I'm frequently asked, by our clients as well as the MA Journalism students I occasionally teach as part of my role as a Visiting Journalism Fellow at City University, for tips on how to get started blogging. As someone who… Continue Reading
Today I'll be giving a short presentation as part of my participation in a panel on social media at News:Rewired, an event organised by Journalism.co.uk and being held at City University, where I'm a Visiting Journalism Fellow. That is, if… Continue Reading
Coke drops campaign sites in favour of social media | News | New Media Age "The FMCG giants are moving away from sites created on a campaign-by-campaign basis in favour of investment in existing communities. While both companies will continue… Continue Reading
The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration "Here are the ten most common stages that businesses experience as they travel the road to full social media integration." (tags: business strategy marketing socialnetworking monitoring socialbusinessdesign socialmedia) Tony Hirst, data blogger… Continue Reading
Teaching entrepreneurial journalism « BuzzMachine "We share similar but not identical goals. We all agree that it’s important for journalism students — and journalists — today to understand the economics of news. Some of us add that it was irresponsible… Continue Reading
8 tools to help filter twitter (for journalists) (tags: journalism journalisttraining socialmedia twitter socialnetworking) Poynter Online – Top Stories ExplainThis has two parts. One is an open system through which anyone can ask and answer questions and vote on them.… Continue Reading
Dive deeply into the Flickrverse « Flickr Blog lots of good flickr apps to try out here… (tags: flickr applications photosharing) Common-sense wisdom in Coke's new social media policy "Coca-Cola just released a new social media policy — and it’s… Continue Reading
TV Scrobbling An interesting experiment in TV scrobbling – tracking what he views, and when, then sharing it all online. (tags: television data visualisation statistics tv broadcasting)
Social Media Strategies | Advanced Human Technologies A nice visualisation of how to put together a social media strategy (tags: socialmedia socialnetworking visualization framework strategy marketing engagement publicrelations) Two rulings revamp Canadian libel laws "The rulings established a "responsible journalism"… Continue Reading
A decade of digital wisdom in one widget | Media | guardian.co.uk "With a little bit of help of "the wisdom of the crowds" he aggregated quotes from the past 10 years. Now, more than 250 new media and social… Continue Reading