The Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, Siobhain Butterworth, has written an insightful post explaining why, in some circumstances, posts on Comment is Free don’t allow comments from readers. Online community managers will also find some sound advice here. Butterworth writes, "Last week…… Continue Reading
Next month I’ll be in New York City to attend a Networked Journalism Summit that’s being organised by Jeff Jarvis, hosted at CUNY, and is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. The list of attendees is quite impressive,… Continue Reading
<I started a post about social bookmarking but ended up writing about the apparent disappearance of technorati from the Washington Post’s article pages – jump down to normal text for the WP stuff> I’m a big fan of social bookmarking… Continue Reading
Siobhain Butterworth, the Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, recently posted about the flow of comments into the Guardian and the legal responsibilities which stem from moderating and publishing this content: "It has never been easier to become an author – the web… 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
I’m at a debate organised by the BBC College of Journalism to discuss how the Virginia Tech shootings were covered by mainstream media, particularly in America. The email about the event says the following will be covered: The Cho Seung-hui… Continue Reading
I’m one of the half dozen BBC people attending The Social Impact of the Web event today at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) in London. The central theme is: “With e-democracy and new… Continue Reading
medborgarmedier Originally uploaded by robinhamman. I’m not exactly sure what the title means, but I’m in Karlstad, Sweden – the self proclaimed, and currently somewhat overcast, “city of sunshine” – where I’ll be giving a presentation tomorrow morning. I’ll post… Continue Reading
In the Guardian today… twice Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Cybersoc.com is in the Guardian Media section twice today. Bobbie Johnson and Conor Clarke’s America’s first user-generated confession looks at whether the Virginia Tech shootings, and subsequent user-generated confession video, were… Continue Reading
(bringing new readers up to speed) When it began to become clear that a horrific tragedy was unfolding at Virginia Tech University earlier this week, I did what a lot of bloggers did and looked to the blogs. I quickly… Continue Reading