“Follow” is to Twitter as the Verb “Friend” is to Facebook

November 20, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: adrian monck, barack obama, facebook, gordon brown, internet, jay rosen, jeff jarvis, Journalism, justin williams, technology, twitter

So it’s official then, of my City coursemates, Ali and I are twice as good as anyone else. It also turns out there’s not much between Matt, Lara, Kat, and Nathan. Coming last is Shona, but that is not much of a surprise.
Now although I wish I was talking about journalistic ability, surprisingly I’m [...]

Build It Up And Knock It Down

November 17, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: berkeley, bob calo, city, david leigh, guardian, investigative, Journalism, newspapers, paul bradshaw, propublica

This was my November post for the ‘Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists‘ blogring.
The question was ‘If you had a million dollars to save journalism, what would you do?‘
So $1,000,000 or £670,765.31.
I would spend it on investigative website which would perform journalism in the public interest. Very much taking its inspiration from ProPublica, albeit with [...]

Which Side Are You On?

November 4, 2008 in Journalism, UK Politics
Tags: bright, city, commons, guardian, hansard, lords, new statesman, stratton, watt, westminster, wintour

There we were, standing in the Commons Chamber, where vicious political battles have been taking place for more than a century. Unfortunately, and shamefully, we couldn’t quite remember which side of the House we were on. Admittedly Gabriele, being from Italy, had a perfectly legitimate excuse. The rest of us didn’t.
However, it [...]