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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 [...]

Watch The Guardian do Web 2.0 Reporting Right

Have a look at this article from The Guardian. Journalist Matthew Weaver is creating a ‘live article’ tracking the weather conditions in the UK. This is how the print media should be responding to the social web and rich media. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/jan/06/snow-day-live-blog

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.

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