Category Archives: Journalism
12 things I learnt at SXSW 2010
I learnt… * …that Austin looks awesome from the 33rd floor Fringe events outside of the main SXSW programme are occurring all the time. I just found out today for example that there were THREE Twitter parties (not just the … Continue reading
My first video interview ends in a Midlands Today fantasy
This is quite exciting, to me anyway, because I’ve done print interviews and I’ve taken video – now I’ve finally put both together. There are lots of mistakes but on the whole I’m not unhappy with it, especially as it … Continue reading
Transparent journalism – the Web 2.0 way to compile a Top 10 list
Been having fun over on my travel blog Tourist Vs Traveller with exposing the messy inner blood and guts of how I put together two Valentine’s Day features on the ‘top 10′ romantic places in the UK and around the … Continue reading
NYE at Birmingham Coach Station
Apologies for the cross-posting but my new travel blog Tourist Vs Traveller is now up and running, and has some nice, shiny new content on it so I’m shouting about it a bit. It being that time of year, I’ve … Continue reading
WTM2009: three firsts and a load of balls
So yesterday I learnt how to use a Flip – an indepth 30-second lesson conducted by Pete on the 45 bus into town (yes it really is that easy). And today I shot my first proper video and just now … Continue reading
WTM and a new business model for travel journalism
Later today I’m off to my fourth World Travel Market, held annually at London’s Excel every November. Around 50,000 travel industry people attend each year. In 2008, 187 countries and regions set out their stall, filling up 43,000 sq m … Continue reading
