My friend and Cardiff cohort, Sofie Jenkinson, has put together this brilliant new online mag. Caked is for those of us who like a bit of mud, falling about in rivers and frollicking in snow. From windsurfing and quad-biking to surfing and skiing, it’s all about having fun in the great outdoors! I’ve just written [...]
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Caked…
Posted in My articles, online journalism, tagged archery, caked, jeep, quad biking, quad nation on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Will good journalism be the first casualty of the digital revolution in the media?
Posted in My articles, online journalism on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘He confidently predicted the imminent demise of print newspapers. “Everyone will be reading their papers on flexible computers in five years’ time,” he declared, with another cavernous cackle. “Rubbish,” I said.’ In his autobiography, The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade, ex-tabloid editor Piers Morgan recalls having this conversation in 2000 with the [...]
Twitter – Moldova, Morar and status updates…
Posted in online journalism, Other musings..., tagged moldova, natalia morar, twitter revolution on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t really ever give Twitter much time or thought, despite our online lecturer’s pleas to give it a chance. But for the past week or so I’ve found that my vocab is becoming Twitter-filled and I’m checking it nearly as much as that obsessive once-a-minute Googlemail refresh when you’re waiting on an email. Firstly, [...]
Here come the boys…
Posted in online journalism, Other musings..., tagged consumer magazines, journalism, journalism student, mens health, work experience on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just finished a week doing work experience at the Men’s Health magazine website up in Soho, having previously done a week there last summer. I remember initially predicting everyone would be typing on treadmills, drinking protein shakes instead of coffee, and swoon-provoking topless models would be walking around the office. But in reality the MH HQ is far less intimidating – [...]
Capturing Cardiff: The final curtain on “Valleywood”?
Posted in My articles, online journalism, Other musings..., tagged administration, bridgend, cofton, geraint hopkins, llanharan, pencoed, richard attenborough, valleys, valleywood on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As South Wales is thrust into the spotlight for television success, its very own Hollywood is yet to see a premiere… First it was Doctor Who. Then Torchwood hot on its sci-fi heels. And, more recently, hit comedy Gavin and Stacey. All three programmes have put Cardiff and South Wales on the entertainment map. February also expects [...]
Heading for the clouds
Posted in online journalism, tagged amazon, cloud computing, google, jonathan weber, larry ellison, microsoft, richard stallman, rory cellan jones on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The online journalism revolution is giving us everything in one place. Different news websites are accessible at the same time. We can have our email and updates appear together on aggregators. Online articles link to blogs and videos and pictures to help tell more of a story. But what happens when everything, actually everything, is in one [...]
Second Life – too real for comfort?
Posted in online journalism, tagged amy andrew, amy taylor, david pollard, regina lynn, second life, virtual reality on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Before you read on, take a look at this story in a recent edition of The Mirror. My friend Amy Andrew and I did a video Vox-pop (below) on this controversial story. What would you do if you found out your partner was having an affair…in a virtual game? Second Life does exactly what it says [...]
Dear Blog…
Posted in online journalism, tagged blog, diary, engaging, interesting, journalism, online on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The blog is dying” our lecturer told us two weeks ago. People aren’t reading them and many are inactive. This was followed a week later by a lecture entirely on the importance of blogging for widening this internet conversation we‘re always hearing about. Umm…hold on a second…now I’m confused: is the blog dead or alive? [...]
Blog Five – Seeing is Believing
Posted in online journalism, tagged future, media, twin towers, video, youtube on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our most recent lecture was on the impact of social media on the future of journalism. Following on from my last entry on digital stories and the emotional power of the visual, I’m going to focus this entry on a social media that takes visual to a whole new level: video sites, Youtube for example. [...]
