I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about social media and bloggers of late. I’ve been involved in a research project that has been exploring entrepreneurial journalism (innovative ways for journalism to be presented in the future), which includes bloggers, and I have been focusing on what makes them successful. It is of course no… Continue reading Social media best practice for bloggers
I love a great app or tool that can make my life more organised. As you can guess I spend a lot time online, whether in front of my computer or my phone or Ipad, so anything that helps me be more productive or is just generally entertaining is a must have. I was over… Continue reading My toolbox of must have apps
Below are some links that will be used for a training session with APN journalists. Savvy online searching skills could be the difference between a good story and a great story. You need to be the master of Google. You need to find what others don’t, which means you need to get past the top… Continue reading Perfecting the internet search
It’s occurred to me that I have too many bad habits that make me feel incredibly guilty. But before you start thinking of me in this fabulously debauched rockstar lifestyle, I should say that my sparse blogging is one of those bad habits. Keith Richards eat your heart out, I know. But the fact is… Continue reading The death of the blog
When I first began teaching social media to students three years ago, I would start the lesson by asking ‘Who uses Facebook?’ Not surprisingly, even back then (three years is a lifetime in the land social media technology) 99.9% were active on Facebook. I would then ask ‘Who uses Twitter?’ And I would generally find… Continue reading Teaching social media curation and verification to journalism students
I am now one week into a three-month research visit to the US (I’m hoping I will have more time to blog now that I am not teaching). The University of Maryland has been kind enough to host me and I will be using my time here to research users of American participatory journalism sites.… Continue reading ONA 2011 conference – top takeaways
At the recent Walkley’s Freelance Journalism conference I was asked to speak on developing an online presence as a freelance journalist. It was a fun session, in which La Trobe University’s Lawrie Zion and Anthill Magazine’s James Tuckerman also gave some very valuable and interesting advice. Here’s a recap of what I presented. In order… Continue reading A journalist’s guide to developing an online presence
In response to my last blog post on sites showcasing great participation techniques I received a lot of suggestions on Twitter. I thought I would continue the list here – with those that were suggested. Blottr – aggregator and site based on community contribtuions What’s trending – a similar idea to The Stream on Al… Continue reading News sites that ‘get’ participation part II
I’ve just done something I’ve never done before. I just pitched to an editor on Twitter. This shouldn’t really be surprising. Public relations professionals do it. In fact, I advocate it in social media courses I do for PR professionals. Perhaps I have been lucky, but in the freelance journalism world I have always followed… Continue reading The twit-pitch: Pitching to editors on Twitter
Finally, I have a spare minute so I am putting up presentation from the Walkley’s narrative conference. For me, the reasons for a freelance journalist to use Twitter are really very simple: Content Promotion Nonsense Let me explain
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