There have been some considered and thoughtful posts on the implications of social media recently (and some silliness too). I like these two viewpoints for inspiring intelligent discussion on some of the practical issues arising Read More

Normally I'd shy away from ever claiming a 'world's first' - someone, somewhere must surely have got there first? But in this instance we think we are on solid ground. Working with the team at Mediacom we have been busy putting the finishing touches Read More

If there is a prize for the best use of social technology in reinventing journalism*, then I reckon the Guardian is a front runner with it's crowdsourcing initiative to review MP's expenses, explained here. I'm impressed with Read More

Couple of interesting contributions to the ongoing discussion about what PR will look like in the future. They are from quite different perspectives too, one an ex FT journalist now earning a living via new media, the other from the head of a global PR Read More

Thanks to Guy Clapperton for pointing out this great post on the Online Journalism Blog. The consistency with which UK newspapers forbid links to their sites is amazing. I'd guess the in-house lawyers were all out on a libel case when the Internet 101 Read More

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones explains why Twitter can't be ignored by both the media and PR professionals here. Neither is Twitter a complete answer, of course. And yes, there is a law of diminishing returns that surrounds the time invested in it. Read More

Every cloud... as they say.                     I had always thought Robert Peston looked more than a little uncomfortable when hauled in to do the science bit in the BBC News at Ten's Read More

If it was April 1st I'd know not to comment on SpinSpotter - but it seems to be a genuine story I found via ReadWriteWeb. Apparently, we are suffering from a 'spin epidemic' and SpinSpotter, together with the efforts of the Truth Mongers and Spin Destroyers Read More