Most recent journal entries

Journalism in the modern age

Posted 14 April 2008

A worrying/challenging/exciting time depending on how you look at it.

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Making money from online news

Posted 29 January 2008

Paul Bradshaw's excellent series on the 21st century newsroom concluded with a round-up of how money can be made in the current online news climate.

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Understanding RSS in plain English

Posted 28 January 2008

The Commoncraft team have put together some great visual walk-throughs of webby terms and online services and tools.

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BBC goes 2.0 beta-style

Posted 25 January 2008

The new beta BBC homepage ticks all the customisation and functionality boxes with its new design and widget-driven layout.

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Netvibes going ginger

Posted 25 January 2008

My start page of choice netvibes.com is about to upgrade to its ginger stage

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Web editor: Tips and tools

Posted 22 November 2007

The following sites and applications have made my life easier producing and managing web content:

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Above or beyond the fold

Posted 12 October 2007

I try not to worry about where the fold will fall, and what might lurk beneath too much, as common practice, in recent newspaper website design in particular shows there's plenty of room below the fold for content.

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Searching a website, the NYT way

Posted 11 October 2007

You can simply search within the New York Times' content by double-clicking on a word. No need to find and type in a box, open an article and just try it.

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Online news news, April 17

Posted 18 April 2007

Web audience measurement discussion just got more difficult... The future for news organisations? Inputting reader reaction into the online news structure...

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Keeping online news fresh

Posted 14 April 2007

What do people want to read about? Newspapers can tell when their front page leads return big sales spikes, or particular issues or campaigns elicit a lot of letters and feedback. Newspaper websites have far more understanding and hard figures backing up their decisions.

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