We're introducing Second Life to L1 journalism students next week. I normally attempt to cultivate a cool, 'technological determinist' image. But in this case, I have had to work extra hard to explain the relevance of SL to our students. The buzz surrounding SL was pretty high back in May 2008 when ...

I'm not convinced that many people really give a shit, but this made me think.... There are more in this series on the Amnesty site....

"Quark Strikes Back" reads the dramatic headline on the cover of  MacUser magazine (6 June 2008) It says: "We didn't expect to feel like this, XPress 8 seems like a product that will get people excited about DTP once more." A few years ago the canteen at Quark HQ in Denver had one dish on its menu ...

Kristine Lowe: On The Knee-Jerk Journalistic View of Bloggers What is good blog style and is it journalism.....the debate continues.... (tags: blogging journalism blog howto)...

Would you want to work in magazines right now? In a matter of months a new batch of journalism undergraduate students will descend on the job market.  Many will no doubt be looking for careers within the magazine sector, as they scan the pages of Media Guardian. But the industry has changing an...

The ethical issues raised in Flat Earth News by Nick Davies were debated at the London College of Communication and here are a few notes [more analysis to come]. Davies doesn't pull his punches when it comes to 'naming and shaming' those journalists who he believes have poor ethical standards. Davie...

Here is a quick list of really useful Joomla! Extensions that I have successfully installed. I'm a near Joomla! newbie,,,so if I can install them they must be pretty easy!  Basically extensions are optional improvements you can make to your Joomla! site and CMS.   JCE (a fantastic WYSIWYG ...

I've been busy attempting to create a university news site using Joomla! CMS. The budget: zero. The aim is to teach online journalism students about the workings of an open source CMS and how to upload content. The focus is on online editorial skills, so we don't want them spending ages learning loa...

eBay.co.uk for Dummies (2nd Ed) by Marsha Collier, Jane Hoskyn and Steve Hill is out this month - a perfect last minute Christmas prezzie for the wannabe eBay trader in your life.    I know how much hard work went into writing it, because I wrote and edited quite a lot of it. I really welc...