Best of the journalism blogs

This is a filtered mash-up of posts from the best blogs about journalism (also available as an RSS feed). If your blog or one you know of is not here and you think it should be, email john at journalism.co.uk. To be included (entirely at our discretion), the blog must be predominantly about journalism and/or add some genuine insight into the state of the profession and technological developments affecting it.

[Jeff Jarvis] Google’s Buzz(machine)
I still need more time to get my head around Google Buzz, which will enable users to post and share updates, links, photos, videos with the world or with friends tied to geography via the web, mobi...
Posted 3 hours ago
[Paul Conley] Penton goes under
Penton is bankrupt.The B2B publishing giant announced today that it is filing Chapter 11.And as near as I can tell, the entire industry responded with a great, big yawn.Because no one who pays any ...
Posted 3 hours ago
[Patrick Smith] Comic, tragic or good business? Trinity Mirror’s GMG Regional purchase in links
The week’s big news in the media biz is Trinity Mirror’s audacious bid for Guardian Media Group’s GMG Regional Division – an eyebrow-raising throwback to the days when newspaper groups had lots of ...
Posted 3 hours ago
[Shaun Milne] Now's the time to join Iain Hepburn's conversation
THE panic is abating, the lifeboats are finally being stowed, and bean counters are at last sniffing out an opportunity to make money from their news operations. Yes, as Valentine’s Day fast approa...
Posted 4 hours ago
[Robin Hamman] social media monitoring and community building
Bloggers need to know where their blog sits within the "conversation", which is why monitoring other blogs, social networking services, and regularly checking inbound stats is so important. At Head...
Posted 7 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] 'Guardian may have had to close MEN'
Guardian News & Media's head of media and technology Steve Busfield (left)describes today's sale of the Manchester Evening News by Guardian Media Group to Trinity Mirror as the "least worst option"...
Posted 7 hours ago
[Freelance Unbound] Create your own Wordpress theme
Despite the wealth of tutorial information on the Wordpress Codex, the idea of creating your own Wordpress theme can be a bit daunting. So here’s a great tutorial on Web Designer magazine that stri...
Posted 8 hours ago
[Sans Serif] Indian youth prefer newspapers over TV for news
Newspaper printers, publishers and promoters have plenty to thank India’s youth. A nationwide survey by the National Council of Applied Economics Reserch (NCAER) shows that two out of every three p...
Posted 9 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] How the North West views MEN deal
Most of the sympathy appears to be with the remaining staff at the Manchester Evening News following its sale by the Guardian Media Group to Trinity Mirror today, according to this sample of posts ...
Posted 9 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] NUJ wants guarantees on MEN sale
NUJ deputy general secretary Michelle Stanistreet warned today that the sale of the Manchester Evening News could lead to more independent publishers being swallowed up by the big regional newspape...
Posted 10 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] 'More regional press consolidation inevitable'
Marc Reeves, former editor of Trinity's Birmingham Post, is predicting another round of consolidation by the big regional newspaper companies.Commenting on the newly launched website TheBusinessDes...
Posted 10 hours ago
[Malcolm Coles] Ignore Wordpress's SEO advice
Whatever you do, don't follow the wordpress advice on SEO ... It seems to think keywords are really important but meta descriptions aren't.
Posted 10 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] Guardian Media Group MEN sale to Trinity shows how mighty regionals have fallen
The deal by Guardian Media Group to sell the Manchester Evening News and 31 other regional titles to Trinity Mirror in a deal worth £44.8 million shows how far the value of regional newspapers have...
Posted 10 hours ago
[Patrick Smith] Manchester Evening News joins Trinity Mirror’s empire – but what comes next?
The biggest deal in regional newspaper so far this decade, is all systems go. Confirming the completion of earlier talks (via PCUK), Trinity Mirror this morning announced it has bought GMG Regional...
Posted 11 hours ago
[Adam Westbook] Still doubting the power of good audio?
Cleverly used audio (both natural sound and music) can tell a story – even when the pictures are as simple as…well, a Google Search screenshot. Here’s how Google used it to great effect with their ...
Posted 11 hours ago
[Martin Moore] The 'TAO of journalism' seal
Posted 12 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] Cop this: Sun raps out headline
Most newspapers went for the "criminal in uniform" quote for their headlines on the story of the jailing of Met commander Ali Dizaei but not the Sun which used a play on a rapper's name to sum up t...
Posted 13 hours ago
[Jon Slattery] Welcome to Dalston. . . and David Altheer
Welcome to the blogosphere David Altheer, a former production journalist and NUJ FoC at The Times, who is now a freelance writer since taking voluntary redundancy.David writes mostly about consumer...
Posted 14 hours ago
[FleetStreetBlues] It's the Sun wot done it
Jon Slattery has a clever spot about John Terry, and his decision to sign up as a Sun columnist last December. Did the Sun's subs know something we didn't?
Posted 15 hours ago
[Ben Goldacre] Moments of genius
Sorry no column this week, I’ve got some fun stuff in the pipe, as they say, and a lot on. In case you miss me, here’s my shouty contribution to Radio 4’s “Moments Of Genius”, a eulogy to the start...
Posted 8 Feb 2010 at 9:35pm