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YouTube advice from Anna Gardner, Lily Pebbles and Hannah Witton (and tips...
YouTubers: L-R: Anna Gardner, Lily Pebbles and Hannah Witton The highlight of this week’s Rethink Media conference in Birmingham was undoubtedly the panel on YouTube, chaired by Hannah Witton with Anna...
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VIDEO: Surveillance and the ‘1984 Generation’
Online video project newsPeeks have put together a documentary on surveillance. I really enjoyed it, so I’m sharing it here. Not only is the content great (newsPeeks were live at the Logan Symposium...
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Are you a hyperlocal covering #GE2015?
Are you a hyperlocal covering this year’s general and local elections? If so, then Online Journalism Blog would love to hear from you! In particular, we’d love to hear what you’re doing and how it is...
View ArticleVine is gone. Here are 5 great ways it was used for datavis
After Vine’s announcement to discontinue the mobile app in the coming months, Maria Crosas Batista pulled together 5 good stories on data visualisation (first published on her site Dinfografia)....
View ArticleVideo plays 4 roles online — here’s a video all about that
When making video for the web there are four broad roles that it is likely to play: it might illustrate a story; add to it; distil the story; or tell it. In the video below, made for students on the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Making video for online and social
Online and social video is different to broadcast journalism. This video, made for students on the MA in Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism at Birmingham City University, explains the 5 different...
View ArticleVIDEO: How concepts of interactivity can help you with storytelling ideas
When people talk about interactivity they don’t necessarily mean one thing. This video, made for students on the MA in Data Journalism and the MA in Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism at Birmingham...
View ArticleVIDEO: Genres of interactivity: from ergodic storytelling to games
Interactive storytelling can be a tricky thing to plan for. This video, made for students on the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University, explores different genres of interactivity — from...
View ArticleVIDEO: JavaScript Journalism and interactivity
Some of the best interactive storytelling involves the use of JavaScript — what has sometimes been called “JavaScript Journalism“. This video, made for students on the MA in Data Journalism at...
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The third edition of the Online Journalism Handbook is now out!
A new, third, edition of the Online Journalism Handbook is now out. A comprehensive update to the 2017 second edition, it sees the addition of a new chapter on writing for email and chat. There are...
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