It may not be a new idea, but the sell for the Bush of Ghosts remix project looks bloody smashing - http://bush-of-ghosts.com/

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The Telegraph have posted an interesting attempt to clarify their approach to blogging on their newsroom blog, upload.
It all looks pretty safe to me but it is illustrated with examples and not preachy. A nice addition to the knowledge base.
The rest of the blog is a diverting 10mins as well.

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A nice explanation to an alternative for citizen media from Suw Charman at Corante…
I prefer to use the phrase ‘participatory media’, because firstly it removes the implication that citizens and journalists are two different things, and secondly because it removes the erroneous concept that people engaging in these sorts of behaviours are trying to, or [...]

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Every once in a while you have to remind yourself of how far technology has come. At the moment I am blogging from the sound edit suite at Editz in Manchester,UK, using my laptop and their wifi connection.
At the moment we are replacing all the mobile phone rings in a film
We shouldnt take [...]

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“I think we’re at a very strange point of all these enormously powerful, old, rich institutions — the great brand names of the business — dying in front of our eyes. And they won’t pick up the clue phone,” Lydon told Wired News.
“They won’t understand the simplest rule, that your audience is your friend. Your [...]

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Murdoch’s speech was a while ago but this response from Mathias Döpfner, head of the Axel Springer publishing empire, makes interesting and enlightened reading.
I can hardly imagine a better metaphor for good journalism than gospel. Gospel is movement, gospel is spirit, and gospel is soul. Good gospel moves the entire community. And moving people is [...]

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Two interesting takes on the same prescient online journalism issue: accuracy.
First from the editorsweblog, picking up on the recent BBC interview gaff.
So once again, is it more important to post and correct yourself after, or get it right the first time? Can speed and accuracy be combined on the Internet or are we on the [...]

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“Millions of blogs have sprung up over the last year, but a cursory search shows that the majority of their information sources lead back to mainstream media. The bloggers are seeking or delivering insight, but what they need is accurate information on whatever subject they’re interested in. Time and again, bloggers draw their readers’ attention [...]

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