Tag Archives: Networked journalism

Feb 7 2012

Sky News on Twitter: never wrong for long

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Sky News has decided to toughen up editorial control of how its journalists use Twitter. In brief, (as their presenters might say), it has told them not to Retweet the work of other     organisations’ journalists unless its been … Continue reading

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Jan 25 2012

Are You Fit Enough To Face A Twitter Trial? #LAFitness

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The latest liberal lynch mob to march on Twitter has had it’s digital flaming torches and pitchforks out for the gym company LA Fitness. It’s yet another example of a social media PR disaster but this time with a neat networked journalism twist. … Continue reading

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Dec 7 2011

Social media: good or bad? Wellesley College talk about social media and WikiLeaks

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What do we mean by good or bad? I think that it’s good to ask moral or political questions about media but we should realise that the answers are rarely simple.*

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Nov 1 2011

The continuing digital transformation of the New York Times by Arthur Sulzberger

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The chairman of the New York Times Arthur Sulzberger gave a talk at Polis LSE on the continuing digital transformation of the New York Times on November 1st. Here is the text. Good afternoon everyone.  I appreciate the opportunity to … Continue reading

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Oct 15 2011

Reporting The Riots – Paul Lewis at Polis LSE

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Burning buildings, wrecked cars, raided shops, youths in hoodies wreaking havoc, and five deaths. These are the lasting images of the London Riots that went on virtually unchecked for four consecutive nights in August 2011, leaving Britain’s leaders and security … Continue reading

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Jun 25 2011

WikiLeaks As Journalism

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This is another small clip from an early draft of a book I am writing about the significance of WikiLeaks. To be published by Polity in the autumn: In this early phase we see how WikiLeaks is constantly evolving away … Continue reading

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Jun 19 2011

WikiLeaks and the threat of the new news

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I am rushing to finish a book on the significance of WikiLeaks and the emergence of more networked political journalism. I am not writing this as a wiki-type project but, just for fun, here is a random lump of an … Continue reading

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Jun 15 2011

Periodismo, redes y la nueva política interconectada

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For Spanish readers here is the beginning of an article I wrote on the new networked political journalism for Estudios de Politica Exterior. You can download the article here as a pdf Internet y la telefonía móvil han dotado a … Continue reading

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Jun 13 2011

An angry or informed society? (guest blog) #polis11

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This blog by Mariam Cook reflects on the debate about an Informed Society at our Media and Power Journalism Conference. Embracing the angry society needs people. Lots of us. If our political establishments are locked into restrictive, exclusive modes of … Continue reading

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Jun 11 2011

After WikiLeaks: Lessons For Journalism (guest blog)

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Some reflections on our After Wikileaks panel discussion at the POLIS Journalism Conference: Media & Power By Svenja Ziegert The “After WikiLeaks” panel discussion at the Polis Journalism Conference was inspiring in many ways. Firstly, because it dealt with questions … Continue reading

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