Tag Archives: twitter

Apr 25 2013

To 2020 and beyond: threats and opportunities to public service media across Europe

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Posted in: International, Journalism, Media

I recently chaired (and contributed to) an all-day seminar workshop with a group of European public service broadcasters who are trying to (re-)define the trends that are changing their work. Not just journalism, but across the board. They want to … Continue reading →

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Apr 19 2013

Boston: just another day in the news revolution?

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Posted in: Journalism

What does the Boston bombing tell us about how news is changing? This post was written while it was happening, so it’s a first draft and  I welcome further thoughts and feedback. It was an exceptional story but I think … Continue reading →

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Mar 14 2013

Newsmaking in the Twittersphere – some new international data on how journalism flows through the microblog network (guest blog) #twitter

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Marco Toledo Bastos is a man with a lot of data on Twitter and how it is used as a stream for accessing news from mainstream journalism brands in a variety of countries. He is a visiting research research fellow at … Continue reading →

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Mar 5 2013

What Good Is Twitter? (for public service journalism?) New Polis Report

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Posted in: Journalism, Publications, Research

How can journalists working in public service newsrooms use social media to improve the quality of their work? Polis has a new report out by EBU Fellow Nadja Hahn that asks, What Use Is Twitter? This research paper is a … Continue reading →

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Sep 24 2012

Help! What is the value of social media to public service journalism?

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Added value for society is generally speaking what public service journalism aims for.  But what’s the public value of a tweet? How should public service journalists use Twitter and the rest of social media to produce public value? How do we … Continue reading →

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Sep 20 2012

You’ve Got To Laugh: Why Humour Is Dangerous For Politicians

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Every time a politician cracks a carefully scripted joke, a little satire fairy dies. The worst are those conference speech gags that only the die-hard supporters find funny – like Peter Lilley’s ghastly Gilbert and Sullivan parody. But now the public … Continue reading →

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Aug 7 2012

Why blog?

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Blogging has been around for decades now. In some ways it has been superceded by ‘micro-blogging’ such as Twitter or social networks such as Facebook. Those allow you to do similar things: express yourself, connect to others, put things on … Continue reading →

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Feb 7 2012

Sky News on Twitter: never wrong for long

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Posted in: Journalism

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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Nov 1 2011

In to the grey zone: Arab spring as information revolution? (guest blog)

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    This article by Polis Intern Terrine Friday is a response to the Polis Media Agenda Talk on media in the Middle East. These are every Tuesday this month. You may have already seen the now-famous photographs from Reuters … Continue reading →

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