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 - a plug in to ease sorting through web images and video from PicLens

Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, YouTube, Flickr, Innovations in Journalism, Photography, Digital video, Video, Facebook | 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 searching easily though web images and video with PicLens.

1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi, I’m Alec Jeong from Cooliris.
We’ve developed PicLens, a plug-in that […]

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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 […]

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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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Poynter: Interview with Stacy Green, NYTimes, on newspapers using Facebook

Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under NYTimes, Editors' pick, social networks, Facebook | Leave a Comment

Green discusses the positive impact on traffic to NYTimes.com since the launch of the paper’s News Quiz Facebook application.

“It’s increasingly important for the Times to distribute content in parts and pieces - through widgets and RSS feeds - for consumption around the web,” says Green

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Washington Post Facebook app attracts 350,000 downloads

Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under Podcast, widgets, Video, Facebook, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment

Jim Brady, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, discusses widgets, podcasts, vodcasts and live streaming in the interview with Beet.tv below.
Brady says the Post’s political application on Facebook, which has been downloaded around 350,000 times, was a simple and relatively inexpensive way of promoting the WaPo brand.
However, he says that when experimenting with any new distribution methods […]

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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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Online Journalism Scandinavia: Should public broadcaster seek competitive advantage online by offering users content for free?

Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Broadcasting, file sharing, Online Journalism Scandinavia, Video, Newspapers, Technology, multimedia experiments, Facebook, social networks, BBC | Leave a Comment

Kristine Lowe is a freelance journalist who writes on the media industry for number of US, UK and Norwegian publications. Today Online Journalism Scandinavia asks if public broadcasters should be more restrained in the content they offer for free online.
The head of the online division of Norway’s public broadcaster (NRK) has admitted that it […]

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Media Guardian: BBC to give staff guidelines on their social networking profiles

Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Standards, Myspace, Editors' pick, social networks, BBC, Facebook, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment

The BBC is compiling a set of guidelines for staff on what they can put on their profiles on social networking sites.

Helen Boaden, BBC News director, said the rules would clearly state what could and could not be posted to sites such as Facebook in a bid to protect the corporation’s image.

The guidelines are part of the BBC’s wider response to the use of social networking sites by staff.

New rules have also restricted journalists from using pictures from such sites in news articles without the permission of the copyright holder

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