From the monthly archives: January 2010
Just in case you missed it this week, or on all he other sites.
I recently asked for help from anyone interested in the future (actually that should probably be futures) of journalism to lend a hand with a mini survey on journalism skills. This was prompted by a number of posts and conversations (you can see a couple of them by following the link above).
In total [...]
Haven’t had time to do much with it yet – so thought I’d share rather than wait – but here is the audio from Tony Hirst , aka @psychemedia, who made a presentation on in-browser data mashing at the News:Rewired conference. (again I’ve set it to download, pls link back to this [...]
I’m still in the process of thinking about all the great ideas I heard from speakers at News:Rewired last week (and busily catching up on other people’s blogs/tweets/videos for the sessions I couldn’t make).
I managed to record the session on Troubleshooting in Online Journalism with Adam Tinworth, Jon Bernstein, Robin Goad [...]
Numbers aren’t sexy, they are sometimes difficult, sometimes wrong (if they get inputted incorrectly) but they are to be treated with respect – and well worth having a conversation with.
Your readers/viewers might not want to see a data table full of figures – so you can use tools like Many Eyes Wikified to [...]
In an industry looking for answers, it was great to go to News:Rewired a day of listening to and talking with people from completely oppossing views on how things should happen in the media.
That may sound like a contradiction – but it isn’t. There can’t be a one size fits all solution to [...]
John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, was set to launch an online game for young people to understand the workings of Parliament.
Although aimed at schools Parliament.uk says the site will be open to everyone and uses:
…rarely seen footage of the House of Commons giving players a real feel for [...]
One of the things that constantly interests me is the range of skills which are being suggested for the next generation of journalists.
There have been a lot of great posts talking about what skills should be taught, what developments there are at j-schools and trying to prepare people for a future very different from [...]
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