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A Twitter workshop for journalists

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I’m sure many of you read Mathew Ingram (and if not, you should), but just in case you missed it Mathew did a workshop for journalists on using Twitter. He’s put the slide deck on SlideShare, too, and they’re well … Continue reading →

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Warning: This post contains strong language

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

You know what I’d love the BBC to do? More than anything else in the world? Turn off comments on all the BBC blogs. And, by way of explanation, post this: “Dear former commenters. We have decided to save the … Continue reading →

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Seth Finkelstein nails why TechCrunch sucks in one line

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

In a comment on Rogers Cadenhead’s blog, Seth Finkelstein perfectly captures what the deeper reason behind the TechCrunch/Last.fm poor reporting is: “The basic problem is that there’s no profit (from attention) in being right, but there is in being first.” … Continue reading →

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LG Arena: Fantastic hardware, slightly bonkers UI

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

LG has officially announced the LG Arena (not to be confused with the LG Arena in Birmingham), and accompanying it is a slightly frenetic promo video: As with LG’s previous high-end phones, the hardware looks fantastic. There’s Dolby Mobile audio, … Continue reading →

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There are plusses and minuses to online newsrooms

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

Investigative journalism to make an online come-back? | Blog | Futurismic. “The problem being that, currently, online advertising doesn’t provide enough income to run a proper newsroom, even with the lower overheads of the straight-to-web model. But will that always … Continue reading →

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The Jeff Jarvis conundrum

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

I have a certain amount of sympathy for Ron Rosenbaum's post about Jeff Jarvis. Like Ron, I used to be an avid reader of Jeff's blog, and liked it a lot. And, like Ron, I've become disillusioned by Jeff and … Continue reading →

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The Jeff Jarvis conundrum

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

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Words you write, but sense you make not

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

What on Earth does this mean? Said to be shopping? Said "shopping About.com"? What?

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Words you write, but sense you make not

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

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Hold the front page

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

I know standards in publishing aren't what they were, but "man falls off chair" is not a story worthy of the front page of BBC News.

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