JEEcamp 2009: Experimentation and entrepreneurship in journalism

May 10, 2009 in Journalism
Tags: audioboo, bbc, business models, entrepreneurship, experimentation, flickr, getty images, jeecamp, jeff jarvis, Journalism, kyle macrae, qik, scoopt, social media, twitter

Standing before a collection of social media nuts as they update twitter, write blogs, record Audioboos and film with Qik, it is clear Kyle MacRae is brave man.

The founder of Scoopt is talking at JEEcamp, an unconference organised to explore issues in the news and technology industries with a specific focus on experimentation and enterprise.  [...]

My Online Brand Means Much To Do

December 18, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: branding, fabians, Journalism, liveblogging, marketing, Michael Haddon, Naomi Klein, newspapers, next left, No Logo, online, podcasting, qik, technology, tntj

Does anyone else remember falling under Naomi Klein’s spell after reading No Logo and deciding that brands were bad? Well that was then, and this is now.  Suddenly I’m all for branding, especially if it helps to improve my visibility and employability.  I would sell my soul to Starbucks for a job.
Despite this I haven’t put [...]