Live notes from the Police and the Media panel Keith Bristow, DG, National Crime Agency Alex Marshall, CEO, College of Policing Andrew Trotter, Chief Constable, British Transport Police and national policing lead for the communication advisory group KB: NCA brings number of other organisations and our mission is to cut serious and organised crime. It... Continue Reading →

Rather than live tweeting the Society of Editors conference, I thought it might be easier to blog it and have a written record to mull over. So these notes are taken live, and then tidied up and posted via Blogger email. Freedom of Information session with: Heather Brooke, FOI campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty... Continue Reading →

Rather than live tweeting the Society of Editors conference, I thought it might be easier to blog it and have a written record to mull over. So these notes are taken live, and then tidied up and posted via Blogger email. Home Secretary Theresa May, keynote speaker, said the most serious issues faced by journalism... Continue Reading →

I challenged hackers to investigate me, and what they found out was chilling "What I learned is that virtually all of us are vulnerable to electronic eavesdropping and are easy hack targets. Most of us have adopted the credo "security by obscurity," but all it takes is a person or persons with enough patience and... Continue Reading →

How many top newspaper editors are from digital backgrounds? Still darn few | Poynter. " “It’s more than being slow. It remains hard to find people who understand digital and who have run newsrooms.”" Jim Brady on why there are few editors with digital backgrounds heading up US newspapers. Interesting read. tags: editors newspapers innovation... Continue Reading →

European ruling spells trouble for online comment | Index on Censorship The unmodded 3rd party comments defence has long been established in the online world of news publishing. It does mean that comment threads can sometimes be shocking places marked 'here be dragons' - but the idea of pre-moderating views is something no typically-staffed newsroom... Continue Reading →

Journalism is going to survive this era of creative destruction This is a pragmatic and interesting post from George Brock, who won my over with his opening line about disruption being 'no fun if your livelihood or beloved newspaper is being destroyed'. Some commentators sound as though they relish the pained thrashings of the Press... Continue Reading →

The emerging news and information eco-system - Journalism That Matters Too Many Local Journalists Are Missing The Big Story: Revenue | Street Fight Getting passionate about revenue is the message to journalists from this post. Not in a 'WHERE is the money?' hand-wringing sort of way, but in a community-linked approach. I think maybe there's... Continue Reading →

Skills every aspiring journalist should learn | IJNet This would be my list too: "Employers and recent graduates are telling me that the current job market demands that job applicants know: Multimedia storytelling skills. Producing slideshows with sound, shooting and editing video and photos, writing for the web. Data and statistical skills for storytelling. Collecting,... Continue Reading →