“Internet memes: misinformation machines or vectors of truth?” – notes on the panel at #ijf17
I’m at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, and these are my notes from a panel session featuring Joanna Geary, An Xiao Mina, Farida Vis and Claire Wardle talking about memes. “Meme reflect cultural undercurrents” – An Xiao Mina, Meedan…
“Collaborating with algorithms” – notes from our panel session at #ijf17
I’m at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, and appeared on a panel entitled “Collaborating with algorithms” alongside Greg Barber, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Christina Elmer and Jacqui Maher. You should be able to watch a reply of it here, and these…
3 ways we’ve been looking at working with algorithms at the Guardian
I’m at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, and tomorrow I’ll be talking on a panel entitled “Collaborating with algorithms” alongside Greg Barber, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Christina Elmer and Jacqui Maher. I thought I’d share some of the jotted down thoughts…
Friday Reading S06E07
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Social and New Formats Editor Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as an email newsletter and sometimes comes out on Saturday by mistake…
Bye then, for now
Life comes at you fast if you are willing to say trash for cash, as Milo Yiannopoulos has found out this week. It’s nothing personal. I mean, he did email my boss saying me and my team consisted of “an…
Friday Reading S06E06
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Social and New Formats Editor Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as an email newsletter – sign up here. “Fake news is a…
Friday Reading S06E05
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as an email newsletter – sign up here. I wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian…
When the White House itself is spreading #FakeNews, how can journalists respond?
I wrote a piece for the Guardian’s opinion section yesterday about how the media must adapt to the tactics that Donald Trump and his White House team are employing. “What the Trump administration’s error-strewn list does is push journalists on…
Friday Reading S06E04
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as a frequently badly-formatted email. “It’s not just teenagers. Chase Haverick, a 30-year-old development communications manager…
“That’s the wrong bloody TARDIS mate!”
Always good to be reminded how niche your specialist knowledge is. On Wednesday morning in the Guardian we had a spread looking at who might be the next Doctor Who, illustrated with a picture of the TARDIS. But not Peter…