In the latest of our Q&As we talk to Ruth Barnett, social media correspondent for Sky News – who this week begins a new political role for the organisation’s Westminster bureau. She joined the broadcaster in 2007 as a multimedia producer and was appointed as Twitter correspondent in March 2009, before taking on her most […]
Social media tips by @newsleader: 9.30am on Wednesday 6 January
With just over a week to go until news:rewired, one of our multimedia speakers, Justin Kings, is helping us get ready with a day of tweeted tips. We’ll be posting them on this blog, and re-tweeting them via @newsrewired. They’ll originally go out from @newsleader from 9.30 am tomorrow (Wednesday 6 January) and will be […]
Signs of a tipping point in media development
“We may be approaching what Malcolm Gladwell termed a tipping point as far as media technology goes, a point where the focus of debate moves from the medium to the message,” writes Martin Cloake.
Speaker Q&A: Jessica Reed, Guardian.co.uk’s Comment is Free
In our latest speaker Q&A we ask Jessica Reed, editorial assistant for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site, about her job and what it involves. Prior to joining the Guardian she worked as a participation editor for non-profit human rights and democracy news site openDemocracy, where she was responsible for contributing blogs and bloggers. At […]