Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
I think next year, instead of running that newspaper stalwart the Review of the Year, I might suggest a round-up of Front Pages That Never Were.The topic came up after Dan Owen and I had a good hard stare at a splash page the other Sunday night, and reluctantly reached the conclusion that we Just... Continue Reading →
I thought I'd tweeted off my chest the things that appalled me about the 'be first or be right' social media minefield following the shattering horror of the Newton shootings. But then I read this post by Andy Dickinson, and it struck a chord. It made me realise I hadn't blogged a lot recently because I... Continue Reading →
I'm starting to think social media has made me a less-than-tolerant communicator when it comes to certain issues. This is why: 1. I assume everyone has already seen whatever Twitter is buzzing about and so knows what I'm talking about.2. "Because it's wrong" is not a comprehensive and thorough enough explanation of why I detest MSM... Continue Reading →
WalesOnline's Pinterest presence has been steadily growing in the two months since we set it up, with 16 boards now covering everything from music to sport and interior design. It's a great resource and we've hooked it up to Facebook and Twitter to enable cross-promotion of what we're up to, so as an experiment I'm happy... Continue Reading →
Technology and court reporting - it's the debate that keeps on giving. In March 2009, after the Palm Beach Post won the right for a reporter to leave the courtroom to tweet an update (seriously, this happened) I wrote that the UK needed to get the courtroom press bench online and networked, and you suddenly... Continue Reading →
There have been several social media conferences recently where, from hashtag evidence, person after person stood up and urged listeners to "go where the conversation is", "be part of the conversation" and "if your brand isn't engaging on Facebook, ask yourself if YOU aren't engaging on Facebook".Which is all very right (although possibly repetitive) but... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaWalesOnline has joined the Pinterest revolution - or leapt on the bandwagon depending on your point of view - and it's early days (and invite-only) but the prospects for good social sharing and driving traffic through specific curation activities are looking pretty bright.Pinterest has become very fashionable in recent weeks with 2.2m users... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaJon Mitchell has had a rant here on ReadWriteWeb about Google+ and its many (in his view) shortcomings. I still don't find Google+ compelling enough to be able to engage in that debate, but I was interested to see one poster's view in the comments included this salvo: As for jumping through hoops, having... Continue Reading →
Given that curation is the new black*, or at least a popular, effective way to tell stories, the number of tools caluclated to help with gathering and presenting information rises every week.Since I have accounts with any number of them of them, albeit mostly unused, and happened to be using Storify for work today, I... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaLong ago, when people tended to AskJeeves instead of just Asking, and citing Wikipedia as a source got you a newsdesk hairdrier (so, circa 1994), being rota-ed to do the Births, Deaths and Marriages scan was an envied job. Usually you were the early shift reporter, so you would potentially already have bagged at... Continue Reading →
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