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Twitter adds new search and photo sharing options

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Sarah Marshall in Handy tools and technology, Social media and blogging

Twitter has enabled a new search option for those with using the most up-to-date Firefox browser. By adding the Twitter address bar search you can now search for a hashtag or @username by using the address bar where you would usually enter a site’s URL.

Twitter has also announced that it has partnered with Photobucket and will be launching a photo sharing option in the coming weeks.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be releasing a feature to upload a photo and attach it to your tweet right from Twitter.com. And of course, you’ll soon be able to easily do this from all of our official mobile apps. A special thanks to our partner Photobucket for hosting these photos behind the scenes.

Twitter is working with mobile carriers to allow those without smartphones to send photos by text message (MMS).

Tags: Photobucket, Search, sharing, Twitter

Guardian: Apology to be tweeted 100 times to settle defamation case

June 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted by Rachel McAthy in Editors' pick, Legal, Social media and blogging

In an unusual settlement a Malaysian social activist has reportedly agreed to apologise 100 times on Twitter as part of a defamation case involving a magazine publisher, according to the Guardian.

The penalty has sparked debate among internet users about the pitfalls of social media in Malaysia where authorities have warned people to be more cautious about what they write on blogs, Facebook and Twitter.

The Guardian reports that the case was in relation to allegations made on Twitter by an individual about the publisher which was followed by an apology on the site a few hours later. But a defamation case ensued resulting in the settlement of 100 apologies on Twitter over a three day period.

Wannabe Hacks: Sunday Times foreign editor on ‘rough ride’ of profession

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Rachel McAthy in Editors' pick, Jobs, Training

In an interesting interview with the Wannabe Hacks Sunday Times foreign editor Sean Ryan offers plenty of tips for journalists interested in becoming foreign correspondents. There are plenty of warnings too, calling on journalists to be sure to consider the realities of reporting from across the world:

There’s also a psychological toll which I think as an industry we’re becoming increasingly aware of which is the tendency to suffer from depression as a result of traumatic experiences that you’ll inevitability accumulate along the way. So we have had cases of post-traumatic distress disorder diagnosed in several of our reporters and it’s deeply distressing to witness. It takes a lot of treatment and a long time to recover from, although I’m pleased to say that in all cases, we’ve seen a full recovery and people have gone back to work and come to terms with what they’ve experienced in the past. But it’s not easy and it’s not good going into being a foreign correspondent thinking it’s all travel and meeting people and being on the frontline of a war because there’s a heavy price to pay.

Tags: careers, foreign correspondent, Jobs, Sean Ryan, wannabe hacks, war reporting

TechCrunch: YouTube launches creative commons licence option

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Rachel McAthy in Broadcasting, Editors' pick, Multimedia

It is being widely reported that YouTube has now launched the ability for users to choose how they licence their content through its video editor platform.

The new Creative Commons option will give other people permission to use footage, including for commercial purposes, with attribution, according to TechCrunch.

It is also reported that initially YouTube is working with content partners including C-SPAN and Al Jazeera to offer a starting batch of 10,000 videos under the creative commons license. Al Jazeera already makes some of its content available under a creative commons licence, shown in this repository. TechCrunch reports that it will not take long for YouTube’s 10,000 video store to grow.

That library will rapidly increase as more people switch their content over to Creative Commons, and there’s even a tool that will let you swap the license for a bunch of videos at once.

A request for more information from YouTube has not yet been answered, but details of YouTube’s creative commons policy can be found here.

Tags: Broadcast, creative commons, TechCrunch, Video, YouTube

paidContent: Seven more tablet titles on the horizon at Nomad Editions

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Rachel McAthy in Editors' pick, Magazines

paidContent reports that Nomad Editions, a US company which aims to produce magazines for tablet subscriptions, has more than half a dozen titles “in the pipeline”

In an interview with paidContent, Nomad Editions’ CEO Mark Edmiston, former president of Newsweek, claims 50 per cent of those taking subscriptions for existing titles are taking out a whole year.

Nomad is trying to prove that tablets can be platforms for new as well as existing brands. Rather than convert existing titles to tablet, it taps journalists to devise new titles along with it, with an interesting new model – for pay, each editor takes five percent of subscription income, whilst writers split 30 percent between them.

Google turns up to social sharing party with +1

June 2nd, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted by Sarah Marshall in Handy tools and technology, Social media and blogging

Google +1 has launched for news sites, allowing users logged in to their Google account to recommend articles and sites to contacts, similar to the way Facebook’s ‘like’ button permits Facebook contacts to see a person’s favourite stories.

When someone with a Google account clicks the +1 button the page will then be privileged in relevant searches performed by that person’s Google contacts.

Google-owned sites, including Android Market, Blogger, Product Search and YouTube have added the button along with news sites including the Washington Post, Google announced on its blog.

We asked via Twitter which UK sites have already added the button and the Lincolnite, Made for Mums, Cooking with Mrs K and Kelvin Taylor’s blog all responded to tell us they had installed the button.

ReadWriteWeb, in this post, predicts +1 will be good for news sites but feels it may not work.

Is this compelling for website owners? Yes, probably. For web users who would click the button? That’s much less clear. For search users? Time will tell, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.

You can add the +1 button by copying a line of code. This post explains how.

Tags: Google +1, Google blog, widgets

NYT: ‘Syed Saleem Shahzad’s murderers must be found quickly and held accountable’

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Joel Gunter in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics

The New York Times has devoted this morning’s editorial to the death of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.

Shahzad, who was investigating links between the military and al Quaeda before his death, disappeared on Sunday. He was found dead on Tuesday.

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has been widely accused of being behind the death but has fiercely denied any involvement.

The Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad knew he was a marked man. Mr. Shahzad, who covered national security and terrorism, had received repeated threats from Pakistan’s powerful spy agency. Yet he courageously kept doing his job — until somebody silenced him. His body, his face horribly beaten, was buried on Wednesday.

Suspicion inevitably falls on Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s chief intelligence agency. For the sake of justice, and the shredded credibility of Pakistan’s government, his murderers must be found quickly and held accountable.

Read the full editorial at this link.

Tags: editorial, isi, killings, New York Times, Pakistan, syed saleem shahzad

Dan Slee: Case studies on connecting people with social media [slideshow]

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Joel Gunter in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Social media and blogging

Walsall Council press officer Dan Slee has posted the slideshow from a presentation he gave at the Socitm Learning from Better Connected event in Manchester.

The slideshow takes a detailed look at case studies of social media use by local government and media.

Here’s my preasentation that I’ve posted to Slideshare.

Included on it are:

Some stats on internet use.

Some stats on the mobile web.

A quick map of the Walsall media landscape 2011 and 2005.

A quick case study on engaging with the community through Flickr.

A quick case study on two hyperlocal sites: WV11.co.uk and Pelsall Common People.

How a countryside ranger can tweet from the sharp end.

Some stats on Walsall 24 which saw us live tweet for 24 hours in real time.

Connecting People: Advice for Local Government on Social Media and Hyperlocal sites.

View more presentations from Daniel Slee

See more on Dan Slee’s blog.

Dan Slee on Twitter.

Tags: community, Dan Slee, learning from better connected, social media, walsall council

#followjourn @markaustinitv – Mark Austin/journalist

June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted by Sarah Booker in Recommended journalists

Who? Mark Austin

Where? Mark Austin presents ITV News at Ten. Last week he collected the BAFTA Award for news coverage for the Cumbria murders.

Twitter?@markaustinitv

Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to sarah.booker at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.

Tags: #followjourn, Mark Austin