BBC World has launched some inventive new advertisements. The billboards, appearing in city centres, give passersby the opportunity to cast a vote via SMS with the running tally of votes visible to all. The topics tend to be quite provocative:… Continue Reading
Blogger’s Ejection from Collegiate Baseball Game for Live Blogging May End in Lawsuit (tags: blogging freespeech blogs newspaperblogs bloggingtechniques baseball) Bush administration attacks ‘shield’ for bloggers – CNET News.com Justice official says congressional proposal that could let bloggers protect sources… Continue Reading
BBC NEWS | The Editors | Kevin Marsh and Emily Bell on the BBC News agenda Kevin and Emily go back and forth then in the comments (tags: bbcnews bbc emilybell bbcblogs guardian journalism journalisttraining news) MULTIMEDIA MEETS RADIO: Why… Continue Reading
Jyri Engestrom’s thoughtful presentation at the NMK Forum in London two days ago was, for me at least, the most insightful presentation of the day. Luckily, I’d recently heard Lee Bryant mention Jyri and, as Lee usually gives a good… Continue Reading
Canadian Libel Suit: Brewery Chief Takes on Blogger The president of Steelback Brewery, based in Tiverton, Ont. has filed a $2 million lawsuit against an Ottawa-based blogger he claims repeatedly libelled him on his popular sports website. (tags: internetlaw internetlibel… Continue Reading
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Ultimate RSS Toolkit: over 120 RSS tools (tags: howto rss aggregation syndication tools journalisttraining bloggingtechniques) Bivings: Blogging as a Job There are more people blogging as their job than you’d think, some earning £25k a year or more… (tags: bloggingfordollars… Continue Reading
There are plenty of other people live blogging today’s NMK Forum so I’m going to hold back a bit for a while. Graham had a greasy breakfast on his way here. Jemima Kiss on Organ Grinder: “New Media Knowledge always… Continue Reading
Although packed to the rafters with good participants (too many of them?), the Media, Publishing and Advertising Panel was somewhat directionless for the first twenty minutes or so. Then they started talking about journalism – below are some rough notes:… Continue Reading
Jason Calacanis, the first speaker at the NMK Forum 2007, kicks off his presentation by asking “What can you do if you disagree with the place your website appears in the google or other search results?” Well, nothing. And that,… Continue Reading