bad for journalism, terrible for pr

it is sometimes joked about in public relations (pr) circles, that the slashing of journalism budgets will be a boon for pr professionals. the truth is the decline in good journalism starts us down a path that neuters one of the most powerful checks and balances in a democratic society.
keeping the bastards honest
if this is [...]

there will never be an end to print

when the photograph came to town i’m sure there were people running around saying that the days of paint were numbered. then digital photography was going to wipe out film. the same was probably said about the pen when the typewriter came along. none of these things have come to pass. photographers are still using [...]

citizen journalism is not journalism

every time there is some horrible disaster the twitterati / blogosphere lights up with almost jubilant vindication. it’s starting to grate.
i was not conscious of this until i saw a Tweet by blogger @longzheng:
it’s a shame it takes an accident to “show off” the power of Twitter and community journalism. let’s just accept it works [...]

digital credibility: the divide between journos and bloggers

there are possibly thousands of articles online on how to increase your credibility online. many of them are written by search engine optimisation types, others are by social media “experts”. i want to approach this from a journalism / blogger perspective.
journos as i have discovered come from all walks of life. some of them went [...]

what’s the difference between a blogger and a journo?

at the cbs interactive christmas party in 2008 i had a conversation with sydney journalist @renailemay regarding whether or not there was a difference between journos and bloggers. renai was firmly of the opinion that both were one and the same. at the time i tended to disagree.
the debate has happened before and has even [...]

don’t mess with the press – letterman vs mccain

one of the blogs i have been following of late, is operated by singapore blogger dk.
his posting today, on mccain cancelling an appearance on letterman at the last minute is amusing and raises an interesting point.
letterman gives mccain a ten minute bashing in return.
dk makes a valid point, in the social media landscape, can organisations [...]

united states military fiddles with photos

the gang over at boing boing posted the photos of two dead soldiers.
the catch? the u.s military has doctored the images. eagle-eyed chief photog over at the San Antonio Express-News spotted the photoshop shenanigans.
it seems that for one reason or another they have chosen to cut and paste different faces onto the identical body.
without getting [...]

do borders impact influence online?

i am working on a digital influence program at the moment for a client who would like to better understand the people that blog about them. the client is a multinational tech company and it is the australian operation that has engaged us. as such, they asked us to locate all of the australian bloggers [...]