Online Journalism Scandinavia: Danish news sites benefit from doing things ‘The Drupal Way’
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Online Journalism Scandinavia, Drupal, blogs, online communities, Online Journalism, Technology, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Kristine Lowe is a freelance journalist who writes on the media industry for number of US, UK and Norwegian publications. Here she looks at use of open-source software, Drupal, on Danish news sites.
Read More..>>Prince Harry to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after Drudge Report leak
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Drudge report, blogs, Online Journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from his tour of duty in Afghanistan after reports on US blog, Drudge Report, revealed he was serving with British forces there.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a statement today confirming speculation that the third-in-line to the throne would cease active service and return to the UK.
“Following a detailed […]
Innovations in Journalism - Pownce.com
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, Innovations in Journalism, online communities, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Each week we give technology developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are are working on. This week it’s file sharing site Pownce.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi, I’m Leah Culver, co-founder of Pownce.
Pownce is a social messaging […]
Social Media Journalist: ‘You have to be selective, keeping across all sites dilutes the value of the good ones’ Vicky Taylor, editor BBC Interactivity
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under social networks, Moderation, Broadcasting, Social Media Journalist, Digital video, Twitter, Handy Technology, BBC, Technology, online communities, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to journalists across the globe about social media and how they see it changing their industry.
1. Who are you and what do you do?
Vicky Taylor, editor of Interactivity for BBC News. I run the team which produces the Have Your Say section of the website and the UGC hub which takes all the […]
Guardian: Man Utd to launch desktop news service
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under football, Editors' pick | Leave a Comment
Manchester United is to roll out a free desktop news service for fans that will offer video, match results and Old Trafford news in real time.
According to the Guardian, the device has been put together by technology specialist Zebtab.
Zebtab has built similar desktop tools for Chelsea football club, Maxim magazine and the BBC.
Read More..>> Full story...Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists | Leave a Comment
Online publishing: Free sites like Alexa.com can help you track the relative popularity of rival sites. It’s not a reliable measurement of actual performance, but it can show surges in popularity. Tipster: Laura Oliver
Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.
Read More..>> Full story...OJR: Which is the best free photo gallery editor?
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, USA, Photography, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
Slide, Photobucket, Webshots, RockYou and Viewbook all go under the OJR microscope.
And the winner?…..Slide.
For these reasons:
Gets the nod over RockYou because ‘allows user control of their galleries’ size, format and function, as well as including easy-to-edit full-text captions on each image and reader control over the display of the images.’
Read More..>> Full story...Hearst to close four magazine websites?
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under magazines | Leave a Comment
Hearst digital, the online division of NatMag, is to close four of its magazine websites, according to a report from New Media Age.
The report claims that the websites for Good Housekeeping and Country Living will be shut with their content used by allaboutyou.com.
The closure is intended to strengthen Hearst digital’s focus on five key online […]
Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under freelance, Top tips for journalists, magazines, Newspapers, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Freelancing: When you are writing product pieces for trade magazines, don’t forget a box of contacts at the end so that the products or people you are writing about can be contacted by the readers - sounds obvious but I have to remind people every commission. Tipster: Melissa Cole
Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.
Read More..>> Full story...Bloggers to stand in Malaysian election
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Asia, blogs, Politics | Leave a Comment
Three bloggers are hoping to convert their online popularity into political votes by standing in Malaysia’s national elections next month, Reuters reports.
Jeff Ooi, a 52-year-old advertising copywriter and political blogger, Tony Pua, a technology firm worker, and Badrul Hisham Shaharin have found success with their blogs, which are widely read as an antedote to the […]
