Social Media Journalist: “The problem with most news organisations is a lack of editorial understanding of social media” Kevin Anderson, Guardian blogs editor
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Newspapers, RSS, guardian, Social Media Journalist, Bookmarking, social networks, Facebook, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, online communities, blogs, Twitter, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Kevin Anderson, Guardian.co.uk.
1) Who are you and what do you do?
Kevin Anderson, blogs editor at Guardian.co.uk.
My title is misnomer seeing as desk editors handle most of the commissioning.
My role […]
Webby success for FT.com and BBC News
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Awards, NYTimes, ft, radio, Newspapers, Online Journalism, BBC, blogs, Journalism | Leave a Comment
The Financial Times and the BBC have reason to celebrate after they both won Webby Awards - considered by many as the Oscars of online publishing.
With nominations in over 70 categories FT.com’s Alphaville blog and the BBC News site were amongst a crowded field of winners as they picked up gongs earlier this week.
The Webbys […]
Guardian: Pluck picks up Hearst website deal
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Pluck, Hearst, comments, magazines, Digital video, Editors' pick, blogs | Leave a Comment
Social media firm Pluck will supply technology to Hearst Digital’s uber-web portal Allaboutyou.com
It will provided blogs, discussion tools and media-sharing applications to the new community site for women, which combines content from six Natmag’s UK tiles.
The move is part of an ‘aggressive’ push of the business, says the Guardian.
For Hearst, it’s the second major partnership for its magazine websites after securing the services of Brightcove to supply its digital video hosting.
Read More..>> Full story...Election 2.0: blogs, video and mobile streaming out in force for local election coverage
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under blogs, BBC, Politics, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
The BBC’s coverage of today’s local elections will feature live blogging, with comments being expertly sifted by Newsnight and BBC News 24 presenter Emily Maitlis, assisted by leading political bloggers Iain Dale, Luke Akenhurst and Alix Mortimer.
The elections see 4000 seats up for grabs at 159 councils nationally, along with the London Mayoralty and the […]
Should newspapers limit subject matter of their bloggers?
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under Standards, Newspapers, blogs, online communities | Leave a Comment
Roshan Doug’s blog post ‘Check-out desk woman and Saddam Hussein’ for the Birmingham Post has been causing a stir on the site. Whether you agree or sympathise with Doug’s post, the readers’ reaction raises questions over what guidelines or control the title should exercise over the topics their bloggers write about.
Reporter and overseer of the […]
Innovations in Journalism - Opinion Tracker
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under poll, Innovations in Journalism, social networks, blogs, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it’s monitoring what people are talking about on the web with Opinion Tracker.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi, I’m Chris Quigley, managing partner at Delib […]
Thomson Reuters: Internal blogging ban for staff
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under reuters, business, blogs | Leave a Comment
Thomson Reuters employees are banned from using blogs for internal communication or for airing differences with colleagues or the company itself.
The new code of ethics for the merged company was unveiled last week (thanks to PaidContentUK for the link), and ruled that: ‘[I]t’s OK to mention Thomson Reuters in a personal blog’, but not […]
BBC joins OpenID Foundation
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under OpenID, comments, blogs, BBC | Leave a Comment
The BBC is to join the OpenID foundation - the body behind the system where website users can have one username across different participating sites.
The decision, announced by Jem Stone, portfolio executive for the BBC Future Media and Technology (FM&T) department’s social media group, on the BBC Internet blog, puts the corporation alongside Google and […]
Hellomagazine.com launches first blog
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under celebrity, magazines, blogs | Leave a Comment
Hellomagazine.com has launched its first blog - a celebrity-focused effort called Stilettos At Dawn.
Launched quietly at the tail end of March, the daily blog - penned by Sapphire Carter-Brown - reflects on such necessary and weighty issues as Jude Law’s new crop and Victoria Beckham’s birthday celebrations.
The development of a blogging element - with its […]
Social Media Journalist: “Our future isn’t traditional online but in mobile media platforms,” Steve Smith, Spokesman-Review
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under google, Social Media Journalist, Myspace, Wikipedia, Newspapers, RSS, Online Journalism, Citizen journalism, blogs, Facebook, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Steve Smith from The Spokesman-Review, USA.
1. Who are you and what do you do?
I am the editor of The Spokesman-Review, a 90,000 circulation daily serving several counties in […]
