Media Hack is a project of Alastair Otter, a long-time journalist, activist and geek.
The world of media is changing, rapidly, and technology is starting to play a significantly greater role in the production, dissemination and consumption of news. Media Hack is a small project looking at how technology is changing news and how journalists, editors and publishers can make the most of these exciting times.
Media Hack is not definitive, it is simply one person’s record of the changing media environment.
Talk to me about talking to you
Do you run a news organisation? Are you struggling to make sense of how the news environment is changing? Talk to me. I am available for consultation and teaching workshops. If you’re interested in making the most of social media, technology and mobile then let me help you.
About me
I have worked in media for more than 20 years. During that time I have worked in mainstream print dailies,independent news websites and in magazines. Publications I have worked for include The Star, Business Report, ITWeb, MyBroadband, Sunday Independent and I have written for many websites and magazines.
I also founded and published Tectonic, an independent open source web publication, for close on nine years. And allied to that I published a print magazine of the same which ran for two years.
Disclosures
I am primarily a freelance writer, editor and trainer. Current projects include:
- Contract mentor/trainer at Independent Newspapers
- Freelance writer MyBroadband
- Editor Media Hack