I am at ONA London today, where the theme is audience engagement. Rather than live tweeting it, because there is SO MUCH to share, I thought I’d take notes and post them here. First Keynote session: People you may know: Your audience Panel: Federicca Cherubini, Digital News Project team at @risj_oxford (among her many other... Continue Reading →
Interesting reads (redux)
After my dismayed discovery that Diigo had decided not only to stop auto-posting my links to this blog on a weekly basis, but had done so without deigning to warn me the in advance the service was moving to paid-for, the Interesting Reads weekly round-up has dropped off. But there are still so many interesting... Continue Reading →
Audience engagement and newsroom attitudes
Several years ago, when the words ‘content is king’ was everywhere, I remember Joanna Geary observing 'collaboration is queen’. I loved that. I’ve been thinking about Jo’s twist on King Content because the phrase ‘audience engagement’ is so prevalent right now, and I think that if collaboration is queen bee then being part of the... Continue Reading →
These are my social bookmarking tools – what are yours?
Ever since del.icio.us and/or Delicious became a sucking vacuum for community link sharing several years ago, I have been looking for an alternative that does the job. I still use Delicious but it went, almost overnight, from being a vital, connected network I found hugely beneficial to a bolt on. You know what? I don't even post there... Continue Reading →
Instant Articles for regional news
Here’s something that put a smile on my face today (no, not the drink drive mum) - it's a Manchester Evening News Instant Article on Facebook. The MEN and WalesOnline are the two Trinity Mirror regional sites signed up for the UK Instant Articles roll out (announced today) - The Mirror is also participating. The only... Continue Reading →
15 thoughts on innovation for smaller newsrooms
How do you innovate in smaller newsrooms, was one of the questions that was sought to be addressed at the WAN IFRA international newsroom summit I attended in Hamburg on October 5. My answer is an emphatic: “Better, and more ambitiously than anyone tends to give us credit for”. The big guns, like the NYT and The Guardian,... Continue Reading →
Interesting reads (weekly)
62 Things That Mildly Irritate Everyone Who Works In An Office This is mine: "24. Colleagues who reply all to emails." BURN. Seriously, Sophie Gadd has written a hymn to office workers here - I cannot recommend it enough, tags: office+culture newsroom What It’s Like To Report on Mass Shootings Routinely — Personal Growth —... Continue Reading →
Interesting reads (weekly)
Is Twitter Where Connections Go to Die? - The Unfollowing Experiment | E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez Just a brilliant read - highly recommended, and thought-provoking. FWIW, I could never do this - I like following people - but I started using lists far... Continue Reading →
Dealing with witnesses: Why the Eyewitness Media Hub’s guidelines are so important for journalism
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 →
Interesting reads (weekly)
Advice to journalism students for being online. | AndyDickinson.net I tweeted this as being applicable will the word 'students' removed, and the horrific conduct by certain publications and individuals following the WDBJ7 shootings makes me only more entrenched in that point of view. tags: advice how-to Why Johnston Press is right to consider a merger... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 