The BBC’s recent experiment with mobile journalism is a good example of its multimedia approach to news in action. Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones headed out to the mobile phone industry’s annual shindig in Barcelona to cover the event for TV, radio and online. Given that cellphones were the focus, it proved a suitable event to try out using mobiles as newsgathering tools. The phone was a Nokia N95 which Reuters

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Vancouver-based NowPublic.com is making news again, with the appointment of BBCNews.com senior editor Rachel Nixon as its Global News Director to lead its editorial operations. In an e-mail announcing the new hire, CEO Len Brody said everyone at NowPublic was “super jazzed” with the appointment. (I am also very pleased as Rachel is my fiancee). Here is the full text of the news release: NOWPUBLIC.COM NAMES RACHEL NIXON AS GLOBAL

Robert Paterson’s Weblog: KPBS – How a small Public TV/Radio Station served its public – Part 1 – The technology Innovative use of Twitter and Google Maps to cover a breaking story (tags: community journalism mashup maps) BBC Internet Blog – BBC Three’s New Website On the web, today sees the doors open for BBC Three’s new website, a key part of the new multiplatform vision for the channel. (tags:

CNN is taking its approach to citizen journalism one step further by setting up iReport.com as a dedicated citizen media site. Like many other mainstream media outlets, CNN has had to cope with far more submissions from the audience than it could process and publish. Only around 10% of the 100,000 photos and videos sent to CNN have been posted since the launch its citizen journalism project in August 2006

Technology Review: Maintaining Multiple Personas Online Directed at users who are trying to balance personal and professional networks, Moli offers multiple profiles–with different privacy settings–within one account. (tags: social_media socialmedia)

The BBC has e-mailed staff over the use of photos from social networking sites, reports the MediaGuardian. It advices journalists to be cautious about the use of such personal material. The advice goes beyond talking about issues copyright and verification, mentioning the idea of “intended audiences“. The e-mail told staff that: Simply because material may have been put into the public domain may not always give the media the right

Reuters opens up, but what does its OpenCalais service do? | The Open Road – CNET Blogs Reuters’ OpenCalais service provokes more questions than answers (tags: internet innovation) TV News: Endangered Species? – 2/11/2008 – Broadcasting & Cable “Many local newscasts are in trouble because their cookie-cutter Action Eyewitness Newscenter formats are parodies of news, not purveyors of it.” (tags: television internet)