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Birmingham Social Media Cafe #bsmc 26th Feb
Posted on 26:02:2010 | No CommentsI’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... -
CSI Experience comes to Birmingham
Posted on 25:02:2010 | No CommentsAs a fan of the TV show I jumped at the chance to have a sneak preview around a new CSI Experience exhibition at Bullring Birmingham. It’s taken over the old space left vacant by the departure of Borders Books, so there is certainly a... -
Visit to BBC User Generated Content (UGC) Hub
Posted on 20:02:2010 | No CommentsAs 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. -
Breaking Waves A Google Waves Experiment
Posted on 18:02:2010 | 2 CommentsLink 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 out from September 2009 via... -
Birmingham Promoters part 2: ping.fm, Facebook pages and more
Posted on 11:02:2010 | No CommentsWell I’ve been busy all morning setting up various links and accounts for Birmingham Promoters, my MA Online Journalism Production project. I am working as a consultant for the company, developing their blog and online content. To Do List: Set up RSS feed to Facebook... -
New project with Birmingham Promoters – part 1
Posted on 10:02:2010 | No CommentsWell, 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... -
Blogging: what is it worth?
Posted on 07:02:2010 | No CommentsBloggers 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... -
Pre-election Question Time comes to Birmingham
Posted on 04:02:2010 | 5 Comments(live blog of event here) Last night saw the first in a series of pre-Election Question Time specials, hosted by Total Politics magazine, and City Inn hotels, first in Birmingham then onto Manchester, Leeds and London for the next three consecutive Thursdays. Chaired by Conservative... -
Election Question Time Special in Birmingham: live blogging tonight from 7pm
Posted on 04:02:2010 | 2 CommentsAs part of a series of pre-election session around the UK, Birmingham will tonight host a Question Time special at the City Inn. On the panel: Andrew Mitchell – Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Jacqui Smith – MP for Redditch and former Home... -
Grafitti + Twitter = Tweefiti
Posted on 29:01:2010 | No CommentsAs part of a new Birmingham arts project, this weekend that will see one of the city’s grafitti artists spraypaint inspirational messages send in on Twitter. The theme is “life feels better”, and Aerosol Arabic will be outside Bullring shopping centre on Saturday and Sunday...