Twitter new stuff
Posted on August 31, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Been a big week for Twitter - they have announced THREE new additions which will start to have a presence on the site:
Search - so you can find you friends.
Gmail app - importing Gmail contacts
Explore - to list some of the tools people can use to interact with Twitter off the site
(Thanks to TechCrunch for […]
Read More..>>News widgets in under 30 secs
Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Want to make yourself a widget for your blog or site with news headlines from a single provider?
Nothing could be simpler. Widgetbox.com is just one of many services that allow you to enter the url of a site and create a quick widget of the latest news headlines. www.widgetnest.net is another - and the one […]
Simple embedding of Google Maps
Posted on August 21, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | 1 Comment
Google has made embedding maps into blogs and websites easier for those without all-singing all-dancing knowledge of flash and the like. The function works in similar ways to embedding YouTube videos - the service gives you a bit of code that you can slap quickly into a report. Should make breaking news reporting online even […]
Read More..>>New football email from the Times gets hackles up @ Guardian’s Fiver
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Imitation might not be the sincerest form of flattery for the people who write the Guardian’s daily email about football gossip - The Fiver.
Reacting with the elan of a chided teenager, The Fiver dedicated last Wednesday’s edition to ripping the piss out of the newly launched Times football email - Ahead of the Game. […]
Online news as trustworthy as print for majority of readers, survey claims
Posted on August 7, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Online news platforms are just as trustworthy as their magazine and newspaper editions for the majority of readers, according to a ONLINE survey (Might this a bit of ‘well, obviously’ research?).
Research from the UK’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) found that 81 per cent of newspaper readers and 74 per cent of magazine readers responding […]
Time to clean up your online image
Posted on August 6, 2007 - Filed Under Recruitment | 1 Comment
Reuters today reported on the growing need for candidates to not only consider polishing their CVs but also their online image before applying for a job.
With the growing popularity of social network sites - and the use of search engines like Google - employers are using online searches to see if the well-rounded […]
Sky News claims 58 per cent traffic increase from last year
Posted on August 6, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Sky News has claimed it recorded a 58% increase of traffic in July, from last year’s 3 million monthly unique users to 4.8 million this year, as a result of people looking at its reporting of the UK’s floods.
Sky claimed that features, such as an interactive map, gave key regional information on the flooded […]
ITV citizen journalism platform - just a vox pop by another name?
Posted on August 1, 2007 - Filed Under Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
We reported here a few weeks ago that ITV had set up and was about to launch a Cit Journo platform called Uploaded.
“For the first time, viewers’ contributions will not just be an add-on to coverage of the big stories – they will become an integral part of all three ITV News bulletins every day… […]
