Category Archives: Journalism
Twitter saves the day
As Twitter detractor’s often sneer that nothing of value can be said in 140 characters. The UK Parliament and The Guardian newspaper would now beg to differ. When reporter Alan Rusbridger, left the office on a Monday evening after a … Continue reading
Filed under citizen journalism, Internet, Journalism
Can pictures tell a thousand words?
The profession of photojournalism – an investigation into objectivity, principles and ethics In 2004 Ahmed Jadallah won the World Press Photo of the Year Award for his image of refugees in the Gaza Strip. The picture was taken … Continue reading
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Creating a click
“If you don’t like the news…. go out and make some of your own.” — Wes “Scoop” Nisker Nisker’s words can be a tribute to citizen journalism today. I thought it’d be good to compile a list of organisations where … Continue reading
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“I’ll take some sport mixed with a little fashion and a side order of politics…”
When I read the paper I skim the front page, skip the business and economics, sometimes dabble into a little world news, pour over the arts and entertainment, adore the beautiful pictures of different countries in the travel section, love … Continue reading
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Everyone’s a journalist
So lets delve into user-generated content. Citizen journalism is about the people, it’s a new media, so how much impact has it really had? How are news companies engaging and using citizens as journalists? What are the effects of this? … Continue reading
Filed under Internet, Journalism
Journalists <3 social media
Here’s an interesting article by Jeremy Porter from blog Journalists that looks at how 70 per cent of journalists use social networks to assist in reporting.
Filed under Internet, Journalism, Social media, Social networking
Face time
In 2008, Dentyne gum launched an advertising campaign called Make Face Time. Under the words: “Power down. Log off. Unplug. Have mercy on your thumbs. Browse the world wide something else. Send some not-so-instant-messages. Undo. Hit cancel. Be together. Make … Continue reading
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Creating the buzz
Blogs and Journalism Need Each Other by J.D Lasica This link takes you to an interesting artcle from the Fall 2003 Nieman Reports. Though it may be a little outdated and was discussing blogging when it was fairly new, it … Continue reading
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The future of journalism
Here is a great blog article on the future of journalism education in a social media world, by Jeremy Porter from his Journalistics blog. It discusses how journalism institutes are needing to change their curriculum to take in account social media … Continue reading
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The power of one
While journalists are finding it more and more difficult to get into countries in turmoil, such as Pakistan, Iran and China, to expose the political atrocities that are occurring, the world wide web is having no problem getting past border … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, Social networking
