[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Pop over to Cyberjournalist for a rundown on the winners of Digital Edge awards, and associated comments. But what a shame they don’t provide hyperlinks.

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Forgive me for playing catch-up here, but followers of news technology will be keeping an eye on the Guardian’s move into mobile content: you can sign up for a free trial to get a real feel for it.

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Editor & Publisher wakes up to the podcasting hype with an overview of the trend and who’s been using podcasts in their news offerings. Summing up quote:

“The danger in getting “too professional” in newspaper podcasting is that it becomes just a clone of traditional TV newscasting — something most newspaper podcast pioneers say they’re trying to avoid. “I think there’s room for something that’s different, and perhaps quirkier, than broadcast news,” says Asakawa. “Podcasting is still at a stage where that DIY ethic informs the sound more than the need for strict structure and a bunch of rules.”“

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. My current class of Online Journalism students are all maintaining blogs about a particular type of, well, online journalism. If you want to take a look, here are the links:

• Podcasts by Jack Brierley
• Quizzes and surveys by Matt King
• Blogs by Richard Green
• Narrated slideshows by Elliot Mullett
• Live chats by Melissa Marshall
• Forums and messageboards by Konstantinos Michaelos
• Forums and messageboards by James Barber
• Customisation by Dan Bardell
• Webcasts by Kamran Hussain
• Webcasts by Helena Ready
• Citizen journalism by Masum Ullah
• Image maps by Carina Schneider
• Audio stories by Anu
• Clickable interactives by Abdul Shahed
• Video journalism by Shirin Arabpour
• Photo stories and slideshows by Charlotte Paxton
• Animation by Stephanie McCarthy
• Slideshows by Chloe Danskin
• Print Plus by Amy Meehan

All comments gratefully received – or post to the blog in question.

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. One to watch: Poynter reports on what should be an interesting experiment, “News for the 21st Century” where “[40] student journalists will work together to develop multiple stories revolving around a single topic. They also are being challenged to use the unique capabilities offered by Web publishing to tell these stories in novel, engaging ways.”

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. I’ve just discovered this very useful page on Journalism.org – it’s aimed at American journalists but still plenty of use to those outside. Links include:

Reporting
	Covering Politics Capturing People’s Voices Making Stories More Accurate Maintaining Your Independence Using Numbers Watchdog Reporting
Writing
	On Writing Well Making Stories Fairer and Less Biased
Living in the Newsroom
	Achieving True Diversity Communicating in the Newsroom Managing Your Time Mentoring and Training
Ethics and Issues
	Ethics Codes Covering the News in Wartime The Ways of the Web

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. More good stuff at the OJR (can you tell I’m catching up on my email?), including a refreshingly cynical piece on citizen journalism (“despite all the recent hum and chuff about Web 2.0, there has been surprisingly little progress in “journalism 2.0.””). Here’s a quote to whet your appetite:

“Of all the startups entering the news marketplace in the last year, I’ve only seen one that could be a viable platform for online journalism.

Newsvine is a Seattle-based company started by former Disney and ESPN staffers. Their site newsvine.com launched an invitation-only preview beta in January. The site publishes news feeds from the Associated Press and ESPN, and then gives users the ability to comment on those stories, publish their own stories, write their own blog, and vote which articles should receive the most attention. (You can find a detailed overview of the site’s features on solutionwatch.com.)”

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. On the subject of teaching journalism (see post below), the OJR has a lengthy report on a Poynter seminar on ‘convergence journalism’:

“Questions and concerns expressed at the seminar covered a lot of ground, but they fell into identifiable categories that raised issues with specific implications for how we teach journalism. Here are the main concerns, many of them new revelations about convergence, with discussion points that were raised, and at least guidance, if not answers, suggested as paths that educators could pursue:”

His list is worth reading in detail but here’s the headlines:

1. Online video is not TV news.
2. New tools, new possibilities
3. Trust the audience
4. Audio directions
5. The basics still matter
6. The 24-hour news cycle requires greater creativity and depth

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. I’m currently undertaking a survey of online journalism educators, so if you teach online journalism in the UK – whether as a whole module or a single class – please take a minute to visit http://www.paulbradshaw.co.uk/survey/.

If you’re interested in finding out more, email me at paul.bradshaw@uce.ac.uk

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Excellent roundup of the criticism by journalism.co.uk:

“The National Union of Journalists‘ code of practice for citizen journalists is being dutifully and systematically dissected by high profile web journalists, variously labelling it ‘braindead’, ‘impractical’ and a ‘bloody awful mess’.

“A barrage of criticism came from Emily Bell, Simon Waldman and Jeff Jarvis at Guardian Unlimited and assistant editor Neil McIntosh gave the code a particularly brutal fisking on his blog, here and here.”