Archives for “My Work”

The depressing but inevitable demise of Press Gazette

Today, Wilmington Media announced that Press Gazette, the UK's journalism trade mag, will be closing. It's a sad day -- Press Gazette has been a part ...

10 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:07 pm.

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Just one example of how a blog can help your career

I'd like to share with you a string of emails I sent and received recently. Dear [Editor], I would like to offer you this feature idea for ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 8:55 am.

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Cuttings: Social media money, Project Canvas, Al-Jazeera brilliance and brandjackers ahoy

Number one sign you've been doing this journalism malarky for a while is that you don't post "LOOK AT ME!!" posts every time something is ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, March 9, 2009 at 1:46 pm.

Filed under My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , .

Is the BBC reporting on Twitter too much?

In the last six months, thanks to a certain Stephen Fry, Twitter has catapulted from being a past-time restricted to, mainly, geeks and journalists into ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 11:00 am.

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NUJ follow up: I’m still not convinced

I've been doing some thinking about this whole NUJ thing. My post the other night reads very ranty -- indeed, I guess it is very ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 4:54 pm.

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The new way to learn journalism

There's a very interesting piece in a Guardian supplement today about something they've labelled University 2.0. Annoyingly -- and surprisingly, considering it's the Guardian -- the ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 1:19 pm.

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AdWords not known for its sensitivities

For those of you who read my website using RSS (Feedburner tells me there are 100 of you or so... hi!), you may have come ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 9:34 am.

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Video Journalism will save newspapers in 2009

In the past twelve months we've seen the amount of people watching online video go through the roof. But, unlike the YouTube boom that potentially ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:05 am.

Filed under Blogs, Comment, Multimedia, My Work, New Zealand, Newspapers, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Future, The Web, video journalism, , , , , , .

BBC iPlayer Day — a lesson learned

Last Friday was iPlayer Day, an event on the BBC Internet Blog organised by myself, Nick Reynolds and Jonathan Richardson. It was my first major contribution ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 5:39 pm.

Filed under Blogs, General, Multimedia, My Work, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Web, , , .

Justice for exploited journalism students

Today I was interviewed by Gemma Pritchard, the editor of the Inquirer -- City University's independent student paper. She was preparing a piece of coursework about ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 6:08 pm.

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Guardian: Eastern promise

If you are looking for tax-free wages and a luxury lifestyle in a booming economy after university - a job in the Gulf could be ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:54 am.

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Patience is key to online networking

In the past year, I've had the pleasure of teaching lots of people about online journalism. First, a guest lecture at the University of Lincoln about ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 6:28 pm.

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Publisher wanted: The New Blogger’s Handbook

Here's something I've been thinking about a lot recently. The sort of thoughts that plonk themselves in your mind just before you're about to go ...

12 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 1:56 pm.

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BBC Internet Blog: How should we use our Twitter?

Making my debut on the BBC Internet Blog today. Would like feedback on how we are to use our Twitter feed. Read the post here!

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm.

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My new job at the BBC (and what it means)

Today I spent my first day with the BBC Future Media and Technology team. From 4th November I will be co-editor of the BBC Internet ...

15 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 2:26 am.

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My dream job lies with the ‘Huffington Experiment’

(This post forms part of the Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists topic for October: What is your dream journalism job?) I was considering not entering this round ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 4:16 pm.

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What’s the difference between online and broadcast video?

What's the difference between online and broadcast video? Plenty, I'd say, but judging by some of the online video published by even the biggest news companies, ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 9:11 pm.

Filed under Multimedia, My Work, TV, The Future, The Web, , , , , , .

The world reports the news, Intelligent Aggregated Editorial reports the world

It's too late for me to write too many words. But here's an idea I have. It's called Intelligent Aggregation and I think it could ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 2:24 am.

Filed under Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Multimedia, My Work, Newspapers, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Future, The Web.

The Great Journalism Job Drought 2008

I am unemployed. Now I'm not whinging -- I'm confident my qualifications, contacts and experience will get me something sooner rather than later -- but ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 4:37 pm.

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J-school debate: The best route to success?

What is the best way to train as a journalist? The debate is raging over on Mindy McAdams' blog. It's widely accepted there are two main ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:23 am.

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Young journalist blog ring now open

Just a quickie to let you all know that the 'Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists' blog ring is now open for business. Click here to get involved ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 2:16 am.

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Guardian: Life after death on Facebook

I've always wanted one of those little boxes on the Guardian homepage. Lovely stuff. Read my article about death and social-networking here. Comments are disabled ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 11:51 pm.

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Sign up now for the young journo blogging ring

A week or so ago I wrote a blog brainstorming a few ideas for a young journalist blogging ring. It was inspired by Jessica DaSilva, ...

22 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 11:18 pm.

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How to be a good journalism student

One of my best students in NZ has posted this cheeky video about being a good journalism student. Enjoy... Ain't that great? Read Luke's blog here. On ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:51 am.

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Introducing NewsWire: If you run a journalism school, you need to do this

NewsWire.co.nz is the new news website for the Whitireia Journalism School, New Zealand. I built it. And, aside from the fee for hosting (pennies) and my ...

30 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:33 am.

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