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 […]

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Innovations in Journalism: Flock’s social web browser

Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Bookmarking, Linking, Innovations in 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 the evolution of the browser with social browsing software from Flock.

1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi I’m Evan Hamilton, community ambassador for Flock.
Flock […]

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Search Engine Journal: using Del.icio.us to analyse site performance

Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Bookmarking, Editors' pick | Leave a Comment

Handy tips on how to use social bookmarking tool del.icio.us to discover why people are tagging your content and what keywords they are using.

The tool can also be used to assess the popularity - in terms of bookmarked content - of your competitors’ sites.

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Innovations in Journalism - AccessInterviews.com

Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under celebrity, Linking, Bookmarking, Innovations in Journalism, magazines, Online Journalism, Newspapers, 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 indexing interviews across the web from Access Interviews.

1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
My name is Rob McGibbon and I am a freelance journalist with a […]

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Innovations in Journalism - Skimbit

Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under research, Bookmarking, file sharing, Innovations in Journalism, Handy Technology | 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.
Ever tried to organise an event or share research on email for more than two people? Nightmare, hey? Fear it no longer. Today’s IIJ is social scrapbook and decision-making site […]

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Social Media Journalist: “Facebook is overrated. The novelty is wearing off and people are getting bored” Matthew Buckland

Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, Social Media Journalist, comments, YouTube, Bookmarking, South Africa, Wikipedia, Flickr, google, Mobile, blogs, Handy Technology, Online Journalism, Twitter, Facebook, Video, Newspapers, 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, Matthew Buckland from Mail & Guardian, South Africa.

1) Who are you and what do you do?
I am Matthew Buckland, the GM of Mail & Guardian Online.
As head of the […]

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Social Media Journalist: ‘Services like ustream or qik that live stream video from DV cams and phones have huge potential’ Damon Kiesow

Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under comments, MoJo, Mobile, Social Media Journalist, YouTube, Bookmarking, Linking, USA, Newspapers, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, online communities, Twitter, Digital video, Facebook, Journalism | 3 Comments

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, Damon Kiesow, Nashua Telegraph.

1. Who are you and what do you do?
I am the Managing Editor/Online at The Telegraph in Nashua, NH. I am responsible for the […]

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Innovations in Journalism - browser archiving plug-in WebMynd

Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under Bookmarking, Archiving, Linking, Innovations in Journalism, Search, USA, Handy Technology | 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 Firefox archiving plugin WebMynd.

1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
I’m Patrick Buckley, one of three entrepreneurs from Cambridge and MIT who have a passion for […]

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Social Media Journalist: ‘Social networks are an echo chamber rather than a way of being exposed to anything new’ Adam Tinworth, RBI

Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Social Media Journalist, file sharing, Linking, Bookmarking, social networks, Facebook, Online Journalism, 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, Adam Tinworth, RBI.

1) Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Adam Tinworth, and I’m currently head of blogging for business publisher Reed Business Information.
2) Which web or mobile-based […]

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Guardian.co.uk adds ‘clippings’ bookmarking feature

Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Bookmarking, Linking, guardian, Newspapers, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment

UPDATE: GOOD POST HERE BY PAUL BRADSHAW ON WHY HE THINKS THIS IS ANTI-SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Guardian.co.uk has added a bookmarking feature to that allows users to ‘clip’ stories they have read on the site and create profile pages so that others can read their recommended stories.
The clippings file allows readers to store links to articles […]

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