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My SXSW recommendations for journalists

RamaaMultimedia — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:26:53 GMT

Useful audio clips & articles related to digital journalism, including social media, data, graphics etc.

Storified by RamaaMultimedia · Fri, Apr 20 2012 08:26:53

This piece provides an excellent start :-

Audio: The 15 Awesome SXSW Interactive Panels Every Journalist Should Listen To

If you're a journalist in the trenches, chances are you're too busy and too poor to attend (and your publisher is too poor to send you to...

You can hear Jill Abramson's talk here :-

The Future of The New York Times

New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson discusses her vision for the future of The Times in the digital age in a session moderated ...

Or alternatively read the live blog & summary here : -

SXSW live blog: Jill Abramson on the future of The New York Times | Poynter.

Monday at 11 a.m. CDT (12 p.m. EDT) at South by Southwest Interactive, New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson will discuss her vis...

Fab presentation if you're interested in learning about the Twitter ecosystem and what it takes to make a story go viral.

The Math That Matters in the Real-time Web

The Math That Matters in the Real-time Web "My real competition is 30 billion status updates," PepsiCo Head of Digital Shiv Singh has sai...

The following panel was quite interesting, the Al Jazeera examples were particularly thought provoking. (Audio) If you don't fancy a listen, they are summed up quite nicely in the Nieman piece below.

Open Web, Open News: Reporters & Developers Remix

We're experiencing the birth of a new era: Legacy news organizations are beginning the process of moving beyond their print and broadcast...

Mohamed Nanabhay on Al Jazeera's online growth and the future of news distribution

Mohamed Nanabhay likes to talk about something he calls "distributed distribution," which, aside from being delightfully alliterative, mi...

Google Exec talks about desire to help create deep and meaningful relationships between users on the web. He inferred more big changes are afoot... (Audio)

Fireside Chat with Vic Gundotra on Google+ - SXSW Schedule

Fireside Chat with Vic Gundotra on Google+. #sxsw #google+. Vic Gundotra will participate in a fireside chat with Guy Kawasaki to discu...

I wasn't at this presentation but heard it was good. (Audio)

#sxsw: Data as narrative

Great panel with @BurtHerman, @AlexGraul, @DataMinerUK, @JennThom, @AlexGraul and @drewwww

Not a definitive guide but gives you a flavour :) What I can't Storify here though is the knowledge shared by some of the most awesome people I met at SXSW.

Keep across my blog though ramaamultimedia.tumblr.com where I share when I can.

Behind the scenes at #bbcws80 BBC World Service's anniversary event

RamaaMultimedia — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:02:01 GMT

In no particular order here are some magic moments captured in the broadcast tent at Bush House and ones shared on Social Media during the day. Lots of smile-inducing stuff here - just to warn you :-)

Storified by RamaaMultimedia · Thu, Mar 01 2012 07:02:01

@shakira and #BBCWS80 #BBCNewshour http://t.co/hiqVJcbW · bbcnewshour

"If the message... is correct & comes with a good intention it can effect millions of minds & generations to come" #bbcws80 @shakira
— BBC World Service · Wed, Feb 29 2012 13:17:57

RT @BushHouseMice: .@shakira gets her news from the Internet. *sob* Oh hold on, she might mean http://www.bbcworldservice.com #bbcws80
— nigel swansborough · Wed, Feb 29 2012 23:50:58

Hoping @shakira has also written a citizen journalist song for @BBCNewshour special Programme. "Tweets don't lie"?
— James Coomarasamy · Wed, Feb 29 2012 13:14:46

Cloudfront

**Hear Pooneh's recommendations for the day**

Audioboo: Pooneh Ghoddoosi's "must see/hear" from today http://boo.fm/b690204 #bbcws80bbc80
— RamaaMultimedia · Wed, Feb 29 2012 04:38:42

Sir David Attenborough on One planet @bbcworldservice live now #bbcws80 http://pic.twitter.com/PJ2cXfXY · RamaaMultimedia

One for me! MT @bbcworldservice: Qn for David Attenbrgh frm audience: 'How can I make my voice as epic as yours?'Ans: 'Speak slower'#bbcws80
— Bruce Etherington · Wed, Feb 29 2012 23:50:13

Big round of applause when DA answered Q:What we can do to slow growth in global population. > "Give political freedom to women" #bbcws80
— RamaaMultimedia · Wed, Feb 29 2012 07:53:46

'I'm not a sitting on the beach with a cold drink man' - David Attenborough tells us what what he doesn't like to do on holiday #bbcws80
— BBC World Service · Wed, Feb 29 2012 07:29:55

**Listen Again to David Attenborough**

RT @PennyCrook: If you missed yesterday's global audience with Sir David Attenborough, you can listen here http://bbc.in/zk9leO #bbcws80 #bbcworldservice
— Josh Harris · Thu, Mar 01 2012 01:42:13

Here's the dress just mentioned on @BBCAfrica Focus on Africa & World Business report prog on live now #bbcws80 http://pic.twitter.com/RauaqVCc · RamaaMultimedia

Great buzz #BBCWS80 tent - Russian debate one corner, Focus on Africa another, Persian TV...just some of 27 languages @BBCWorldService
— lyse doucet · Wed, Feb 29 2012 09:15:06

“We all talk endlessly about how the world is connected, but the world was connected by radio first” http://bbc.in/zQTWIr #bbcws80
— BBC World Service · Wed, Feb 29 2012 08:59:16

**Blog post**

My feature about @bbcworldservice shortwave listeners http://bbc.in/xo0Opm - we'd be nothing without our audience! #BBCWS80
— Bethan Jinkinson · Wed, Feb 29 2012 04:22:15

#LEGO 80th Anniversary of @BBCWorldService! #BBCWS80 http://pic.twitter.com/xQ9r4ygc · Brick of the Day

RT @sophiebr: This great slide show celebrates 80 yrs of the BBC World Service w highlights/ clips/ broadcasts http://bbc.in/xBDpgh #BBCWS80
— Gareth O'Connor · Thu, Mar 01 2012 01:53:00

Hyper local breaking news: Whose role is it anyway?

RamaaMultimedia — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:40:39 GMT

I work for the BBC yet somehow managed to help a citizen journalism website break a story. Here's how it happened and what I learnt about being a citizen journalist for a day.ps. I work in training not in news now :) ... #justsaying

Storified by RamaaMultimedia · Thu, Oct 27 2011 01:19:58

The merit of following the right people

As a result of the Polis and BBC Value of Journalism conference I met Ravin Sampat (@Rav1no) very briefly from Blottr. I hadn't got round to asking him what he does for them but as it happens because I started following him on Twitter - I didn't need to. His tweets made it clear:-

#Breaking: Fire breaks out in Holborn...http://bit.ly/k5MIsL #london #holbornfire
— Rav1no · Tue, Jun 14 2011 03:42:27

http://yfrog.com/h3munplj something going down #holbornfire ? · MikeeTeevee

I work in Bush House on the Strand so first and foremost (to be frank) I was interested in this story on a personal level.

I looked at #holbornfire for more clues - I guess I wasn't convinced it was true. At the time there were four tweets in the hashtag about it. Two of which had pictures attached. They, like the one above, didn't really give away the exact location of the fire.

I decided not to think too much about it until ...

@Rav1no I hear sirens and helicopters (from Bush House) #holbornfire
— ramaamultimedia · Tue, Jun 14 2011 03:45:13

Then.....

@ramaamultimedia hey could you go out and get some photos? You can add them here http://ow.ly/5hcXf
— Rav1no · Tue, Jun 14 2011 03:47:47

I hesitated......why?

Because a) I was supposed to be working...

b) I didn't think I'd see anything...

So I went outside anyway (lol) - because I had been asked nicely and because I decided I wasn't going to go very far.

@Rav1no I can't go far but let me see what I can see outside our building. #holbornfire
— ramaamultimedia · Tue, Jun 14 2011 03:50:09

@ramaamultimedia thanks that would be great....
— Rav1no · Tue, Jun 14 2011 03:53:37

#Holbornfire pic1 http://yfrog.com/kjdpnbj · ramaamultimedia

So it turns out the fire was just next door.

I see smoke @Rav1no #holbornfire http://yfrog.com/kgpmzyj · ramaamultimedia

(aside )

Surprised my Iphone manages to produce a picture even though I'm shooting right into the sky.

The construction building on india place is smoking! Four ambulances, helicopter on scene #holbornfire
— ramaamultimedia · Tue, Jun 14 2011 04:00:34

I tweet more about what I see (almost as though some reporter switch is activated in my brain) I do so because I feel like I've got an audience on Twitter at least, because I'm at the scene of a breaking story (so a unique position) and because a news org (albeit small or citizen led) is taking an interest in what I have to offer.

So yes I feel "empowered" - as the citizen journalism platform claims.

Pic of rescue teams #holbornfire @Rav1no @bbclondon @SteveKPhillips http://yfrog.com/kfn9xcj · ramaamultimedia

Aldwych closed obviously #holbornfire @SteveKPhillips
— ramaamultimedia · Tue, Jun 14 2011 04:05:46

On taking this picture I'm thinking I really ought to let BBC London know too (a place where I once worked incidentally)

But it appears @bbclondon hasn't spotted or taken an interest in the story - unlike Blottr. (No evidence under the hashtags on Twitter anyway)

I also know from working there in the past this wouldn't interest them because it's not really big enough.

So it begs the question why should I?

I tweet my picture to @bbclondon and the Social Media and Travel bod @SteveKphillips anyway (because it's the right thing to do)

Question: - What would I have done if I didn't work for the BBC or if I were a freelance journalist?

In the meantime Blottr get my pics...

#Breaking: LARGE fire seen all over London billowing from the #Strand. Pics and FULL STORY EXCLUSIVELY HERE http://ow.ly/5hdQY
— Rav1no · Tue, Jun 14 2011 04:15:09