Tweet Unlocking the secrets of open data journalism in Manchester As more and more public bodies free their data to the public, and with interpretation of that data set to be increasingly important in journalism, it was only a matter of time before someone had the idea of bringing journalists and computer geeks together to [...]
Cross ticks my boxes
Published in October 14th, 2009
Tweet Image via Wikipedia It’s election time at the NUJ and my vote was long decided before the ballot papers were issued. At stake is the editorship of the union’s publication, the imaginatively titled The Journalist. Unlike most such jobs, where you fill in an application form, get through a couple of interviews then negotiate [...]
Call yourself a writer? A meme
Published in August 9th, 2009
Tweet Journalist and blogger Linda Jones has tagged me in her meme about writing. I really rate Linda’s writing as well as her business acumen so I’m responding to the challenge (and it’s the perfect excuse to kickstart this sadly neglected blog, too). Which words do you use too much in your writing? I probably [...]
JEEcamp 09 - some thoughts
Published in May 9th, 2009
Tweet I took part in the second JEEcamp in Birmingham yesterday. Last year, it was very much an experiment to see what might happen if you stuck 50 journalists in a room and let them unconference for a day about how to create a new journalism for the future. I’d been mapping plans for an [...]
Press Gazette: I'm not mourning
Published in April 7th, 2009
Tweet When Wilmington announced yesterday that it was closing Press Gazette permanently, quite a few of my colleagues blogged about how sad they felt at its demise. Dave Lee, Alison Gow, Kristine Lowe and even Roy Greenslade all wrote at length about what PG had meant to them and why it would be missed. I’m [...]
Local news, local action
Published in March 28th, 2009
Tweet Anyone who pays any attention to the news cannot have failed to hear of the swingeing cuts in staff being made at newspapers and magazines up and down the UK. Thousands of journalists jobs have disappeared over the last year. Some papers and magazines have been closed down. Over the last couple of weeks, [...]
Aid Zimbabwean journalists
Published in December 2nd, 2008
Tweet Press Gazette and the NUJ have started a very worthy appeal. To help journalists get the news out of Zimbabwe, they are asking for hacks here to donate any kit such as laptops and cameras to their counterparts. If you can donate anything - an old mobile phone, an outmoded (for the UK) laptop [...]
Tomorrow's hacks right here, right now
Published in August 18th, 2008
Tweet My favourite student journalist (although, strictly speaking, he’s now graduated with top marks) is Dave Lee. Dave has wasted no time in setting up a blog ring for young journalists - TNTJ. This has all the makings of a great venture, knowing Dave. So here’s a quick toast to their future success. Chin chin! [...]
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