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The Winter Olympics online review: Part 6 - Germany, Canada, and video overview
Over the last week or so I've been reviewing online newspaper coverage of the recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. In the final part of this series, I want to look at elements of coverage in Germany and Canada, and present an overview video with some clips of the sites in action.
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.
Reader's comments about The Observer relaunch
"Well you seem to have made a lot of people extremely unhappy" - a look through some of the comments left on Observer editor John Mulholland's blog post about the recent redesign of the Sunday print edition of the paper.
The Observer relaunch - my first impressions
The Observer relaunched at the weekend with a new magazine and 'The New Review'. Here are some of the things that caught my eye in the new format.
'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.
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.
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.
'News Linked Data Summit' on Fleet Street
I spent Friday at a fascinating event at the St Bride Foundation, just off Fleet Street, discussing the application of the 'web of data' to the news industry. I'd helped organise the 'News Linked Data Summit', along with John O'Donovan and Silver Oliver of the BBC, Richard Wallis of Talis, and Martin Moore of the Media Standards Trust. The day was held under the Chatham House Rule, and so I'm not going to go into too much detail, but suffice...
'The curation gap' - what journalism can learn from "Citizen History"
My post yesterday, inspired by some of the fallout from the news:rewired event, generated some healthy debate on the blog and on Twitter. Scott Dougal suggested I was being a little unfair holding that article from that paper up as an example of professionalism journalism, and David Higgerson on Twitter said he just wished the debate 'would move beyond pointing out faults'. I promised him that I'd post how I thought everybody could live together happily ever after instead. In...
With professionals of this quality, who needs 'citizen journalist' enemies?
Council coverage in local newspapers: Waltham Forest and Romford
Evening Standard fails African Cup Of Nations geography test
Real-time web provides real-time feedback on The Guardian's iPhone application
Nemi on the death of newspapers
"In the future, there will be journalists"
How the global climate change editorial project appeared online
Don't put Johnston Press on trial over their paywall experiment
"Free vs Fee – the Future of News": Notes and take-away quotes - Part 2
"Free vs Fee – the Future of News": Notes and take-away quotes - Part 1
'Smug foul-mouthed juvenile overpaid twerp' Russell Brand graces The Sun's front page today
Comments are free...to inform and to entertain, as well as infuriate
PM's private call published by The Sun, but PCC has no interest in a 'public interest' debate
"My first term" - a seventies pull-out in a noughties local paper?
"UFO hits wind turbine": World-class journalism from News International
New interactive Flash photo gallery on guardian.co.uk
How to make friends and influence people in The Guardian office this morning...
Twitter - dangerous hunting ground for paedophiles. And The Sun's football correspondents
Times 7am offer short-changed by odd marketing short-code?
What Jan Moir can teach us about handling an Internet brand crisis
Guess which Jan Moir article is missing from the Daily Mail's search results?
Has Jan Moir hastened reform of how the PCC handles 3rd party complaints?
'The wisdom of crowds and the folly of lawyers'
Revenue share deal spikes newspaper guns about England's pay-per-view Internet World Cup qualifier
Google ads battleground between The Sun and Labour
The Guardian's 'river of tones'
The romance of print as a historical memento
'Linked Data and the future of journalism' - part 2
'Linked Data and the future of journalism' - part 1
However much James Murdoch wishes, the World Service made a BBC News website inevitable
Mail homepage goes indigo - well, 'Indigo Collection' anyway
'thelondonpaper' website review
The Ashes, personalisation and print
"And on the seventh day..." - Sunday newspaper branding highlighted at Summer Sundae
Interview with a UCL Library & Information studies student - Ben Veasey
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 7 - News branding and 'authoritative information' on the web
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 6 - Measuring news consumer behaviour online
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 5 - Changes in the delivery of news
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 4 - Information Architecture in a news context
A monkey could also write the annual stories knocking A-Level students
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 3 - What makes good Information Architecture?
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 2 - Perceptions of Information Architecture as a discipline
Interview with Martin Belam: Part 1 - Internet and intranet navigation trends
Baby P killer images lose their impact online
Free newspapers or free wifi - which appeals more?
"Bang Bang" - What B.A. Robertson can teach the news industry about the price of scarcity
Does the embedded video deal lead to papers burying bad BBC news online?
The tyranny of chronology: Part 6 - The video
The tyranny of chronology: Part 5 - Journalism centred design
The tyranny of chronology: Part 4 - Meaningful metadata and our missing librarians
The tyranny of chronology: Part 2 - On the subject of topics
The tyranny of chronology: Part 1 - From year-by-year to minute-by-minute
The mysterious case of The Telegraph's anonymous columnist who cost the BBC £45,000
Visualising the Twitter stream from the #newsinnovation unconference
#newsinnovation links on Twitter
Michael Jackson and search at The Guardian
No SOS needed for newspaper RSS
How major publishers are using social media to drive traffic - Part 4
How major publishers are using social media to drive traffic - Part 3
How major publishers are using social media to drive traffic - Part 2
"Dead men don't sue" - the Mail's HTML refuses to clear Air France 'terror suspects'
Spector Twitter hoax shows online honesty gap between bloggers and newspapers
The Guardian's "Reading Room" at Kings Place
"Actor in Muswell Hill UFO Sighting Mystery!"
Newspapers on the go - Metro and The Sun
Newspapers on the go - The Times and The Telegraph
'Local newspaper week' - The local council publicity machine
'Local newspaper week' - Council newspapers in London
'Do online newspapers have a future in a Digital Britain' - MTM London round-table session
The (sometimes) free London Evening Standard
'Local Newspaper Week' - Being local...
'Local Newspaper Week' - Council newspapers
'Local Newspaper Week' - Democracy
'Local Newspaper Week' - Advertising
'Local Newspaper Week' - Welcome to your new local...
Interview with a Scott Trust Bursary student - Helia Phoenix
'Insight into Journalism Day' at The Guardian
Are your domestic print apples as valuable as my global multimedia oranges?
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"Journalism in the digital age"
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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Day of the Triffids
If everyone suddenly went blind, how long would the Internet survive, and could you still publish news on it?
With professionals of this quality, who needs 'citizen journalist' enemies?
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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