Last week I attended the media140 conference in Barcelona, which focused on the use of social technologies in journalism. The two-day event was filled with presentations, debates and demonstrations, and I’ve collected together my coverage from our blog and news pages below.
News
Al Jazeera’s early start reporting revolutions
Jay Rosen on a ‘golden age’ of press freedom
Amnesty International launches news service
Human story of Japanese earthquake lost in nuclear scaremongering
On the blog
Pat Kane keynote speech: Back to basics for journalism industry
Carlos Alonso’s favourite tools to find stories behind the data
Get messy with mobile journalism says Adam Westbrook
Huff Po bloggers take legal action for back pay
Jay Rosen’s eight points of ‘the great horizontal’
El Pais writer Joseba Elola witnessing history with WikiLeaks
Choice of multiple business models as traditional press dies off
Podcasts