This week I’m off to the Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University, September 8-9. The conference brings together the latest research into what is happening in journalism. The keynote speakers this year are Robert W. McChesney and Emily Bell, formerly of the Guardian and now Director of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism. The research to be presented at the conference ranges from studies on Twitter to Wikileaks, from foreign

At the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff, one of the papers lookedat how are news media in the US adopting Twitter to communicate the news and engage with readers. Marcus Messner presented the paper, co-authored with Asriel Eford.  They looked at almost 200 newspapers and TV stations with Twitter accounts, analysing the number of tweets, the news value and the use of links The study found that only a

The Future of Journalism conference started in Cardiff with a welcome from Bob Franklin. The conference received 370 abstracts, with more than 100 research papers being presented in 30 panels over two days. In his welcoming address, Franklin notes that the future of journalism looks different from different countries and cultures. The meat of the conference begins with a keynote by James Curran, Director of the Goldsmith’s Media Research Centre

I’m in Cardiff for the Future of Journalism conference, hosted by School of Journalism at Cardiff University. Over the next two days, academics from around the world will present research on topics as diverse as user-generated content, Twitter, journalism education and new business models. There are close to hundred presentations after a plenary session with speakers James Curran and Bettina Peters, which will be streamed live. There is also a