I have felt the need to blog about this based on a couple of discussions I’ve encountered and read on the web and social networks. For those who don’t know, Jon Gaunt was sacked by Talksport in November 2008 after branding Michael Stark, a local councillor, a ‘nazi’ and an ‘ignorant pig’ during a heated [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Journalism’
01/04/2010
Is BBC News that powerful? Plus many other questions!
Yesterday I mentioned that a Press Gazette poll found that BBC News was not only the most reliable source for political news in the opinion of the general public, but utterly dominant. It won with 50%, a whopping 44% ahead of second place (Sky News). So, questions to be asked: Is BBC News really that [...]
31/03/2010
BBC News is the most trusted source of political news
That headline will probably not surprise anyone. Press Gazette polled around 1,000 people and asked them what they thought was the most reliable source of political news across all mediums. The results: 1 – BBC News (online, TV and radio): 50.3 per cent. 2 – Sky News (6.5 per cent) 3 – ITV national news [...]
23/03/2010
Is WordPress the equivalent of analogue recording?
More afterthoughts from Digital Storytelling ’10… One of the breakout sessions at the event was presented by Marcus Gilroy-Ware, who is part of Not On The Wires (the people who organised the conference in the first place). He did a very interesting talk that pondered over the challenges creatives have to face in the way [...]
19/03/2010
Digital Storytelling ’10 – how to follow it
I am at the Digital Storytelling conference at Southbank University today. There are three ways you can follow todays’ action from home/your office: The Twitterwall created especially for the event, which looks swish. My own Twitter account, or, quite frankly, anyone who users the #ds10 hashtag. My own CoverItLive blog, which can be found on [...]
