Tag: journalism

Why do writers who hate a topic get assigned that topic in the mainstream media?

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Toby Hadoke addresses some issues he has with the media’s coverage of television, actors, terminology, and ultimately about the lack of respect for the profession and the art: Revelling in ignorance about the medium you write about seems bizarre – especially when such ignorance is used to recommend somebody but, with a little implicit criticism, keep them in their place at the same time (and to what end – apart from to make the journalist look clever?). Looking clever feels terrific when you’re reviewing something, and it’s fantastic if you can enliven your prose with a witty barb or sparkly

Eurovision and the Web 2.0 Digital Water Cooler

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Over in the Technology section of BBC News is my article on how the internet is being used to create communities and social interaction around big events such as Eurovision: More than 100 million people are expected to watch it across Europe; many of whom will also be hooked up to the net, discussing the staging, songs, hosts, and everything else that people chat about during Eurovision. And using the latest applications to achieve this, they will be continuing one of the original goals of the Eurovision Song Contest… More in the full article, which is here. At the same

Media140, The Real-time News Conference

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I’m going to take a little bit more than 140 characters to let you all know about the upcoming Media140 conference in London, one of a handful of Twitter based conferences coming online in 2009. Media140 is a short half-day conference on London’s South Bank, and will be focussing on the use of Twitter for news and reporting through a mix of case study examples and panel discussions. Some of the topics for the event will include: Is microblogging and twitter really a news ‘game changer’? How will microblogging change traditional local news sourcing and distribution? Tools of the trade,