Month: May 2010
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Northcliffe set to swing jobs axe yet again
Read More: Northcliffe set to swing jobs axe yet againA new round of redundancies is expected at Bristol News & Media – the second set of job losses this year and the fourth in four years.
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Confessions of Anton Vowl, a (not so) anonymous blogger
Read More: Confessions of Anton Vowl, a (not so) anonymous bloggerAnton Vowl was one of the country’s most well-regarded bloggers – but only a few people knew who he really was. That all changed at the Newsfutures blogging event last weekend, co-organised by Bristol NUJ.
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Weekend blogging event hits the news…
Read More: Weekend blogging event hits the news…….and the blogosphere. Thoughts and reports about last weekend’s events, ‘What’s the Blogging Story?’, when hacks and hackers discussed, debated, and – sometimes – agreed: Roy Greenslade in the Guardian: “It will take some time before there is a unity of thought, and journalistic action, that weds the old with the new, the professionals with the…
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We’re the ‘mass’ in ‘mass media’: bloggers meet journalists with Bristol NUJ
Read More: We’re the ‘mass’ in ‘mass media’: bloggers meet journalists with Bristol NUJ‘Newspapers used to be the mass media. But this is the mass media now,’ declared Guardian media commentator Roy Greenslade at Bristol’s Watershed last Friday to a packed audience of bloggers and journalists.
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Anti-cuts demo in Bristol today: rally to the NUJ banner!
Read More: Anti-cuts demo in Bristol today: rally to the NUJ banner!The Bristol and District Anti-Cuts Alliance is holding a demonstration and rally today, Saturday 23rd October, to protest against the savagery of the brutal cuts in public services facing the nation – the worst, some commentators say, since 1921. The demonstration is supported by trades unions and the Bristol Trades Council, including the NUJ. Our banner…
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Live stream: ‘What’s the Blogging Story?’ and Newsfutures workshops for bloggers
Read More: Live stream: ‘What’s the Blogging Story?’ and Newsfutures workshops for bloggersWe’ve organised online live streaming for this weekend’s discussions and workshops about the interface between blogging, journalism and global media. So now everyone, wherever they are, will be able to watch the events, chat about them, and join in via Twitter. Streaming will be live from 7 p.m. this evening, at ‘What’s the Blogging Story?’ It…
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A Crisis for the Banks or an Opportunity for the World?
Read More: A Crisis for the Banks or an Opportunity for the World?A Crisis for the Banks or an Opportunity for the World? Robin Hood Tax debate, TONIGHT at Bristol’s Watershed The NUJ is backing this campaign The Robin Hood Tax is a tiny tax on speculative financial transactions, an average of 0.05%, that could raise as much as £20 BILLION per year in Britain alone. That’s…
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Brooke Magnanti, ‘Belle de Jour’, speaks out in Bristol
Read More: Brooke Magnanti, ‘Belle de Jour’, speaks out in BristolSpeaking for the first time ever on BBC Radio Bristol, Bristol University scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti has described the problems of staying anonymous while writing her hit blog, ‘Diary of a London Call Girl’, later a TV series starring Billie Piper. She told Ben Prater on the Drive programme: ‘It was a bit of an…
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Could bloggers kill the PCC?
Read More: Could bloggers kill the PCC?The blogosphere is already exacting more redress from the mainstream media than the industry watchdog, the PCC.
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It’s about far more than Bristol: blogging debate filling up fast
Read More: It’s about far more than Bristol: blogging debate filling up fastby Christina Zaba Seats are filling up for this weekend’s blogging convention at Bristol’s Watershed and the Pervasive Media Studio, where bloggers, journalists, and those who are both, will be coming together to unearth some truths about the media, the blogosphere, accountability and truth-telling. With fantastic Friday-night panel members and a range of invited bloggers in…