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Kevin: Martin Stabe give a good overview of more media criticism of the handling of the Virginia Tech shootings. Excellent roundup. Journalist and LiveJournaler Adam Tinworth calls media attempts to contact LJers ‘digital doorstopping’.
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Kevin: Craig McGinty considers the Virginia Tech coverage online. “One thing I think a journalist has to consider is that if they see messages previously left by other news organisations do they really think their request is going to make any difference?”
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Kevin: LSE’s Charlie Beckett looks at gun legislation pieces in the British press hours after the Virginia shootings and asks, among other things: “Is it part of a more general knee-jerk bias against America within the British press?”
Author Archives: Kevin Anderson
links for 2007-04-19
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Eat The Press | Virginia Tech: Non-Traditional Content at the Eye of the Storm | The Huffington PostKevin: The HuffPost has a good roundup of the online coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting. A good roundup of information across sites including blogs, Flickr, MySpace and Facebook. Communication and information was decentralised.
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Kevin: The BBC’s Robin Hamman goes through the process he used to contact bloggers and takes the media to task for their inconsiderate (to say the least) attempts to contact people on blogging and social networking sites.
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Kevin: Friend and former colleague Chris Vallance takes a look at the ethical pitfalls of social media coverage not only for the MSM but for social news sites. Great nuanced overview that asks important questions.
links for 2007-04-18
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Kevin: Mark Glaser has an excellent post on hyperlocal sites. Face to face meetups. One size doesn’t fit all and “Ask not what the community can do for you; ask what you can do for the community.”
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Kevin: Martin Stabe recently asked teachers to teach a bit about blogging before giving students a blog. The Bivings Report has a good roundup of blogging and education best practices.
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Kevin: Center for Citizen Media gives a roundup of how the Virginia Tech coverage and what it means for media. “We used to say that journalists write the first draft of history. Not so, not any longer. The people on the ground at these events write the fi
links for 2007-04-16
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Kevin: Stewart Pittman answers the question of why TV ‘shooters’ aren’t exploring new methods for video storytelling as much as print photographers. It has a clear message for TV new folk looking to develop VOD. Via Mark Hamilton
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Kevin: In the UK, people have often said my ‘facts, just the facts’ approach is because I’m an American schooled in AP style. I’d say that I’m an online journalist with little time for five graf leads. “Write tight and get to the point fast.”
links for 2007-04-15
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Kevin: People are already starting to use Google’s My Maps to tell stories. If average people are doing it, why aren’t more journalists? It’s dead easy.
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Kevin: Thanks to my friend Steve Klein for this link. “Fundamentally, most reporters writing blogs are doing so because they have to do it; not because they want to do it. As a result, these blogs lack passion and enthusiasm – two critical elements for su
links for 2007-04-14
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Kevin: Robin writes about the Telegraph blogger open house. He says that traffic has trippled over the last 10 months and that they take in about 1500 comments a day. We will be doing some Guardian blogging events. Watch this space.
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Kevin: My friend Stanislas Magniant writes on Netpolitique whether a French presidential candidate will be “the JFK of the Net”, a political figure who does for the internet what JFK did for television. It’s a great election to watch.
Help wanted: Movable Type wrangler and are you going to EconSM?
Everyone asks me if I have work for them at the Guardian, well yes indeed I do. We’ve got some exciting things coming with our blogs, and we need some more help wrangling Movable Type and developing some cool things. If you’re a Perl developer, check out this job description. It’s a six month contract position. Our current developer, Peter Corlett, has done a great job whipping Movable Type into shape, and now, we want to move forward with some cool things. I’ve got more ideas than Peter has time so we need another coder. We’re moving past the grunt work and into more innovative territory. Click on the link above to check out the job spec and apply. It says that the closing date was 12 April, but if you’re a strong candidate, it’s worth a try.
I’m also looking for someone who is going to the Economics of Social Media conference in Los Angeles. It’s a bit of a long trip for me to make for the day. If you’re going, let me know. I might be able to pay for a little blogging.
technorati tags:econsm, jobs, movabletype
links for 2007-04-12
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Kevin: Roy Greenslade at the Guardian highlights findings from the World Editors’ Forum about the online strategies of Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sun and the Daily Mirror in the UK. To integrate or partially integrate?
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Kevin: Metro and Six Apart’s Vox partner for user blogs.
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Kevin: A range of stats at the top US newspapers. Fascinating to see how long people spend on the sites. Almost 40 minutes per visit at the NYTimes.com.
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Kevin: Robin Hamman gives a nice review a talk by Justin Hall at the BBC. Justin discusses aggregating his life online through various social networking sites and services. More than that, Justin discusses our activities online and privacy.
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Kevin: A site about passive online multiplayer games. Follows activity online.
links for 2007-04-11
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Kevin: European editors are hopeful about the future. They are looking to digital for new revenue streams. Listen to Bruno Patino at Le Monde. I met him last October, and he’s a sharp mind. Also interesting things at Svenska Dagbladet.
Best…comment…ever
As part of my day job, I was reading a post on Comment is Free by Jonathan Freedland about the proposed blogger code of conduct following the threats against Kathy Sierra.
One commenter responded with some force and more than a little eloquence:
Must have been so nice to be a journalist or commentator in the old days. Just lock what you say in print and damn the masses. Times have changed. You can lock the doors, but then there’ll just be you.
Brilliant. Certainly there are risks to opening up and engaging, but this comment succinctly highlights the risks of doing nothing.
And just to be clear, this isn’t me having a go at a colleague on my own blog. I’d do Jonathan the professional courtesy of responding on Comment is Free, either in the comments or most likely in a proper post. This is just one of those brilliant comments that sums up some of the changes in media these days. It’s as if, suddenly journalists have been transported into the kitchens and lounges of our readers and viewers as they scream at the paper and swear at the telly.
There are some great comments on that post highlighting the range of opinion about blogging and freedom of speech online. If you’re running or considering running a site like Comment is Free, it’s well worth the effort to read.