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The Winter Olympics online review: Part 5 - Austrian coverage
The fifth part of this series looking at online newspaper coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is an overview of some of the features that appeared in the Austrian press before the games got underway.
Whatever Paul Waugh thinks, The Guardian's MPs Expenses crowd-sourcing experiment was no "total failure"
In describing The Guardian's MPs Expenses crowd-sourcing experiment as a "total failure", the Evening Standard's Paul Waugh gives us a glimpse of one of the reasons the traditional media industry finds it hard to innovate with technology.
The Winter Olympics online review: Part 4 - "The Twitter Olympics"
In part 4 of this series examining online coverage by newspapers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, I'm looking at uses of Twitter from Sweden and Germany, and a community platform in South Korea.
The Winter Olympics online review: Part 3 - Online tabloids in Sweden
In the third part of this series, I'm reviewing the very similar online coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics from two of Sweden's biggest papers - Aftonbladet and Expressen.
The Winter Olympics online review: Part 2 - Visual navigation in Italy and France
The second part of this series looking at online newspaper coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games has a focus on visual navigation elements appearing in France and Italy.
The Winter Olympics online review: Part 1
The opening post in a series looking at online newspaper coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics from around the world.
Bioshock 2 and "Organisation-centred advertising"
I'm an advocate of user-centred design in digital products, but I understand how digital publishers often end up with organisation-centred design. "Organisation-centred advertising" is something else, and I saw a classic example of this the other day. Bioshock 2 is a big release in the games world. And, of course, as a punter, I want to know whether it is available on either the PS3 or XBox platform, or both. But as I stood on the platform at Kings Cross...
"Journalism in the digital age" at the Edinburgh International Science Festival
On April 11th I will be speaking as part of a panel at the Edinburgh International Science Festival discussing "Journalism in the digital age: Trends, tools and technologies" alongside Iain Hepburn and my Guardian Local colleague Sarah Hartley.
European Young Journalist Award 2010
There are still a couple of weeks for young journalists to enter the European Commission sponsored award.
'Identity' at The Wellcome Colection
A visit to the Identity exhibition at The Wellcome Collection was the first time I've seen 'blog comments' appear as part of an exhibition.
Implementing hNews on a blog - what does 'Value Added News' mean for a blogger?
As part of the recent redesign process on the currybetdotnet blog, I implemented the 'Value Added News' hNews microformat to provide additional metadata on my articles. Doing so raised some questions that were not just practical about how to implement the format, but philosophical about the nature of the blog itself.
Evening Standard's Richard Godwin can't stand IT - even for fact-checking NASA's "space pen"
Richard Godwin's argument that schools should use pencils rather than the latest technology would be a lot more convincing if he didn't back it up with the tired old urban myth about NASA's "Space Pen".
Tomorrow's newsmakers today - Student newspaper online review: Part 3
In the final part of my review of user experience features in the online versions of university student union newspapers, I'm looking at social media usage, and the moderation overhead of providing online comment facilities on a student newspaper.
Tomorrow's newsmakers today - Student newspaper online review: Part 2
In part two of this series looking at some of the user experience features in the online versions of university student union newspapers, I'm examining student news sources like Pluto Online in Preston, and The Demon in Leicester.
Tomorrow's newsmakers today - Student newspaper online review: Part 1
With my interest in the future of news, I've been looking at the digital publishing by the people who might be producing the news in the future. This series looks at some of the user experience features in the online versions of university student union newspapers.
Day of the Triffids: How long would the Internet survive, and could you still publish news on it?
Mobile phones and the Internet have transformed interpersonal communication since John Wyndham wrote his classic novel. I wondered, in a 'Day of the Triffids' scenario where most of the world has suddenly gone blind, how long would the Internet last, and could you still publish news on it?
African Cup of Nations online coverage review: Part 4 - British and American online newspapers
I started this series looking at some of the British press coverage in print of the African Cup of Nations, and today I wanted to look a little bit further at online coverage in the main papers. My impression - and this is an unscientific one - is that there has been more coverage of the tournament than in previous years. I think this is in part because it allows news organisations to gear up for covering another football...
African Cup of Nations online coverage review: Part 3 - African newspapers
I've been looking at online coverage of the African Cup of Nations, and yesterday I was looking at newspapers in four of the countries taking part - hosts Angola, alongside papers from Algeria, Cameroon and Egypt. Today I've got some screengrabs and notes from the online newspaper coverage of three other African nations - all of whom reached at least the quarter-finals. Ghana The Daily Graphic has its roots in the British Mirror group, and is now state-owned. Their...
African Cup of Nations online coverage review: Part 2 - African newspapers
In the second part of this series looking at coverage of the 2010 African Cup of Nations, I have reviews of online news sources from four of the nations taking part: Angola, Algeria, Cameroon and Egypt.
African Cup of Nations online coverage review: Part 1 - UK
During the course of this year's African Cup of Nations tournament in Angola, I've been reviewing news coverage in the UK and in Africa itself. In the first part of this series, I look at how, before a ball was kicked, the terrorist attack on the Togo team made print front pages in the UK.
The flawed French Facebook & Twitter experiment - social media is a conversation, not a newswire
'News Linked Data Summit' on Fleet Street
The puzzle of preserving user experience
'The curation gap' - what journalism can learn from "Citizen History"
With professionals of this quality, who needs 'citizen journalist' enemies?
Evening Standard fails African Cup Of Nations geography test
Too much David Tennant on TV? More like too many politicians if you ask me...
Real-time web provides real-time feedback on The Guardian's iPhone application
"In the future, there will be journalists"
How the global climate change editorial project appeared online
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I'll be appearing on a panel with Sarah Hartley and Iain Hepburn at the Edinburgh International Science Festival on Sunday April 11th. More details...
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It is hard to argue that ethics and quality set the 'professional journalist' apart from the amateur blogger, if the 'professional' keeps publishing articles so wrong that they have to be deleted.
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