gathering operation, working together in what is being called... Continue Reading →
I have a new toy; it's my Retaggr card. It took me about 15 minutes to set up (10 if Blogger had decided to play ball) and I'm really pleased with the way it turned out: It's embeddable (click on the icons and they whizz you to whichever of my networks you've selected) and it's... Continue Reading →
I don't go a bundle on end-of-year navel gazing, and I'm not one for New Year resolutions but there are a few resolutions I wouldn't mind others trying out for 2009...1. Industry commentators. Resolution: To sound a little less pompous and gleeful when writing about job cuts/profit falls/closures. To stop constantly harping on about why... Continue Reading →
Why would someone think the comment section of a blog about journalism is the best place to flog energy-saving lightbulbs?I was tidying up this site the other day when I noticed a few extra comments on posts - and there they were - a whole bunch of spammy comments exhorting people to try a different... Continue Reading →
I've learned so much about online communities and interaction from the Daily Post's Flickr group. I've written about it before and I'm fairly sure I will in the future, as I think Flickr is a wonderful example of collaborative story-telling.But the reason I've been immersed in Flickr this week is because a group of us... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 