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Why aren’t PRs using Twitter?
Arguably the most important social media tool around is Twitter. For journalists – the ones that “get it” at least – it has meant a new network of contacts, shared information and friends. News is...
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Flat Earth News revisited
In need of inspiration, I am re-reading Flat Earth News by Nick Davies. It was a big story for Press Gazette – we serialised it and hosted a debate at London College of Communications (Private Eye was...
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Dealing with research students – should you give an answer?
One of the more bizarre aspects of being a reporter on a national magazine is getting requests from research students asking for help with their degrees. With the ever-growing amount of journalism MAs...
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Court reporting in the online age – how soon is now?
As every trained journalist knows, you can report whatever you like from a court case as long as it is “fair, accurate and contemporaneous“. It doesn’t even matter if what is said is false – absolute...
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Social media tools and journalists: the debate continues
A big theme for journalists at every level these days is to what extent they get involved in social media -how much and in what way they interact with their audience. Alison at the Liverpool Daily Post...
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Film adverts: where exactly do the quotes come from?
I’m always intrigued by the blurbs on print adverts for the latest films. Usually, the more obscure the film, the more obscure the person supplying the congratulatory “must-see” quote. Which is why a...
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From Press Gazette to paidContent
The future beckons. My big news is that I’m leaving Press Gazette this week to join paidContent as UK correspondent. Read the announcement here. Tameka Kee also joins as West Coast correspondent based...
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New start, new beginning
After 14 months, a lot of articles and a lot of learning, I’m leaving paidContent:UK at the end of the year to find new opportunities. Jon wrote about it here. I’ll be working as a freelance and will...
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Don’t come here, go there….
In the slim chance that people might chance upon this blog looking for something interesting, I’ve now pretty much put this blog into retirement in favour the new psmithjournalist.com site which unlike...
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Just another drop in the digital ocean
This is the first post of a blog about the news media, new technology and how journalism is changing. I’ve been meaning to set this up for many years but have held fire until now. Why another blog...
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