Making Online News Pay – Pt 1 paywalls
Share I am currently exploring the various avenues for making money from online news as part of my MA Online Journalism. Over a series of Posts I hope to explore the various methods of generating revenue from online content –…
Photographers v Police 1-1 (after 1st leg)
SharePhotographers are not a happy bunch. If they’re not having their pictures used online without getting credit or being replaced in the festival photo pit by young bloggers waving iPhones, they’re being persecuted by the police and accused of being…
iPhone Apps: RSS READERS
ShareContinuing in my series of posts about my favourite apps, I move onto … RSS READERS I currently run 2 RSS readers on my phone. I struggled to find one that could accommodate forwarding to 2 different Twitter accounts. iNEWS…
Audio slideshow – music news bulletin
ShareIt was only a matter of time before I harked back to my old job of knocking out music news bulletins for the rock loving masses! Instead of a straight bulletin read though, I decided to turn a standard bulletin…
Ian Huntley coverage (news and Twitter)
ShareFollowing the news that Soham killer Ian Huntley was attacked in prison over the weekend, I decided to have a look at the reaction this story was getting online. First, a quick look at how the story was handled in…
Producing a video report entirely on an Iphone
ShareOk, for my next trick (ok, uni project) I am going to look into filming and editing a video report all on my iPhone. My plan is to record some stuff “to camera” (Ie me speaking and setting up the…
Visit to BBC User Generated Content (UGC) Hub
ShareAs part of the MA Online Journalism at Birmingham City University, we visited the BBC User Generated Content Hub. They gather, process and distribute images video and audio sent into them from the general public. Matthew Eltringham heads up the…
Breaking Waves A Google Waves Experiment
ShareLink to Breaking Waves: Birmingham Snow Wave Breaking Waves A Google Waves Experiment BACKGROUND OF GOOGLE WAVE Google Wave was previewed to Google employees on May 27th 2009. Described as a “personal communication and collaboration tool” it was gradually rolled…
Blogging: what is it worth?
ShareBloggers are often considering to be inferior to “proper journalists”. Whether the argument is about training, responsibility, impartiality or audience, they are often treated as second class online-citizens, despite the fact many are competing with, and in some cases, filling…
It seems we can’t have it all … hand held video recorders
ShareI am in a dilemma. I am the owner of a perfectly good (despite the reports) Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone. The 12 megapixel camera (and other gadgetry) means the picture quality of video recording great for still interviews. The…
