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26 February 2010
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Birmingham Social Media Cafe #bsmc 26th Feb

I’ve missed the last few Birmingham Social Media Cafes. This has been a mix of oversleeping (once) and being slightly put off by being cornered by estate agents wanting advice on using Twitter at past meetups.
This week, however, I decided to go along, get stuck in and learn the art of polite mingling!
It was a [...]

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20 February 2010
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Visit to BBC User Generated Content (UGC) Hub

As 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 department.

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18 February 2010
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Breaking Waves A Google Waves Experiment

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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 out from September 2009 via invitation. A combination of instant messenger and email, users could send messages to [...]

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10 February 2010
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New project with Birmingham Promoters – part 1

Well, I’ve now started my second semester studying an MA Online Journalism. Part of this is a Production Lab module, which sees us venture into the workplace to work as a consultant to an external organization.
My interest is in music journalism, and whether it can be useful in promoting live music. I have already explored [...]

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7 February 2010
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Blogging: what is it worth?

Bloggers are often considering to be inferior to “proper journalists”. Whether the argument is about training, or responsibility, impartiality or audience, they are often treated as second class citizens.
In reality, some hyperlocal sites are making excellent headway into their local council press offices, for example, to forge those links and get access to council meetings, [...]

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20 January 2010
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My social media life in a flow chart

One day I sat down and started to work out how my social media life came together.
Now this is ever changing, but for one brief moment, here’s how it looked.
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