Steve Buttry has been a journalist for over four decades. Having started out as an editor and reporter in the newspaper business, he was an early digital adopter and is now Digital Transformation Editor with Digital First Media, a job … Continue reading
Now that the heady social media frenzy that was #Election2012 is over, we’ve been looking back with some nostalgia at the highs and lows of the long campaign – the glaring gaffes, the soaring speeches, the ads, the hashtags, and … Continue reading
It’s day five of our week of polls on #Election2012. So far, we’ve asked you to vote on the best viral parody here, the worst gaffe here the most awkward moment here and the best UGC moment here. You can continue to vote … Continue reading
It’s day four of our week of polls on #Election2012. So far, we’ve asked you to vote on the best viral parody here, the worst gaffe here and the most awkward moment here. You can continue to vote in all of these polls … Continue reading
When I started studying journalism at university in 2009, professionals I spoke to would say to me: “I’m jealous. I’d love to be starting out now.” Which, considering the state of the news industry, always seemed like an odd thing … Continue reading
It’s day three of our week of polls on #Election2012. On Monday, we invited you to vote on the best viral parody here and on Tuesday votes were cast on the worst gaffe here. You can vote in both of these polls and all of … Continue reading
It’s day two of our week of polls on #Election2012. Yesterday, we invited you to vote on the best viral parody here. You can vote on that poll and all of this week’s polls (awkward moments, hashtags and ads to follow) … Continue reading
Now that the heady social media frenzy that was #Election2012 is over, we can look back with some nostalgia at the highs and lows of the long campaign – the glaring gaffes, the soaring speeches, the ads, the hashtags, and … Continue reading
Last month I wrote a piece for the BBC Radio 3 programme, The Essay and spoke at Dublin Talks. Here I want to connect some of the ideas I raised in both: the fact that social networks have enabled all … Continue reading
When Twitter rolled out new Tweetdeck in 2011, it was met with gasps of horror from several directions. The update seemed like a dumbed-down version of Iain Dodsworth’s 2008 classic and came with significant teething problems including the huge swath of dead … Continue reading
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