….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…
‘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.
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…
We’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…
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…
Speaking 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…
The blogosphere is already exacting more redress from the mainstream media than the industry watchdog, the PCC.
by 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…
TWO media events are coming up this October in Bristol, co-organised by Bristol NUJ, on journalism, blogging and technology – and the conflicts and challenges they raise. There’s a fantastic line-up of star speakers, and workshops where you can get to grips with the issues. It’s open to the public, down at the Watershed and…
Hello to all Bristol Branch members, We are delighted to have been elected by members in the south west as your representatives on the NUJ’s National Executive Council.  We would like to thank everyone who voted in the election, and those who supported us and endorsed us as candidates. If you have problems and issues that…