"You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe" * I read a Roy Greenslade blog post today about Facebook, and it made me thoughtful about our attitudes towards the ownership of news and information in the way the phrase "Google's tanks are on our... Continue Reading →
What should a local news source be?
I was thinking today about an upcoming reader project and started jotting down what I'd want from a regional news provider. I don't mean section headings ('news' or 'information' are givens, surely?) ; I mean, what values would make me think of them as more than a purely geographic recorder and pusher of information. In... Continue Reading →
CMS? It’s SEP
I was talking recently with a scarily smart colleague recently about what content/tech/social/CMS might look like in 2018, and I realised I was getting stuck around trying to jam new ideas of onto existing platforms. Way back when, in the heyday of print, everyone owned a printing press and managed their own platforms and distribution. In the 90’s I... Continue Reading →
Facebook and cookies n milk journalism
Here's a paragraph from an article on Digiday earlier today: On the PopSugar Moms Facebook page, PopSugar’s most popular page with nearly a million likes, most videos surpass 100,000 views. A few have cracked a million views.This video about milk-and-cookie shot glasses went viral, racking up more than 9.8 million views since its Feb. 25 post... Continue Reading →
#mojocon15 part I: Talking mobile innovation and storytelling
March 27 and 28 were spent immersed in the world of mobile, journalism, storytelling and content creation, courtesy of the first Mobile Journalism Conference held in Dublin and organised by broadcaster RTÉ. It was the most rewarding, packed and inspiring event - filled with incredible journalists and storytellers doing wonderful things, often armed with just... Continue Reading →
Talking innovation, skills and the future with journalism students
After decades of not going to Sheffield, 2014 was the year I found myself there on several occasions - incidentally, what a fine city it is, once you manage to negotiate the frankly rubbish rail links that run from west to east. My most recent trip was at the invitation of Sheffield University journalism professor Peter Cole,... Continue Reading →
Six thoughts on emerging opportunities for journalism
Attending the Society of Editors* conference on November 10 and 11 meant a trip back to my old stamping ground of Southampton. I spent several years there in the '90s with the Southern Daily Echo (editor Ian Murray completed his term as SoE president this month) and it was good to go back - not least to see how much the... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 