Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
Panel: Mandy Jenkins, VP ONA board, head of news, Storyful; Fergus Bell, ONA Ethics committee, and Dig Deeper Media Ok, so for this blog post to make much sense you probably need to head straight to http://toolkit.journalists.org and have a look at that, because this is what we're talking about. Done that? Good - the... Continue Reading →
A while ago I was asked to join a group of journalists assembled with the aim of providing some input into Eyewitness Media Hub's principles for journalists working with UGC* - user generated content (or 'other people's words and images', as non-journalists might say). It was a privilege to be involved in the discussions and workshop... Continue Reading →
There are times in a journalist's career when you are going to have to approach someone who is not having the finest moment of their life, and ask them to help you. It might be calling on a grieving family, or approaching witnesses to an accident, or asking someone who has just emerged the loser in a tussle... Continue Reading →
I am a bit conflicted by the Right to be Forgotten, and Google's role within it. On the one hand, I can feel for those people whose past misdemeanours are be blighting their modern day lives, and who wish to draw a veil over the follies of their youth by citing the ROA 1974. On the other hand, what happens in... Continue Reading →
Update: Lancashire Police has now retracted this policy. Liz Riding, Lancashire Constabulary’s Corporate Communications Manager has reviewed the decision: ‘I have had a further look at this and have decided that we will not be applying the 12 month limited tariff for releasing images on conviction. ‘We are reviewing the demand into our press office, having lost... Continue Reading →
This is the full announcement by Local Government Minister Eric Pickles, on a new guide detailing how journalists, bloggers, hyperlocal media and the public can now use social tools and filming for live reporting*.In Wales it seems to have been chiefly noted for the fact that he criticised the Welsh government - which puts me... Continue Reading →
The Daily Post's Right to Tweet campaign continues to roll forward (we even made Roy Greenslade's blog) but since we've launched it there have been a number of other instances of newspaper journalists and councillors falling foul of the 'can we/can't we' ad hoc approach. Some of the recent examples can be found here (Hounslow) here... Continue Reading →
The issue of tweeting in the council chamber has caused some debate lately, and I'm happy to hold my hand up as someone who helped the discussions along.I've also been ridiculously busy at work, and so there hasn't been much time to blog about local authorities and their varying views on anyone - press, public,... 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 →
Pic: Derek Backen via FlickrA few years ago I gave a talk to FACT Liverpool's Art of Digital conference called Identity 2.0 considering how we try to comport ourselves online (professionally and otherwise) compared with our true selves; how, sometimes, the divisions become blurred, and this sends mixed-messages about who and what we are. I remembered that talk... Continue Reading →
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