… a place for my media and journalism links, occasional comments/ponderings and for bringing together my bits and bobs around the web. Find me: @jtownend on Twitter, jt.townend on Delicious, Muskehound on Flickr, and blogging / reporting at Journalism.co.uk. Or check out what I’m doing via my Lifestream.
Where are the women in tech?
Jul 7th, 2009
Last weekend’s OpenTech was great. Bill Thompson on two cultures. Ben Goldacre on Dore and his dream of some kind of auto-wiki thing. Sessions on government data, monitoring energy digitally, and geo-data privacy were also illuminating. BEST OF ALL: no bloody queues for the ladies’ loos. Because there were only about three of us in [...]
Data, perspective… and Comment is Hidden? #BBCExpenses
Jun 25th, 2009
Today I wasn’t sure what to do with the arrival of the BBC executives’ expenses data. I didn’t find it quite bang on 11.30am - new releases were tucked into various corners of the BBC Freedom of Information site. I reproduced all the PDF links here on the Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog. @PaulMcNally, outgoing Press Gazette [...]
Clinging onto Jon Snow’s optimism
Jun 23rd, 2009
As I noted over at Journalism.co.uk today, I’ll be occasionally posting or cross-posting over at Global Voices Online in future. Other contributors have been more than welcoming so far and I’m looking forward to meeting new people - albeit online rather than in person - and encountering new material and ideas via participation. Here’s my [...]
NightJack - issues raised
Jun 17th, 2009
I already did a round-up post for the Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog but these some are some good points I’ve seen made since then.
Shane Richmond on the moral, as well as the legal issues raised.
The Orwell Prize director Jean Seaton on a voice silenced. This point seemed particularly pertinent: “Even odder is their [the Times'] main [...]
- [Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog] Marc Vallée: The Met’s new photography guidelines July 9, 2009
- [Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog] Reuters’ Handbook of Journalism goes online in full July 9, 2009
- [Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog] The only place you’ll find mention of newspaper phone hacking on the Sun website… July 9, 2009
- [Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog] Who will the PCC question at NOTW if it re-opens investigation into phone hacking? July 9, 2009
- OpenTech 2009 materials online on Where are the women in tech?
- Tales of the unexpected « The Martin Cloake blog on Data, perspective… and Comment is Hidden? #BBCExpenses
- Debate around the web « The press, the media and regulation policy on Data, perspective… and Comment is Hidden? #BBCExpenses
- Global Voices dalam bahasa Indonesia » Inggris Raya: Pengadilan Menentang Hak Anonimitas Bloger on NightJack - issues raised
- Readers Edition » Großbritannien: Gericht entscheidet gegen die Anonymitätsrechte eines Bloggers on NightJack - issues raised
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I'm a reporter at Journalism.co.uk; media worrier; weekend newspaper supplement and internet obsessive; would have been a florist or a pastry chef in another life. You can email me: jt dot townend at gmail dot com.
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