Tag Archives: newspapers
Social Media on the Rise in Newsrooms
The social media blog Mashable posted a very interesting blog about the use of social media in TV newsrooms. Some 77% of TV newsrooms have a Twitter account while 36% us it “constantly.” Only 13% say they do not use social media at all. Papper: Radio News Does not Make Use of Social Media from [...]
Drinking from Niagara Falls
A short one but The Guardian’s Kevin Anderson has an interesting piece on the “tools of the trade” for online journalists. According to Mr Anderson The internet is not like trying to drink from a firehose but rather like trying to drink from Niagara Falls. For any media professional trying to remain up to speed [...]
New Media, New Responsibilities?
Some three years after The Guardian redeveloped its website to include new media the site is still leading the way in online reporting. But this does not mean that it always get it right. In 2007 a Reuters photojournalist, Namir Noor-Eldeen, was killed in Iraq after being fired upon by a U.S. helicopter gunship. The [...]
Online Journalism
Surprisingly online journalism is nothing new- in 1981 the San Francisco examiner went online. At $20 to download the paper (most of which which was spent on just the phone call) it was not a revolutionary it was not revolutionary it was an important step online. Thirteen years later in January 1994 the Palo Alto [...]
Three Screens and Glowing Rectangles
An article in Time Magazine some years ago reported that new media will “make radio as obsolete as the horse” and destroy the American cinema industry. Children will not need to go to school as classes will be brought directly into their homes and Presidential candidates will use it to win elections. The article was [...]
Three Screens and Glowing Rectangles
An article in Time Magazine some years ago reported that new media will “make radio as obsolete as the horse” and destroy the American cinema industry. Children will not need to go to school as classes will be brought directly into their homes and Presidential candidates will use it to win elections. The article was [...]
Mental Health Discrimination in Ireland
Amnesty Ireland has commissioned top DCU researchers to conduct the Republic’s first nationwide study into mental health discrimination. The five month study is part of Amnesty International’s larger three year study of mental health issues. The Irish study will look into the levels of discrimination faced by people with mental health problems. “Mental health issues [...]
I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This
The New York Times today outlined it’s plans to charge readers for access to it’s articles online. According to the paper the Times will opt for a metered system allowing users to read a set amount of content for free before they are asked to subscribe. This does not sound like a good idea to [...]
Pinged by The Guardian
Ok, so a vanity post- my post about RTE and DAB was pinged by The Guardian today. I’ve been smiling about this all day.
