January 2010

Posts published in January 2010

Q&A: Tony Hirst, data blogger and lecturer, Open University

In the latest of our Q&As we hear from Tony Hirst, lecturer at the Open University. He blogs at OUseful.Info, where he explores the potential application of web technologies and applications to learning. He has been behind some of the most interesting uses of the Guardian’s Open Platform. At news:rewired Tony will give examples of […]

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Welcome to news:rewired sponsor Blinked.TV

news:rewired is proud to announce Blinked.tv as one of our event sponsors. Blinked.TV was launched in 2009 and allows users to broadcast live from their phone. The Blinked.TV streaming application is currently available for Symbian S60 series three and five phones (e.g. Nokia E and N series mobile phones) and can be downloaded at http://d.blinked.tv. […]

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Follow the news:rewired buzz

Our buzz page is live. Follow the #newsrw conversation at this link. Please use the #newsrw tag if you are using Twitter or just newsrw to tag your AudioBoos, Delicious bookmarks, Flickr pictures etc. We were having some fun yesterday with our iPhones and Audioboo, here at Journalism.co.uk HQ. Here’s Journalism.co.uk editor Laura Oliver talking […]

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David Dunkley Gyimah: Videojournalism – has it lived up to expectation?

David Dunkley Gyimah is a senior lecturer in videojournalism and online at the University of Westminster, a PhD Student at SMARTlab in innovative media and artist in residence at the Southbank Centre. He will speaking about videojournalism and multimedia for journalists at news:rewired.

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33 social media and broadcasting tips

One of our news:rewired speakers, Justin Kings – also known as @newsleader – spent a morning tweeting some excellent social media and broadcasting tips, all tagged #newsrw. In case you missed them, here they are in full. (Read more about Justin and his work at this link. His own blog is http://newsleadermediaconsultancy.blogspot.com/) 1. Big picture […]

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Broadcasting and social media tips from @newsleader: follow on Twitter!

Today @newsleader aka Justin Kings is tweeting social media and broadcasting tips all morning – which will be tagged #newsrw. Yes, that’s right – he’s just as excited as us about next week’s news:rewired event – now sold out. Missed out this time? Register your interest here. In the meantime, enjoy today’s @newsleader tips. Follow […]

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Speaker Q&A: Ruth Barnett, Sky News online politics producer

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 […]

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