Archives for “New Zealand”

The benefit of hindsight: Saving New Zealand’s newspapers

They say hindsight is a glorious thing. When looking back, everyone can be an expert. Should have done this, shouldn't have done that. If you could ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 11:01 am.

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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.

Filed under Blogs, Comment, Ethics, My Work, New Zealand, Social Networking, Student Journalism, The Web, , , , , , , , , , .

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, , , , , , .

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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BBC Election night: Where it went wrong

Election night was great, wasn’t it? I managed to keep up ‘til about 3am, when Ohio officially came in. My choice of coverage was the BBC. ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 12:45 am.

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Selling the BBC licence fee to the public (and Terry Tibbs)

A few media commentators have used the Brand/Ross fall out to take swipes at the BBC licence fee. I fear it's a debate that will ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 8:28 pm.

Filed under Debate, Ethics, New Zealand, Newspapers, TV, The BBC, The Future, , , , , , , .

Why I can never trust travel journalism again

Trust in the media is something we talk about on a grand scale. The Queen having a strop, for instance, or the uproar over You ...

7 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 4:40 pm.

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Regionals should get their houses in order before trying to stop others

I don't think it's fair that some of the local press is getting in a strop with Sir Michael Lyon's plans for better regional BBC ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Debate, Multimedia, New Zealand, Newspapers, Social Networking, Sport, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , , , , , , , , .

Robert Fisk: “To hell with the web, it’s got no responsibility”

Legendary reporter Robert Fisk recently gave a public lecture in Wellington, New Zealand, and offered some very strong personal thoughts on web journalism. Newswire ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 12:13 am.

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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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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.

Filed under Multimedia, My Work, New Zealand, Student Journalism, , , , , , , .

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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Me on Radio New Zealand’s Mediawatch

Yesterday, I shared the bill with Paul Bradshaw on Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch program. Paul was discussing Jolly Journalists -- of which I am one! -- ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 1:56 am.

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Some queer goings on at OneNewsNow.com

This has made my day. In current affairs this morning -- we spend half an hour each morning discussing the news -- we were chatting about ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 10:21 am.

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Outdated and useless wire services: BE GONE!

Reuters mobile journalism kit. I really, really want one. Picture: KevGlobal (Flickr) This post is for the June Carnival of Journalism. Andy Dickinson has posed this ...

7 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 6:42 am.

Filed under Blogs, Citizen Journalism, General, Multimedia, My Work, New Zealand, Newspapers, The Future, The Web, , , , , , , , , .

Give me advice: How can this Google map involve the Wellington community?

View of Hataitai, Wellington. Picture: Peter from Wellington (Flickr) Howdy! This, I hope, will be a very exciting project. Not only for Whitireia students, but also ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 9:26 am.

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Queenie explains the table incident further…

As I said in my post yesterday, colleague Queenie Rikihana set my mind at rest over the 'sitting on a table' incident. Anyway, she added ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 8:36 am.

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Men behaving badly (on tables)

A piece about me working out here has appeared in the Dominion Post, a New Zealand newspaper based in Wellington. The story is great -- Paul Mulrooney has done ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 2:07 am.

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Can you make a great news website for free?

Assume you have a workforce. And premises. And equipment. Those are things you don't have to worry about. But imagine you cannot spend ANYTHING on your ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 9:38 am.

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Open debate: OK to endorse Wikipedia for journalism research?

For one of my sessions in New Zealand, I will be teaching students about researching on the internet. As I type, I have piles of Wikipedia ...

8 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 2:28 pm.

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