Author Archives: clairemchardy

It was only a matter of time before someone developed a tool that allowed social network and information services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to be pulled onto the online news platform. Storify is a curation-focused services, similar to both Curated.by and Keepstream. … Continue reading →

 In my Do we “dumb down” the news for online journalism? post I told you I would get back to you about  the speed versus accuracy issue. Well, the timing could not be more perfect, as Queensland Online News Producer/Editor, Elaine Ford, spoke to … Continue reading →

The Queensland Conversation Society is urging the Queensland Government to re-think its refusal of their Save Moreton Bay campaign, after altering the proposal to require no further funding. The Council is calling for a redistribution of existing funds in its … Continue reading →

According to Daniel Hurst, a journalist with the Brisbane Times, live blogging is something new and exclusive to online journalism. Hurst told my Online Journalism class that although live blogs will not work for every situation, when a news story … Continue reading →

Who knew Google Maps could be such a great tool for Journalists? I certainly didn’t. Before my Online Journalism tutorial this week, I thought Maps was only useful for getting directions to the beach and looking at your house on … Continue reading →

This is a presentation from January this year, given by Debra Askanase, creator of Community Organiser 2.0, at the New England Press and Newspaper Assosciation’s I found her fourth point most interesting. It is a well-known fact that social media has … Continue reading →

The Online Journalism Review has published an article, written by Emily Henry, listing 10 reasons why online journalists are better than journalists. You can read it here: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/emilyhenry/201205/2073/ Henry has some good points. Specifically, she firstly states online journalists are better … Continue reading →

Pulse Pulse is described on Google Play as “a beautiful application that makes reading news fun and engaging.” However, I’m concerned that it is more of an all-in-one entertainment app, rather than an app specifically designed for the delivery of … Continue reading →