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Twit-Fit of the Week: It’s Monday, so let’s Wibble about Twitter…
Articles in newspapers complaining about bloggers and twitter users seem to come along like bills from the taxman – at a rate of about 5 a week. We have had the remarkable exhibit of Janet...
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UK general election 2010 – online journalism is ordinary
Has online journalism become ordinary? Are the approaches starting to standardise? Little has stood out in the online journalism coverage of this election – the innovation of previous years has been...
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The Independent’s Facebook innovation
The Independent newspaper has introduced a fascinating new feature on the site that allows users to follow articles by individual writers and news about specific football teams via Facebook. It’s one...
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New Facebook news apps: bring the news to your users, or invite users to your...
There’s a salient quote in Journalism.co.uk’s report on Facebook’s ”new class of news apps” launched today: “As we worked with different news organisations there were two camps: people that wanted to...
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The strikes and the rise of the liveblog
Liveblogging the strikes: Twitter's #n30 stream Today sees the UK’s biggest strike in decades as public sector workers protest against pension reforms. Most news organisations are covering the day’s...
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Two pieces of information
Two pieces of information that came to my attention today: Firstly, from a piece of research on aspiring journalists in France: “Students from the least privileged social sectors are more socially...
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How to liveblog a TV debate: lessons from #leadersdebate
Newspaper front pages the morning after the leaders debate. Most newspapers also liveblogged the debate on their websites. Last night saw the leaders of 7 political parties in the UK debate live on...
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Guardian profiles routinely link to PGP keys – why aren’t other news orgs...
What a pleasant surprise to visit a profile page on The Guardian website and see a big, prominent link to the member of staff’s public key. Is this routine? It seems it is: an advanced search for...
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Someone asked me about 2016 and 2017. This is what I said
Crystal ball image by Christian R. Hamacher Every year Nic Newman asks a bunch of people for their reflections on the last 12 months and their anticipations for the year ahead. Here’s what I’ve said...
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41 key moments in the history of online journalism {now 45} – have I missed any?
A key moment in recent journalism history: Adam Stacey’s image taken during the July 7 bombings In the history chapter of the Online Journalism Handbook you will find a timeline of key events in web...
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