Category Archives: MA Online Journalism

BCU Enterprise Guests: Daniel Bower, Justice Williams, Ruth Ward

A few weeks back some ex-BCU students came to talk about their subsequent companies and discuss the process of their entrepreneurial endeavours to a large group of us in the MA Suite. Due to other course deadlines and an annoying internet connection it took a while to get all material on line. But nevertheless I [...]

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Hash Brum Meet 3

Third week in and we’re getting some content together and having a broader discussion how we can engage with our audience. You can right click ‘save target’ for the MP3 here or you can listen to it below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Please feel free to engage via the comments box too!

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Hash Brum Meet 2

So here’s the second meeting for the Hash Brum project. And everything we thought it would be is challenged! In the end we’ve decided that the best thing to do is go out and get some stories, so hopefully tomorrow we will have some content. You can right click ‘save target’ for the MP3 here [...]

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When Journalists Kill

After a long day at Hello Digital I went over to Aston University to listen to a talk by Dr Ben Goldacre of Bad Science fame. Although the title of the lecture was ‘When Journalists Kill’ it was a suitably freewheeling, humourous and passionate talk which spiralled on for 40 minutes beyond the allocated time. [...]

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A Widget, A Widget, A Lovely Widget, A Widget I Have Got

I’ve spend today installing plugins for my site. I’m posting to see which ones are working.

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#Brum Meet One

This is our first real meeting for#Brum a new hyperlocal news site for central Birmingham. We’re still very much in development at the moment and we’d really like involvement, help and suggestions from non-MA Online Journalism students. It would be great if you could comment on the conversation we had, or you can also track [...]

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BCC DIY Audio Interview

This has moved from my journalist archive as this is the best home for it and it’s interfering with my Silver Skins Podcast feed. Here is the full interview with Stefan Lewandowski following a very long hack day for BCC DIY. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Other BCU MA Online Journalism coverage: Alex [...]

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Social Media And Its Impact On Mainstream Journalism

I recently headed off to the BBC to hear Nic Newman present his paper ‘The rise of social media and its impact on mainstream journalism’. They recorded the session so you might want to keep an eye on Reuters site for a better recording. You can right click ‘save target’ for the MP3 here or [...]

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