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Getting It Right When Tweeting Breaking News
Oops. News companies now routinely use Twitter to publish breaking stories, often before those stories have made it onto websites or even the rolling news channels. These breaking news accounts such as...
View ArticleLeeds MA International Journalism Course, Lecture 1
Today I gave the first of five lectures to MA International Journalism students at the University of Leeds. I’m also taking them for eight practical sessions, and it’s all part of a module aimed at...
View ArticleBlackburn Lecture On Journalism And The Internet
I did some teaching at Blackburn College’s University Centre just before Christmas, including this lecture which I gave to a group of first and second year students. It’s a quick introduction to some...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: WWI Anniversary Coverage, Phil Collins and The Alamo, And More
#2666301 / gettyimages.com The picture shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in June 1914, minutes before they were assassinated in an incident which ultimately sparked off...
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Lecture: Trolling
Having exposed a troll in ultimately tragic circumstances, Sky’s Martin Brunt is now himself being trolled. I gave today’s lecture in the second year Digital Cultures module here at the University of...
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The Enduring Power Of Twitter Lists
My Hootsuite. I’m afraid I do look at this screen quite a lot. Here’s a story about what Twitter used to be like, what it’s like now, and how it’s still more or less as useful as it ever was. After a...
View ArticleJournalism Technologies: 22. Hyperlocal
Week 22 of Journalism Technologies brought me back to a subject I know a bit about, hyperlocal journalism. I was very closely involved in this area during my time setting up and running Saddleworth...
View ArticleSky-Fox Deal Not In Public Interest, Says Regulator
Embed from Getty Images The University of Huddersfield press office asked me to write something about the latest twist in the Fox takeover of Sky. It’s for the uni’s View From The North blog. This is...
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