Archive for May, 2010
I’m usually pretty good at helping people. I go out of my way to, say, direct readers to a relevant contact or to get a hold of past issues of the Sunderland Echo. It’s nice to be nice, and one more reader on our side in an era of dwindling print sales and an uncertain [...]
I’m always nagging students, colleagues and random people in bars about the fact the web is not just a publishing platform, it’s a tool that can make you a better journalist irrespective of how your content reaches an audience. It’s a hard sell when you’re giving examples involving the BBC or a Guardian tech reporter. But I [...]
Have finally clicked ‘live’ on my new spoof news website. The News Grind is a hobby enterprise designed as a virtual sandpit for me to learn more about hosting, ads etc online. Above all, it’s just a bit of fun.
Powerpoints are dull. To add some wow-factor to your presentations, try www.prezi.com. It’s free* and you can download your displays to run them offline in case of connection issues. The application is incredibly easy to use, enabling you to do the basics such as embedding photos, video and words. You can then effect beautiful style changes. But the key hook [...]
