Twitter is changing news. Today many major news stories break on Twitter long before TV, radio and newspapers are able to cover them. And increasingly journalists are reporting live from the sidelines of major events putting readers in the know hours before many of them will even think of buying a newspaper. At the forefront [...]
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Better live tweeting for journalists
Posted by Alastair Otter on September 14, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/09/better-live-tweeting-for-journalists-2/
The evolving newsroom: 5 new roles for journalists
It’s now generally accepted that journalism is changing. Readers are no longer solely reliant on newspapers for news, Twitter has accelerated the news cycle to the point where news is broken just about every minute of the day, and youngsters are growing up in a world where they no longer choose a news provider, the [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on August 29, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/08/the-evolving-newsroom-5-new-roles-for-journalists/
SA news organisations: Who tweets the most?
South African news organisations have, generally, embraced social media and jumped on the Twitter train. Media Hack already tracks and ranks many of the mainstream news organisations with the South African Newspaper Influence on Twitter Index(Saniti) but as an offshoot of that I decided to look at how often South African news organisations tweet. The [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on July 26, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/07/sa-news-organisations-who-tweets-the-most/
SA’s most influential newspapers on Twitter: July 2011
It’s a new month and time for a new Saniti update. For the uninitiated, Media Hack’s Saniti (SA Newspaper Influence on Twitter Index) rating ranks South Africa’s largest news organisations by their perceived influence on Twitter (see here and here for previous releases). This month’s Saniti report has been expanded to 22 titles with the inclusion of [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on July 6, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/07/sas-most-influential-newspapers-on-twitter-july-2011/
The Media Hack newsletter
Finally. Today I made time to put together the bits a pieces I need to start the Media Hack newsletter. It’s something I’ve been wanting to start for ages but just haven’t had the time. Now I am ready. So, if you’re interested in the goings on in the media world and the trends shaping [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on June 21, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/06/the-media-hack-newsletter/
Some intial thoughts on the Guardian’s digital-first strategy
Yesterday the UK’s Guardian newspaper announced plans to restructure its operation to become a digital-first news operation. CEO Andrew Miller said that given the digital challenges faced by the Guardian and newspapers in general “doing nothing was not an option”. Right or wrong? The Guardian apparently has enough money to last out “three to five [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on June 17, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/06/some-intial-thoughts-on-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-digital-first-strategy/