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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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Spike the gloom – journalism has a bright future Agreed. "First, it’s not a given that today’s big journalism “brands” will go under: they face a horribly difficult task of adapting to radically changed circumstances but institutions will not fall. That’s what happens in deep disruption: some organisations adapt and survive, some don’t. Second, the... Continue Reading →
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When Twitter Goes Horribly Wrong A lovely read from The Awl, with some great, good-humoured responses from those early adopters who found their Twitter handle backfired on them a little. "Jeb Boniakowski is one of the lucky few people who possess a short, apposite Twitter handle directly related to his name: he's just @jeb. He’s... Continue Reading →
The republic of Local
While most U.K. media went gaga over Prince George, the @dailypostwales stuck to its digital mission. My latest post: http://t.co/STIzYEyrAm— Jake Batsell (@jbatsell) August 27, 2013 We had a distinguished (and transatlantic) visitor at Daily Post towers recently - SMU professor and the Knight Foundation's Texas Tribune Fellow Jake Batsell, who dropped by for a... Continue Reading →
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Real-life David Brent Terry Dunn signs off email about council redundancies with holiday plans | Mail Online As much as companies spend HOURS training people how to use social media, and most journalists have a code of conduct, the same level of 'Consider before you publish' just doesn't seem to apply to email. Consequently, numpties... Continue Reading →
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Why Unmemorable Title is Now a Guest Post Free Zone ZING! "No more guest posts. It’s over. You’ve ruined it. I will no longer be accepting unsolicited guest posts from people I’ve never met, heard of or spoken to, that want to put a spammy article on my blog just for the backlinks. That door... Continue Reading →
Storytelling readers lives through pictures
The Daily Post's head of audience engagement (or Helen as she's more commonly known) this week introduced a lovely initiative for reader involvement. Called 'My Week in Pictures' it's a friendly challenge to readers to sum up their week through the several photos that best capture it. First up was a local farmer who is probably best... Continue Reading →
My ‘interesting reads’ roundup (weekly)
Pocket : Newsroom Diversity: A Casualty of Journalism's Financial Crisis Mobile, we are constantly told, is the New Thing. Good post on the NYT drills down into the rise of mobile picture messaging and what it means for communication - and for those fast enough to get on a gathering trend "Images sent between cellphones... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 