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BBC Connecting Communities Conference
The conference took place in the BBC’s new Quay House. I went to the BBC’s Connecting Communities Conference at MediaCity in Salford last week. I sat in on several good sessions, but I thought I’d pick...
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New 5 live Website
The new 5 live homepage. Radio 5 live is asking for feedback on its new homepage, the beta version of which has now gone live. It’s part of a wider project across BBC Radio to make the various websites...
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The Hillsborough Papers: The Strange Case Of The BBC’s Lost Tape
The Hillsborough Independent Panel website. Much has already been said and written about the publication of the independent study of the Hillsborough Disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died. Most...
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SMC_MCR December
Alan Davies is among the well-known figures to have apologised to Lord McAlpine. Social media and the law is the topical matter up for discussion at next month’s SMC_MCR on Tuesday 4 December. Media...
View ArticleBlackburn Lecture On Journalism And The Internet
I did some teaching at Blackburn College’s University Centre just before Christmas, including this lecture which I gave to a group of first and second year students. It’s a quick introduction to some...
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Twitter Rumours, Andy Murray’s Cancer Donation, And Why Journalists Should...
Andy Murray serves in his semi-final win over Jerzy Janowicz (picture: filmstalker on Flickr). It’s not exactly an innovative observation to say that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on...
View ArticleLecture: Copyright Law
I delivered my latest media law lecture to the journalism and media first years at the University of Huddersfield this morning. It was on copyright law, with a particular focus on the law as it applies...
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Using Instagram Video In The Classroom
The new Instafax service from BBC News. I was in Leeds yesterday, leading a practical session for some BTEC media and journalism students at the City College. I thought I’d give them an insight into...
View ArticleNews Rewired: February 2014
I was at Journalism.co.uk’s latest News Rewired conference in London last Thursday. As is often the case at these events, I learned a new word. This time it was ‘dronalism’ which I heard casually...
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Embed Getty Images In Your Blog For Free
Scanning the Getty Images archive, and sticking an appropriate image into Photoshop for a quick bit of tinkering before publication, is as much a part of the online journalist’s toolkit as calling the...
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The BBC’s Hyperlocal Consultation
The BBC consultation. There’s lots of consulting going on this week. Two extremely interesting ones began yesterday, with the government asking for views not only on the future of the BBC, but also on...
View ArticleJames Naughtie And The Enduring Power Of Radio
Embed from Getty Images I’m in today’s Yorkshire Post, discussing why radio still matters. The paper’s Chris Bond gave me a ring yesterday for a feature off the back of James Naughtie’s last broadcast...
View ArticleJournalism Technologies: 9. Broadcast Yourself
It’s just over a decade since Jawed Karim stood in front of some elephants at a zoo in San Diego and mumbled into his friend’s camera for 18 seconds. It was the first video uploaded to YouTube, which...
View ArticleCarrie Gracie Gives Evidence To MPs About Equal Pay
Embed from Getty Images I’ve been asked to write another article for the University of Huddersfield View from the North blog, this time about the gender pay row at the BBC and Carrie Gracie’s...
View ArticleLicence Fee Anger But The BBC Had No Choice For Over 75s
I was asked by the university’s PR department to write a blogpost for their View From The North site about the decision to reinstate TV licence fee charges for most over 75s, and here it is. Embed from...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: Pocket Money by Gordon Burn
Embed from Getty Images I hadn’t read any sports books for a while, and looking through a list of classic examples of sports journalism, I had my eye caught by Gordon Burn’s Pocket Money. I read his...
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