Navigating the seas of media, technology and journalism. Site which unlike this site will be updated more than, say, twice a year. New start, new beginning. Or on patricksmithjournalist at gmail dot com.

Journalism, online, random thinking. Take the story of Bradley Lowery, the brave little boy whose fight against neuroblastoma.

If content is king, collaboration is queen. So what about the contact book? October 22, 2012.

I am a digital media consultant, writer and editor and this is my personal blog. The multimedia editor at Channel 4 News. Launch editor of Channel 4 FactCheck. Top 10 News Aggregators In The UK.

D-I-G-I-T-A-L is changing the way of journalism. This is a platform of digital skills and journalism issues. Saturday, 1 May 2010. And there are many experts come to UCLan to give lectures. Media Factory was built in 2008, has now become a base for multimedia and factory. Find media factory on google map.

All sorts of games and play live, board, RP, and video and the theory behind them. Writing about story, storytelling and narrative, in theory and practice. People and the way they socialise and operate in groups, particularly on social media or in online communities. Writing about politics and current affairs. Prose, creative writing, poetry and other bits and pieces.

Any replacement for the Press Complaints Commission must go beyond newspapers. What should replace the pcc. If you needed reminding why journalists are ranked in polls as less trustworthy even than MPs, look no further than the case of murder victim Milly Dowler. But, if the PCC is to be replace, we must re.

Much-loved Brighton fountain will go if Green and Conservative councillors have their way. Two weeks ago I discovered the Mazda Fountain in Victoria Gardens will go if Brighton and Hove City Council has its way. And emailing all councillors I have discovered this will go through if leading Green and Conservatives have their way. Note he is minded to support unless there is a strong public response against it.

Adventures in social media and news. But I think there are a lot of pluses if you run a local newspaper Facebook Page. You can tag where they were taken for more views, or tag people in them.

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