Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
This story, about Alan Barnes deciding to make a new life away from the city, was posted on the Newcastle Chronicle's Facebook page an hour ago: // “I have had a calling from God to go to the Shetland Islands." Posted by Newcastle Chronicle on Wednesday, 29 July 2015 The first reader comment was this... ...and here is a typical... Continue Reading →
Recurring themes in journalism conferences I’ve been following (and sometimes attended) this year are: Try innovating, not imitating (aka don’t be Buzzfeed-lite) Everyone is a reporter, so be a curator and editor Don’t be scared of failing Get developers coding in the newsroom At FormatDEN this week, these were raised but so were some others…... Continue Reading →
What Newspapers Don't Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way by Matthew Hindman tags: Future newsroom culture digital futures The hardest part of saving news: Changing the definition | MediaReset tags: newsroom culture change management What Twitter Can Be. | LOWERCASE capital tags: Twitter disruption innovation “From... 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 →
Lessons on using WhatsApp for publishing – an election experience | Online Journalism Blog "During this year’s general and local elections a collection of my Birmingham City University students used WhatsApp to publish regular updates throughout the two days of voting. Frankly… they nailed it. In the process they learned a lot, so I thought... Continue Reading →
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 →
Au Revoir Ampp3d | Digital by Default " Other people will write blogposts that better sum up the influence Ampp3d etc had on digital journalism in the UK – I am not qualified to do that. I will just say thank you for the inspiration, for demonstrating there was an audience for data journalism beyond... Continue Reading →
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 →
Twitter and What Might Have Been | stratechery This analysis of Twitter's shift from developer darling to standalone creator is a fascinating read. I remember the blog post alluded to in this article, and the shockwaves it caused about Twitter's supposed retreat from openness, dev culture and the open web. Of course, Twitter has never... Continue Reading →
What Newspapers Don't Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way - Shorenstein Center Research paper by Matthew Hindman into the regional news business in the US. Fascinating, frustrating and familiar... "Hindman’s research finds that although national news websites have robust traffic, traditional local newspapers are severely behind... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 