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James Reynolds near Tiananmen Square

If you didn't vote in today's European and council elections, you should watch this. This is how a country without a democracy operates.

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm.

Filed under Comment, The BBC, bbc, european elections, james reynolds, tiananmen square.

Let’s make love, not walls

The ugliest phrase in journalism at the moment is 'pay wall'. Isn't it just the worst possible way of describing what we want to achieve? ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:28 am.

Filed under Comment, Newspapers, The BBC, The Future, The Web, evening standard, expenses, make love, pay wall, telegraph.

Nothing like a bit of passion

I love this. Who wins? I'm not sure.

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 9:42 am.

Filed under Multimedia, The BBC, bbc, carrie gracie, expenses, Lord Foulkes.

Twitter to introduce paid pro accounts

Dug away in an article about Twitter in the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Stone says Twitter recently hired a product manager to oversee the development of ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 4:10 pm.

Filed under Comment, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, pro accounts, tweetgrid, twitter, wall street journal.

Tipping point: The Big Journalism Bail Out

There was always going to be a tipping point. A moment when a cut back meant no newspaper -- rather than just less subs. Or ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 9:23 am.

Filed under Comment, Newspapers, Regional, Tabloids, The BBC, The Future, The Web, bail out, charles arthur, craig mcgill, polly toynbee.

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, bbc, facebook, journalism.co.uk, project canvas.

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.

Filed under Blogs, Comment, My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, bbc, darren waters, dot.life, technology, twitter.

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.

Filed under Blogs, Comment, Debate, Multimedia, My Work, Newspapers, Regional, Student Journalism, The BBC, The Future, The Web, main, ASLEF, birmingham post, joanna geary, nuj, the times, union.

When webcams go bad: Priceless abuse of BBC Nottingham

Major props to @paul_fernley for spotting this gem: (click to enlarge if you need to!) In other news, Paul also mentions that today marks the relaunch of ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, February 2, 2009 at 9:25 am.

Filed under Regional, The BBC, The Web, main, bbc, nottingham, paul fernley, weather, webcam.

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, 4od, BBC iPlayer, david dunkley gyimah, guardian, NYTimes, video journalism.

Extensive Panorama archive online

The new Panorama homepage launched yesterday -- well worth taking a look. It's a collection of blogs, audio/video content and trailers for upcoming programmes. But before you ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 9:25 am.

Filed under Blogs, TV, The BBC, The Web, beijing, iplayer, john sweeney, olympics, panorama.

Whatdotheyknow.com: Freedom of Information in Action

The Freedom of Information Act is arguably the UK journalist's biggest asset when it comes to public sector investigation. As a student, I was often told ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 1:41 am.

Filed under TV, The BBC, The Web, drugs, FOI, FoIA, freedom of information act, requests, strictly come dancing, whatdotheyknow.com, world service.

BBC HD Test card: Link or be useless!

On the wall in front of me is a big sign that says 'LINK!'. Underneath, in brackets, it says "It's what we do". It really is. ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Newspapers, The BBC, The Web, andy quested, bbc internet blog, daily mail, hd, independent, link economy, newslite, nick reynolds.

Full movies on iPlayer — since when?

Did this one completely pass me by? Noticed tonight that the (rather pants) film 'What Women Want' is on BBC iPlayer. They must have done ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:41 am.

Filed under TV, The BBC, The Web, Uncategorized, films, iplayer, mel gibson, movies, what women want.

Earthquake video back to haunt me

Seems Radio 4 did a 2008 Now Show round up and our 'quake video was on it. I've been trying (a little) to shake off that ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm.

Filed under Citizen Journalism, Student Journalism, TV, The BBC.

BBC iPlayer Desktop now out for Mac and Linux

The latest version of BBC iPlayer Desktop has just been released. Maybe that'll finally get Mac and Linux users off my back ;-) Click here to ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm.

Filed under TV, The BBC, The Web, adobe AIR, bbc, iplayer, mac.

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, bbc, bbc internet blog, iplayer.

Regionals: Online memorials a good start

As part of my little experiment monitoring the improvements that need to be made to regional news, I'm going to take a few moments here ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 7:02 pm.

Filed under Regional, Social Networking, The BBC, The Web, ireland, johnston press, limerick leader, memorial, sunderland.

D’oh! Facebook phishing protection needs some work

Have you seen the new Facebook phishing protection? It's an amicable effort to prevent the sorts of phishing attacks that I believe forced many MySpace ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 5:51 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Social Networking, The BBC, The Web, facebook, phishing, redirection, url.

Regionals given a lifeline. It’s up to them to use it

Today the BBC Trust pulled an absolutely stinking howler. With its decision to prevent the BBC from improving local journalism, the only people who are ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:40 am.

Filed under Blogs, Newspapers, TV, The BBC, The Future, The Web, bbc, bbc trust, birmingham mail, echo, lincolnshire echo, local news, north devon, sly bailey.

Guardian praises the licence fee

It's becoming a bit cool to slag off the licence fee since Brand/Ross. Thankfully, the Guardian has come out in support with an editorial. Don't ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1:23 am.

Filed under Newspapers, TV, The BBC, charles moore, guardian, licence fee.

Hypocritical BBC viewers must be stopped

Quite often I find myself getting very irate with BBC viewers. Charlie Brooker summed it up beautifully last night when he said that there needs ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 4:43 pm.

Filed under TV, The BBC, The Web, bbc, charlie brooker, have your say, john sergeant, russell brand, screenwipe, strictly, x-factor.

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.

Filed under Blogs, My Work, Social Networking, Student Journalism, The BBC, The Future, The Web, book, publishing, the new blogger's handbook.

Simon Amstell takes on Davis Cup Tennis

Thank you to Media Monkey for this stunner from the archives. May I present to you, appearing on the brilliant GamesMaster, the one and only ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 1:19 am.

Filed under Blogs, TV, The BBC, The Web, gamesmaster, guardian, media monkey, never mind the buzzcocks, simon amstell, youtube.

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.

Filed under Blogs, My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, bbc internet blog, twitter.

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