Media
Staff protests at Mecom-owned Berliner Zeitung have reached a new creative peak. Journalists have long been unhappy with Mecom's regime, in particular recent job cuts and Josef Depenbrocks dual role as editor-in-chief and managing editor of the title. Yesterday they went to the unusual step of placing this
Personal
You know, ten years ago I really fancied glasses. I thought they’d rather suit my personae, or perhaps the persona I wanted to project stronger to those who did not know me. But my eyesight was much too good, so after testing it for three consecutive years, I gave
Blogging
If you only read one blog post today, make it Adam's musings on why media gets community wrong, I think he's spot on here: ...most media people don't realise that blogging is a community strategy. They think of it as a publishing process and,
Travel
It was raining cats and dogs, not exactly the kind of weather you'd want to be out and about in, but just as I walked into the centre of Skien yesterday, a place I'd never been to before, I was approached by a weary looking guy
Blogging
This graph from The World of Information Access' 2008 report (via Sambrook), speaks volumes (click on the image for a full size version). More on the report from BBC here.
Pictures
At least enough to keep me focused on the keyboard and my deadlines, but I can't complain about the view:
Blogging
I was struck by this sentiment from a British newspaper executive that Adrian reported under Chatham Rules a while back: This person had "no interest in UK blog content... didn’t rate UK blogosphere - UK newspapers have already occupied that opinion territory and run the best blogs."
Media
There's a lot of buzz around hyperlocal journalism these days; it's one of those new ways of doing journalism the media industry hopes will help it adapt to the changing world and its changing news habits. Certainly in Scandinavia, it's where many news organisations
Culture
Since I had to leave this year's WAN Congress/ World Editors' forum on Tuesday to cover other events, I do not know how the show progressed from here, but this was by far the most surreal party I have been to for a very long time: It
Journalism
Now, you may fault me for this, but it didn't strike me how awkward the abbreviation for a Mobile Journalist (mojo) sounded in Norwegian until I read this post by Eirik Newth. Only then did it hit me that in Norwegian it sounds very much like a kid
Ukategorisert
After having recently returned from covering The World Association of Newpapers' (WAN) Congress and World Editors Forum (WEF) for Journalisten.no - where we were presented with a mix of interesting, insightful and utterly benighted views on the media future - I must admit this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod
Media
Apparently web users are getting 'more selfish'; they can't be bothered with all the editorial promotions and content media organisations would like them to spend time on, but 'ruthlessly' cherry pick the articles they're interested in and ignore the rest. I must