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The old ones are the best1 comment

Gary Andrews wrote 4 months ago: Anybody not from Britain looking at the Twitter trending topics today would have probably been baffl … more →

Tags: Blogistan, Mr Fawlty, tweeting, The Conversation, Techcrunch, twitter, mrs slocombe's pussy, Mashable, Trending Topics

NightJacking anonymity6 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 5 months ago: Earlier today, Mr Justice Eady [1] ruled that the author of the NightJack blog could not stay anonym … more →

Tags: Blogistan, I no understand, Serious Post, It just doesn't seem right, Blogging, NightJacker, Anonymous Blogging, public sector blogging, The Times

This is the news and this is why we did it2 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 5 months ago: One of the joys of the web is it opens up the thinking process behind news values decisions to, well … more →

Tags: Blogistan, T'interweb, Footy, The Conversation, Communities, gareth barry, Birmingham Mail, steve dyson, blog comments

Who wags who?

Gary Andrews wrote 7 months ago: Martin Moore’s discussion around the death of Ian Tomlinson and the subsequent investigation a … more →

Tags: Blogistan, T'interweb, Politics, People wot get their mugs of the telly, Putting your face online, tweeting, blogs, twitter, breaking news on Twitter

If you're a (radio) journalist, Audioboo is dead exciting2 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 7 months ago: Occasionally a service pops onto the internet that’s just brimming with potential for journali … more →

Tags: Work, T'interweb, Genius, Breaking News, radio journalism, Audio, AudioBoo, Radio News

Alas poor Press Gazette1 comment

Gary Andrews wrote 7 months ago: When the trade magazine for an industry closes, it’s a sure sign that things aren’t look … more →

Tags: Nostalgia, The inevitable, Newspapers, Press Gazette, media, Wilmington, Magazines, death of an industry

From despair to where?1 comment

Gary Andrews wrote 8 months ago: Otherwise known as a quick, likely-to-be-ill-thought-out, ill-informed pondering on the state of the … more →

Tags: I no understand, The inevitable, Serious Post, PR, Future of Journalism, Future of the Media, Newspaper, recession

A note of caution

Gary Andrews wrote 8 months ago: Twitter has been featuring prominently in my life in the past few weeks, moreso than usual. I’ … more →

Tags: T'interweb, tweeting, online journalism, twitter, online-pr, pntwit

This really should be the last example of why journalists and media-type people need to at least know how to get the best out of Twitter2 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: This is cool. It’s a picture taken by Marcus Warren from The Telegraph of the paper’s ne … more →

Tags: Work, tweeting, Breaking News, twitter, newsgathering, breaking news on Twitter, Daily Telegraph, Twitterfall

Twitter bashing. Or, if you will, twashing

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: There’s a brand new sport in town. It involves shaping a Twitter-shaped stick and bashing the … more →

Tags: T'interweb, The inevitable, in the loosest sense, tweeting, twitter, criticisms of Twitter, Twitter bashing

The NUJ and online media6 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: Adam Tinworth’s two posts on the National Union of Journalists and their attitude to blogs and … more →

Tags: Work, Blogistan, T'interweb, I no understand, Serious Post, big babies, online journalism, journalism training, NUJ

Journalists of the future3 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: “Mate,” said my colleague Ben, when I told him about being invited back to the old stude … more →

Tags: Work, Blogistan, T'interweb, Idiot (singular. aka me), tweeting, Blogging, twitter, Future of Journalism, gair rhydd

Getting social with Nathan Barley4 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: Bobbie Johnson from the Guardian has had it with social media. It’s easy to sympathise. … more →

Tags: Work, T'interweb, Idiots, The inevitable, Idiot (singular. aka me), Putting your face online, tweeting, twitter, Social Media

The future of journalism - a wee bit of crowdsourcing3 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 9 months ago: This weekend I’ll be heading back to the student paper I used to edit many moons ago. They … more →

Tags: Work, The inevitable, student journalism, Future of Journalism, getting into journalism

Note to aspiring media people: learn the workings behind t'interweb1 comment

Gary Andrews wrote 10 months ago: Charles Arthur’s one piece of advice to aspiring journalists: learn to code. To which I’ … more →

Tags: Work, T'interweb, journalism training, Charles Arthur, Future of Journalism, coding

This may actually be the point I finally shut up about Twitter and journalism

Gary Andrews wrote 10 months ago: A point, I think, has been reached. Quite where this point sites and what exactly it signifies is pe … more →

Tags: T'interweb, The inevitable, People wot get their mugs of the telly, Putting your face online, tweeting, twitter, celebrities on Twitter, Jonathan Ross, mumbai

Moldovans that don't exist

Gary Andrews wrote 10 months ago: At Soccerlens, Fredorrachi unravels the story of Masal Bugduv, a Moldovan teenage football sensation … more →

Tags: Footy, Soccerlens, Masal Bugduv, Fredorrachi, Hoaxes, football players that don't exist, Ali Dia

Who needs offices anyway?4 comments

Gary Andrews wrote 10 months ago: Local newspaper group Archant has decided it doesn’t need as many offices in London. Managing … more →

Tags: Work, Economics, Future of Journalism, Archant, regional newspapers, Cloud Computing, Offices

A media friend and/or foe

Gary Andrews wrote 10 months ago: The old adage suggests being talked about, no matter in what context, is infinitely preferable to be … more →

Tags: T'interweb, The inevitable, tweeting, telegraph, twitter, New Media, celebrities on Twitter, Daily Mail, old media


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