#newsrw As reported elsewhere, the Crowdsourcing session at news:rewired was a fractious affair. Setting that aside – here are some lessons learned. Key question: Does crowdsourcing = crowd following? Make sure you’re doing what journalists normally do – go to where people talk and eavesdrop. Ruth Barnett, multimedia producer at Sky News, outlined some of […]
#newsrw Some tips from Adam Westbrook on creating an effective audio slideshow. [vimeo width=”266″ height=”200″]http://www.vimeo.com/7742500[/vimeo]Why a slideshow? It’s cheaper and easier than video – and there’s less messing around. Can better focus on the story. Tips for success Focus on story and character Pre-interview your subject by phone – work out your story in advance […]
#newsrw Some good lessons from the news:rewired panel on How can journalism support itself online? SoGlos deputy editor James Fryer offered the five dos and don’ts of starting up online. His prediction: quality, professional journalism is key to success and will see a resurgence in the next decade. User-generated content is not enough to attract […]
#newsrw Lots of excitement was generated by Telegraph digital media chief Greg Hadfield’s resignation announcement at news:rewired. But of all those tiresome bloggers and not-real-journalists Tweeting and wittering about the event – who was it who reported and got the facts wrong? Oh, yes. Roy Greenslade. In the Guardian. You know, one of those purveyors […]
#newsrw Yesterday’s news:rewired event did indeed prove to be worth 80 quid – good speakers, good panels, good audience (except in the Crowdsourcing session – get over yourselves, journalism “professionals”). Big thanks are due to Laura Oliver, Judith Townend and the Journalism.co.uk team. There’s a whole slew of material blogged and Twittered already (just check the […]
I slated recent BBC (and other) coverage of a survey on how children seem to be failing to learn to talk. Luckily for the media, here’s a handy guide from pressure group Panos on how to approach research to create better journalism. Panos has its own agenda, of course (promoting “the participation of poor and […]
A few months ago, when I moved Freelance Unbound to its own host, I wrote that I had got a bit excited about the world of plugins and had, temporarily, broken the site. It’s all settled down now. And finally the vast universe of plugins is starting to make sense. Here are the ones I’m […]
He’d have been doing stuff like this. Because, frankly, carving and moving those 25-ton blocks out of real stone would have been too much work when you’re got your dissertation to worry about. And all that drinking…
Every journalist and his dog seems to add this redundant phrase to whatever story they’re writing (or presenting, if it’s on TV or radio). Here’s a typical example (from the Telegraph): “Amazon releases Kindle for iPhone but are there enough ebooks out there?” Uh – out where, exactly? If the story is asking whether there are enough enough […]
It seems there was more to today’s unrelenting commuter misery than the “adverse weather conditions” cited on the South West Trains tannoy. My six-hour total commute featured not one but two trains on fire. I ended up stuck behind on for about half an hour at Surbiton on the way in to Waterloo – then delayed […]