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‘Eyeborg’ journalist fits camera into eye socket

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ January 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

And you thought starting up a blog was a major commitment… Picked up on Journalism.co.uk this morning, Rob Spence at the EyeBorgblog.com lost an eye as a child, and is now fitting a video camera into his body.
Public health warning. Finish your breakfast before watching.

Riding the Tiger of Change

By chrisrushton ⋅ January 25, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

That’s the title of this year’s Hugh Cudlipp lecture and, to everyone’s surprise, it’s being delivered by Rebekah Wade, editor of the Sun. She is not famous for her opinions and this is thought to be her first ever public speaking engagement. So, to make a speech in front of the London media world and [...]

When a blog’s not a blog: one-way Obama?

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ January 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Of course today’s been dominated by the news of Sunderland leapfrogging Newcastle as lucky lottery city Obama’s inauguration as the 44th president of the USA.
One of my favourite bloggers, Andy Revkin at the New York Times, draws our attention to the fact that the new White House administration has begun the new reign with an [...]

Virgin music on the web looking for writers

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ January 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Some great and good people run http://music.virgin.com, Virgin’s community based site covering music scenes in the major cities around the world. Like Sunderland. Or Newcastle. Take your pick.
They’re looking for students to start blogging about the music you love. In their own words: 

The day Twitter came of age?

By philipyoung ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

On Thursday morning we added a Twitter account and feed to the JPR blog. On Thursday evening Janis Krums added this iPhone pic of the stricken US Airways airbus on the Hudson River to Twitpic. There is a huge amount of comment online, certain to feature prominently in the upcoming MAC299 module and elsewhere, much of [...]

Social media is your CV…

By philipyoung ⋅ January 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Some of us take every opportunity to hammer home the message that J/PR students who are serious about getting a media job should develop an online presence. Alex wrote a great post before Christmas highlighting some excellent student portfolios and PR students, particularly those doing 299 next semester, will hear a lot about The Brand [...]

Reporter grabs Ronaldo scoop on mobile

By philipyoung ⋅ January 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Always have your phone with you!
“A Manchester Evening News reporter used her mobile phone to secure exclusive footage of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s car smash yesterday.
“Crime reporter Nicola Dowling was despatched to the accident scene near Manchester Airport after the world player of the year drove his Ferrari into a roadside barrier.
“Using a Nokia [...]

The future of PR?

By philipyoung ⋅ January 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ogilvy PR Worldwide produced this video for PRWeek’s “Next” conference, held in mid-November. Leaders of PR agencies talk about the skills of the PR counselor of the future. As well as highlighting the importance of creating conversations and telling stories note the importance some really big names place upon basic skills such as research and [...]

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