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 [...]

citizen journalism is not: melbourne airport example

timing could not have been more opportune, there was some debate after my posting on citizen journalism.
so here’s the problem with selling twitter as a mainstream news source: without fact checking it’s just one big rumour mill.
see what happens when jonoh tells the world that there is a fire on a plane today in melbourne. [...]

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 [...]