BBC & NYT Social Media Summit at Times Centre, New York April 2013.

BBC & NYT Social Media Summit at Times Centre, New York April 2013.

12 May 2013 ·

Succinct presentation on value of social to public service broadcasters (Polis)

21 October 2012 ·

Some excellent tips on using social for newsgathering.

21 October 2012 ·

18 October 2012 ·

Worth a read: Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2012

19 July 2012 ·

Signal Noi.se - Knight Foundation award winner : - 

“To help newsrooms optimize editorial decision making by providing a dashboard that tracks stories through social networks and across competitor sites.”

Mohamed Nanabhay - Former Head of Al jazeera Online English

Looking forward to testing this - on the face of it looks as though it could be pretty useful in newsrooms! 

(Source: vimeo.com)

22 June 2012 ·

In Media City, Salford for BBC College of Journalism Connecting Communities conference  (Taken with instagram)

In Media City, Salford for BBC College of Journalism Connecting Communities conference (Taken with instagram)

23 May 2012 ·

From The Economist : "To survive online, newspapers are seeking a worldwide audience"

22 May 2012 ·

Great insights from Head of News Products at Google Robert Gingras

22 May 2012 ·

Google Search explained…. 

16 May 2012 ·

Sound advice on Innovation from book by Harvard Business Review  (Taken with instagram)

Sound advice on Innovation from book by Harvard Business Review (Taken with instagram)

10 May 2012 ·

SEO for International audiences

1 May 2012 ·

My SXSW recommendations for journalists

21 April 2012 ·

My SXSW March 2012 Findings & Lessons

Focused specifically on how Social Media and Innovation can better drive traffic to news sites.

19 April 2012 ·

futurejournalismproject:

The Internet’s Population Doubled Over the Last Five Years

Royal Pingdom susses out some interesting trends about the world’s 2.27 billion Internet users:

  • Africa has gone from 34 million to 140 million, a 317% increase.
  • Asia has gone from 418 million to over 1 billion, a 143% increase.
  • Europe has gone from 322 million to 501 million, a 56% increase.
  • The Middle East has gone from 20 to 77 million, a 294% increase.
  • North America has gone from 233 to 273 million, a 17% increase.
  • Latin America (South & Central America) has gone from 110 to 236 million, a 114% increase.
  • Oceania (including Australia) has gone from 19 to 24 million, a 27% increase.

They also note that Asia’s Internet population is almost double the entire Internet population was in 2007.

19 April 2012 ·

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