Here’s the media release on the research I presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism at UT Austin on Saturday, April 21: A new study shows how far NPR’s Andy Carvin, known as “the man who tweets revolutions,” favoured the voice of protesters in his reporting on Twitter of the Arab Spring. The rigorous analysis of more than 5,000 tweets found that Carvin’s feed gave higher priority to the messages from
CBC has appointed the former BBC News online editor Rachel Nixon as its new director of Digital Media for CBC News. Rachel Nixon is an award-winning journalist, having spend nine years with the internationally acclaimed BBCNews.com in a number of increasingly senior positions. In 2007, Rachel was named BBC World Service Editor of the Year for cross-platform editorial leadership. Currently, Nixon is the global news director of Vancouver-based NowPublic.com, the
As 2008 draws to a close and a near year begins, I would like to thank all of you who read this blog for your time and support. Here are the top 10 stories on Reportr.net for 2008. It is an eclectic mix, dominated by the Spitzer scandal: How to follow the US election results online The mystery of Ashley Alexandra Dupre’s MySpace page The rights and wrongs of Ashley
Image via Wikipedia The latest data from Nielsen Online on monthly US visitors to the top news and information sites makes for depressing reading for the BBC. The number of unique visitors to BBCNews.com has fallen by more than a million in a year. The site had 5,253,000 readers in July 2008, compared to 6,408,000 July last year. The drop comes at a time when the BBC has been ramping
Headlines for the web need to make sense on their own, as people often access sites via RSS feeds. I wonder how many people were puzzled, amused, shocked or disappointed by the headline on this BBC science story: Perhaps it is no surprise that at the time of writing, this was the most e-mailed and most read story on BBCNews.com
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
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
From the BBC Internet blog, which offers insights into how the corporation is changing for a digital world: 2008 will become the breakthrough year for the BBC’s interactive audience facing services. The biggest ticket item we are working on is a complete refresh of our backend infrastructure. While this is fairly boring stuff for the average consumer, without it, we cannot move things forward. It is true that the average
Here are the most popular five posts during December on Reportr.net: Creating a student journalism website on a tight budget BBCNews.com readers criticise ’stuck on’ ads BBC explains thinking behind new Web 2.0 homepage How to find out anything about anyone online The internet and social change in the Middle East Thanks for your support over the past 12 months. I wish all the readers of Reportr.net a joyful and
Farewell then, BBCNews.com. As from today, the BBC News website no longer exists as an autonomous, editorial unit within the BBC. Instead the BBC has created a multimedia newsroom, integrating output across TV, radio and online. On the BBC Editors’ Blog, Peter Horrocks explains the rationale for the decision, arguing: We have a new system that allows the great strengths of each of our editorial areas to create an even