Google just launched the YouTube Reporters Center. Ever captured a natural disaster or a crime on your cell-phone camera? Filmed a political rally or protest, and then interviewed the participants afterward? Produced a story about a local issue in your community? If you’ve done any of these things or aspire…
A growing story over the weekend concerns Apple CEO Steve Jobs, his state of health and whether or not he’s had a liver transplant. That’s what a report in the Wall Street Journal says. What I’ve found especially interesting is a post by John Gruber which looks like the epitome…
If you want to find journalists who use Twitter, there are quite a few directories out there already. A new entrant from business intelligence firm Cision, launched today, looks like it could be the place users will find of great value as it offers a lot more than simply a…
You could see the headline on the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph on the newsstand from 50 feet away: The ministers and the money. Whatever your political stance, it must surely be apparent to anyone that something in Westminster is rotten, and has been for a very long time,…
I love a journalist who genuinely has a way with words. Who’s actually a good writer. Who might have an agenda and doesn’t pretend he or she doesn’t. Who touches on things that make you nod in recognition as well as laugh your head off. In sum, a journalist who…
What an interesting experiment. This morning, a four-page printed newspaper called The Manual was distributed to London commuters at a number of locations in the city. Just 150 copies were printed with each one numbered so making the complete print run truly a limited edition. The man behind The Manual…
Like many in the PR and journalism blogosphere, I get PR pitches by email every day. Like many, too, I welcome pitches if they are relevant to my interests. If they are, the chances are good that I will talk about the product or service, either in my blogs or…
The twin crafts of PR and journalism have an uneasy alliance, it seems to me. Both need each other yet it’s too often an uncomfortable relationship with the pot calling the kettle black too much of the time. Back in April 2006, I wrote an opinion piece on what I…
