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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – Who’s behind a website?

Laura Oliver — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:42:49 +0000

Research: Check out Colin Meek's guide to finding out who's behind websites, which shows you how to you use four tools to search behind the url. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Insite: Finding the people behind sites – an insite guide

Judith Townend — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:35:49 +0000

From Insite, the journalism research site: a post about tracking site or domain owners. Colin Meek’s tactics could help save time by alerting you to linked content and commentary, and helping you trace a domain or site owner.

“Looking for strategies to find out about people behind sites? Dozens of ‘Whois’ lookup sites exist with many offering similar tools. Instead of simply listing the choices, this post looks at some of the best tools for the job, how they differ and how to use them to find nuggets of information about a target site and its owner.”

Full post at this link…

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[insite] – interview with semantic web expert Brooke Aker

Laura Oliver — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:47:57 +0000

Over at our sister blog insite, the excellent Colin Meek has conducted the second interview in his series on the semantic web.

On the receiving end this time is Brooke Aker, founder of Acuity Software and Cipher Systems, who answers qs on semantic search, the failures of Web 2.0 and uses for Web 3.0.

More on the semantic web can be read in our feature ‘Web 3.0: what it means for journalists’.

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Slideshow on ‘Journalists and the Social Web’

Laura Oliver — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:13:39 +0000

Following Colin Meek’s articles for Journalism.co.uk on how journalists can get the most out of the semantic web, below is Colin’s presentation from Saturday’s seminar in Oslo on using the social web:

You can view past slideshows from Colin on Slideshare.

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#socialweb: Web 3.0 – the social web (video)

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:27:18 +0000

We’re gathered here in Oslo this morning (25 October) with 20+ of Norwegian’s finest journalists to listen to addresses from investigative journalist and research skills trainer Colin Meek, Journalisten.no journalist and blogger Kristine Lowe. Colin will be talking about web 3.0 (the social web) and what it means for journalists). We’re streaming live, but you should be able to view this video later (gremlins permitting).

UPDATE: They turned the lights down so the audience could see the projection screen! Apologies for the poor quality of the video.

Watch live video from johncthompson’s channel on Justin.tv

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Insite: Interview with John Breslin, semantic web expert

Laura Oliver — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:02:34 +0000

Colin Meek interviews John Breslin, founder of the Semanticaly-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) project, about the semantic web, what it is and what it can do.

Online Journalism Scandinavia: using the social web seminar – #socialweb

Laura Oliver — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:34:37 +0000

It’s going to be a veritable Journalism.co.uk party in Oslo on Saturday: blog regular Kristine Lowe has organised a seminar on using the social web featuring our very own consulting editor and online research specialist Colin Meek, who also runs the Insite blog.

To kick off the coverage, read Colin’s feature on ‘Web 3.0: what it means for journalists’, which tackles what the semantic web is and why journalists should be paying attention to it.

Kristine will be talking about how she has used and benefitted from using ‘the social web’ as a journalist and blogger; while Colin’s talk will focus on the research opportunities and newsgathering potential of web 3.0 for journalists.

Kristine will be blogging the event and we’ll round up some of that content and Colin’s here for those of us not lucky enough to have made the trip.

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Ta-da! Insite goes live – a brand new online research website

Judith Townend — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:03:14 +0000

Journalism.co.uk is happy to announce that Insite, a new blog designed to bring users tips on ’slick research, advanced internet research strategies and news about the best tools’, is now live.

First up is an interview with the founder of the new UK-based search engine MSE360, which has attracted praise from both sides of the Atlantic with a three-tier display, clean design and other unique features such as virus alerts.

Insite is the handiwork of Journalism.co.uk’s consulting editor, Colin Meek.

Colin has been working on investigative and in-depth research projects for over 15 years as a journalist and policy analyst, and was founding editor of the online news channel on journalism.co.uk.

Over the last three years he has delivered courses in advanced internet and investigative research.

Since starting as a freelancer 10 years ago, Colin has worked for many clients including Which?, Health Which?, BMJ (British Medical Journal) Knowledge, The Times, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, journalism.co.uk, the Pharmaceutical Journal, the RSPGB and many others.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – browse the Newseum

Laura Oliver — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:54:40 +0000

Research: Newseum is a world map where you can view the front pages of papers local to that area just by moving your cursor. Only three listed in UK (Telegraph, Herald and Guardian) but a fascinating tool. Tipster: Colin Meek

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: want to find local papers the world over? use Newseum

Oliver Luft — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:22:40 +0000

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