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Is News Over? City University journalism chief George Brock says journalists should accept changed world

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Update: Watch the whole video at this link (not embeddable, unfortunately). Journalists still have a vital role to play in society as independent, informed, editors, finders and defenders of facts. No amount of algorithmic authority will change the vital role of reporters to hold authority to account. All that’s according to George Brock, the recently-installed [...]

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Video journalism on the frontline in Afghanistan

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

There isn’t much to add to the video below: in case you haven’t seen it, this is Frontline Club founder and journalist Vaughan Smith’s remarkable video report from Helmand province, where he’s been embedded with British troops for the last month. What I will say: this is what solo video journalists can achieve… (Big disclosure: [...]

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Mobile journalism tools: broadcast yourself with Audioboo

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

It’s not enough to write the news anymore, apparently you’ve got to talk it now as well. But that’s OK, because there are lots of ways to do it fast, for free and to a surprisingly good standard. Mashable has these handy tips for reporters on the go (via Sarah), but I thought I’d add [...]

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