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Digital editors on Twitter – a list for networking and problem-solving

Laura Oliver — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:57:33 +0000

Since I started using Twitter I’ve always been amazed (and grateful) at how quickly calls for technological help and assistance with ideas and projects are answered. It’s one of the main reasons I’m a fan of Twitter.

There are plenty of media/journalist Twitter databases out there, but below are the beginnings of a list of digital editors on Twitter.

What do I mean by digital editor? In this instance, a journalist working primarily online, on web projects or co-ordinating multimedia output. The web editor of a newspaper site or magazine site, for example. It’s in no particular order, except for being divided by ‘traditional’ industry sectors at the moment, but if this isn’t useful, just let us know – would be great to get more international representatives too.

But the criteria for inclusion on the list are intentionally loose – this is aimed at networking, problem-solving and idea sharing between journalists working in the same space and similar roles. (Feel free to nominate any additions or drop us a tweet @journalismnews)

UPDATE April 16 – please read blog post two on how to message the group via Twitter

Newspapers

Alison Gow (@alisongow) – executive editor, digital, Liverpool Daily Post & Liverpool Echo

Kevin Matthews (@kmatt) – head of web and data, Liverpool Daily Post

Neil MacDonald (@xxnapoleonsolo) – deputy head of web and data, Liverpool Daily Post

Jo Wadsworth (@jowadsworth) – web editor, Brighton Argus

Tom Pegg (@tomatthechad) – digital content manager, Mansfield Chad

James Goffin (@jamesgoffin) – regional web producer, Archant

Sarah Booker (@sarah_booker) – web editor, Worthing Herald

Gustav Svensson (@gustavsvensson) – web editor, entertainment and arts, Sydsvenskan.se

Stephen Emerson (@stephen_emerson) – deputy online editor, Scotsman.com

Sam Shepherd (@SamShepherd) – online journalist, Bournemouth Daily Echo

Joanna Geary (@timesjoanna) – web development editor, business, Times Online

Sarah Hartley (@foodiesarah) – head of online editorial, MEN Media

Iain Hepburn (@iainmhepburn) – online editor, DailyRecord.co.uk

Lucia Adams (@luciatimes) – web development editor, Times Online

Carmen Boles (@carmenb) – online news editor, Gazette.com

Marcus Warren (@MarcusWa) – editor, Telegraph.co.uk

Dan Owen (@danowen) – executive editor online, Trinity Mirror

Steve Nicholls (@steve_nicholls) – multimedia editor, Birmingham Post

Anna Jeys (@ajeys) – multimedia editor, Birmingham Mail

Steve Wollaston (@stevewollaston) – multimedia editor, BPM Media and Sunday Mercury

Julie Martin (@jules_27) – Teesside Evening Gazette

Helen Dalby (@helendalby) – regional multimedia manager, NCJ Media

Nick Turner (@nickincumbria) – head of digital content, CN Group

Christian Dunn (@christiandunn) – digital news editor, NWN Media

Hugh Dixon (@hugh_d) – web editor and production editor, thisisbath/Bath Chronicle

Paul Cockerton (@paulcockerton) – web editor, Lancashire Telegraph

Dan Owens (@hornetdan1979) – deputy news editor, Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Dan Kerins (@dankerins) – web journalist, Southern Daily Echo

Broadcast

Marsha Graham (@marshagoldcoast) – multimedia manager for 102.9FM Hot Tomato, Australia

Rob Winder (@robwinder) – news editor, Al Jazeera website, Washington DC

Tom Thorogood (@TomThorogood) – digital news editor, MTV

Magazines

Martin Stabe (@martinstabe) – online editor, Retail Week

Victoria Thompson (@VicThompson) – assistant online editor, Nursing Times

Neil Durham (@NeilDurham) – deputy editor, GP and Independent Nurse

John Robinson (@PulseToday) – digital content manager, Pulse Today

Peter Houston (@p_houston) – editorial director for Advanstar Communications, Europe

Alex Smith (@alexsmith68) – web editor, Building.co.uk

Keira Daley (@daleyrant) – web editor, Australian print magazine

Lara McNamee (@lovelylara33) – assistant intelligence editor, ICIS

Gabriel Fleming (@gabefleming) – online editor, Nursing Times

Janie Stamford (@janiestamford) – contract catering editor, Caterer & Hotelkeeper

Robin Latchem (@lgcplus) – online editor, Local Government Chronicle

Keely Stocker (@keelystocker) – digital content manager, Drapers Online

Scott Matthewman (@scottm) – assistant manager, The Stage

Specialist website

Michael Hubbard (@michaelomh) – founder and music editor, MusicOmh

Krystal Sim (@krystalsim) – web editor for sustainability magazine BSD – bsdlive.co.uk

Arun Marsh (@ArunMarsh) – content producer/editor, Local Gov

Rick Waghorn (@MrRickWaghorn) – publisher, MyFootbalWriter

Emma Waddingham (@emmawad) online editor, Legal-Medical.co.uk

Michael McCarthy (@HealthGuide) online editor, LocalHealthGuide

Steve Gooding (@rmtimestech)- Romney Marsh Times

Manoj Solanki (@ManojSolanki) – SeekBroadband.com

Graham Holliday (@noodlepie) – digital editor, Frontline Club

Craig McGinty (@craigmcginty) – publisher, ThisFrenchLife

Mark Crail (@markcrail) – managing editor, XpertHR

Freelance

Adam Oxford (@adamoxford)

Rachel Colling (@rachcolling)

Ashanti Omkar (@ashantiomkar)

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Neil Thackray: The plight of the business magazine and the rise of the lone blogger

Judith Townend — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:57:09 +0000

Neil Thackray has 25 years experience in B2Bs, in senior roles at RBI, Miller Freeman and as CEO of Quantum Business. Most recently, he was CEO of Nexus Business Media, before stepping down a few weeks ago.

He gets off to a good start with his second blog post: ‘Starting a discussion about the future of B2B Media’. He looks at the effects of the internet on niche business to business publications. One effect “has been the result of the phenomonen you are reading now” – the rise of the lone or collaborating bloggers.

Meanwhile, far from business magazines being the ‘bible of the industry’, “they are reduced to being one of many sources of information in a world where reader loyalty is as fickle as a click on a Google search result,” Thackray argues.

Full story at this link…

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ABCe Release: Brand Republic has published its first ABCe enhanced certificate

Judith Townend — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Brand Republic has published its first ’site-centric visitor profile data’ via an ABCe Enhanced Certificate, according to a release from ABCe. ABCe said that the website, part of Haymarket Business Media, is the first business-to-business website to do so.

Full release…

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Rory Brown: What next for the B2B media industry?

John Thompson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:12:07 +0000

Rory Brown, former managing director of the interactive marketing division of Incisive Media, shares his thought about the future of business-to-business publishing. "Yes, big media is clearly struggling - and not just because of the economy - but because, in the main, their whole corporate structure is set up for a very different era," he says.

Paul Conley: B2B industry ‘as we know it’ about to collapse

Judith Townend — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:34:33 +0000

Following a research report, Paul Conley feels its time for him to say something he has 'hesitated to say'. "The B2B industry, as we know it, is about to collapse," he writes. The B2B publishing industry currently now dominated by giant print companies and smaller web-only companies is about to collapse, he continues. When the dust settles, B2B journalism will still be here - but many of the companies that make up the industry will be gone, he predicts.

Rory Brown: What’s the value of newspapers’ web traffic?

Laura Oliver — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:28:05 +0000

Newspapers' reports of rapidly rising web traffic only confers 'bragging rights' if it is not monetised, argues Brown. Lessons should be learnt from the B2B publishing sector, he adds.

Ninety-seven per cent of ‘business decision makers’ use B2Bs online

Judith Townend — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:47:43 +0000

B2B websites are used by 97 per cent of ‘business decision makers’, a new study conducted by IPSOS for the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) shows.

The results, quoted from the AOP’s release:

97 per cent stated that B2B websites are the form of media most used for work
60 per cent ranked business websites as an essential source of information in their work
60 per cent consider business websites as providing information that they couldn’t get elsewhere

B2B websites are the first port of call when:

Researching/informing business decisions (56 per cent)
Researching/informing purchase decisions (55 per cent)
Gathering sector news (54 per cent)

“51 per cent choosing B2B websites as a preferred source of business information; B2B websites are also favoured over two and a half times more than TV, Radio, Magazines and Newspapers sources combined,” the AOP reported, in a release.

B2B sites are also shown to provide a highly effective medium for advertisers:

43 per cent are more likely to respond to advertising on a business website than advertising in other media
53 per cent of users are more likely to have confidence in, or do business with, a company, if it advertises on a business site they know
74 per cent trust a website more if it comes from a source that they know already (eg. business publication or industry body)

“82 per cent of all business decision makers use at least one B2B digital delivery mechanism for work, rising to 91 per cent among regular B2B websites users.

“Email alerts/newsletters are the most popular (51 per cent) followed by platforms which provide feedback: peer reviews, blogs and forums; but other systems such as RSS feeds, online seminars, podcast, vodcast and video streaming are gaining momentum.

“A core minority of respondents are currently using five or more of these delivery mechanisms; and overall 39 per cent, of those surveyed, expect to increase their use of digital delivery mechanisms in the next 12 months.”

Of those using five or more digital delivery mechanisms (70 per cent) found that B2B websites offer more engaging content and advertising than other business information sources and considered them to:

Offer instant access to information (79 per cent)
Save time (77 per cent)
Offer innovative ways to access information (74 per cent)
Allow business decision makers to interact with peers more efficiently (69 per cent)

“This is an important snapshot of the business community and their use of B2B websites, and further supports the insights gathered in the AOP Census 2008 which showed that our members are increasing their investment in content delivery methods including IPTV, mobile, vodcast, podcast and RSS feeds,” Liz Somerville, the acting director of AOP said, in the release from the AOP.

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Press Gazette: Emap Inform will do away with online subscription charges

Judith Townend — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:10:27 +0000

UPDATE: a Tweet from Martin Stabe alerts us that in fact most of the titles' content is already free online: J.co.uk is on the case and will up date soon. B2B publisher Emap 'is to scrap subscription charges on a number of its website next year,' reports Press Gazette. The changes affect the Emap Inform division, which includes Health Service Journal, Retail Week and Drapers.

Website changes for PA on its 140th anniversary

Judith Townend — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:52:40 +0000

To mark its 140th anniversary, the Press Association has ‘completely overhauled its identity in print and online to reflect its position as an innovative, digital, news and information provider,’ a release said.

To signify its move from a domestic news agency to a ‘multimedia content business’, all of the existing Press Association sub-brands will now be ‘unified’.

The URL of the PA website has changed to pressassociation.co.uk and the release said that the new site ‘incorporates improved usability, multimedia news feeds, picture galleries and demo packages demonstrating the range of the company’s services,’ although most content is still restricted to paying subscribers.

“By sharpening up the brand and introducing a new website we aim to increase our brand awareness amongst B2B customers and make it easier for us to showcase our services, particularly to the digital markets,” Paul Potts, executive chairman and owner of the PA Group, said in the release.

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Top of the mags: the winners from the Press Gazette Awards

Judith Townend — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:53:51 +0000

Press Gazette last night presented its 2008 Magazine Design and Journalism Awards. Here’s a run-down of the winners from last night’s ceremony:

Young Designer of the Year: Dominic Bell, Wallpaper

Best Designed Magazine of the Year – Consumer (Over 40k): Meirion Pritchard, Wallpaper

Best Designed Magazine of the Year: Meirion Pritchard, Wallpaper

Best Designed Features Spread: Grant Bowden, Ritz

Best Use of Typography: Grant Bowden, Ritz

Best New Design/Redesign: Marissa Bourke, Elle

Best Designed Front Cover: Marissa Bourke, Elle

Best Use of Illustration: Tan Parmar, Contact

Best Use of Photography: Dan Delaney, Onelife

Reviewer of the year: Andrew Billen, The London Magazine

Digital Journalist of the Year: Paul Grant, Accountancy Age

Business Reporter of the Year: Stuart MacDonald, Building

Exclusive of the year: Jonathan Green, Live

Feature Writer of the Year: Ariel Leve, The Sunday Times Magazine

Magazine Designer of the Year: Jonathan Gregory, Dirt Magazine

Editor of the Year: David Burton, Camouflage

Best-Designed B2B magazine: Dean Dorat, Contagious

Interviewer of the Year: Lesley White, The Sunday Times Magazine

Best-Designed Customer magazine: Dan Delaney, Onelife

Columnist of the Year: Michael Hodges, Time Out

Production Team of the Year: Esquire

Best Designed Magazine of the Year Consumer (Under 40k): Paul Willoughby & Rob Longworth, Little White Lies

News Reporter of the Year: Sally Gainsbury, Health Service Journal

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