Blogging
I spent close to 1700 words outlining my objections to Keen's Cult of the Amateur last week, even though I could have done it in three. I refrained from using the phrase lurking in the back of my mind, partly because I deemed it too academic, but, just
Blogging
Remember, remember, the fifth of November... until today I have not seen The Independent's "My Life in Media" interview a blogger before, and how timely that they should choose to interview none other than Guido Fawkes, one of Britain's most influential bloggers, on Bonfire
Blogging
Citizen journalists, bloggers and even poorly paid freelancers will be excluded from the right to protect confidential sources under a new federal US shield law proposal, passed by an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives last week. There's still a few legal hurdles to pass before the
Blogging
Is the rise of social media threatening the fabric of society, as Andrew Keen argues, or does it represent a positive challenge to established interests, as argued by e.g. James Surowieki? This was the topic for last Thursday's Social Media Club London, but, after Richard Stacey'
Blogging
Busy day for me, catching up with friends. I hope to be back blogging tomorrow, but, in the meantime, here's a few words from a comment that struck a cord with me: I am beginning to suspect that a blog might simply be the centre of one'
Blogging
Nyhedsavisen, the Icelandic-owned Danish freesheet, has just hired two political bloggers, Jarl Cordua and David Troels Garby to blog at avisen.dk (via Journalisten.dk) "David and Jarl can offer inside knowledge that neither the average citizen nor journalist can access. They have access to all the latest political
Acquisitions
Sweden's biggest commercial TV-channel is acquiring politikerbloggen.se for 1m SEK (about £75,000) (via Dagens Media). The blog was set up by Niklas Svensson after he was ousted from Swedish tabloid Expressen in the aftermath last year's 'hacking-scandal'. Svensson lost his job when
Blogging
One argument I frequently encounter when I talk to journalists and editors about blogging, is how bloggers are untrustworthy because they have all sorts of hobby horses. Now, I could say a lot about that proposition, but I have one of those days with little time for blogging (and, yes,
Blogging
Want to know the results of next year's US election? Follow the blog buzz. At least if this Norwegian experiment is anything to go by: A blog measuring the blog buzz around Norway's political parties and key political issues proved to be quite accurate when it
Blogging
Ever heard of the blogging journalist who denied being a blogger? Just as I published my last post I realised that I'd made the monumental mistake of making a statement about what blogging IS in the headline (hence the correction). From experience I know that can be dangerous
Blogging
On the theme of how to explain blogging and its benefits to journalists, I found this little gem catching up with one of my RSS-feeds: A blog post is not (or at least, it shouldn't be) a writing assignment you must prep for and deliver as a finished
Blogging
Or maybe that should be: what journalists need to know about distributed conversations. I came across this survey on Friday, which unsurprisingly found that most (Danish) journalists found reading blogs irrelevant to their work. "Ah, the things they are missing out on," I thought to myself, but was