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Andy Dickinson

Andy Dickinson

Andy is a Senior lecturer in Journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University where he is the program lead for the MA Multimedia Journalism.

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Keyword headlines

> Journalists, they say, would be wise to do a little keyword research to determine the two or three most-searched words that relate to their subject–and then include them in the first few sentences. “That’s not something they teach in journalism schools,” said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch,

Text to voice podcasts - as crap as you think they would be?

Jemima over at dotjournalism has a great comment about the rise of text-to-speech podcasts: > So yes – an inevitable innovation, but not one that does anything at all for the medium of podcasting. This technology must be ergonomic, rather than built around the convenience of the producer. It will only

Web users vote for print front page

After my thoughts yesterday [http://digidickinson.net/2006/04/12/web-users-vote-for-print-front-page/] regarding the web setting print agenda; this from CyberJournalist.net [http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/003283.php] > Lots of sites let readers pick their favorite stories, but The Wisconsin State Journal [http://www.madison.com/wsj]is taking

Get thee online.

There never has been a better time to get into Web journalism. We are making money, we are hiring, and we are actively searching for new, innovative ideas. After ten years, there are no veterans in this field. This is your chance to be among the first. So says Anthony

Pulitzer Prize Board considers online

The Pulitzer board is meeting to decide its 2006 winners and a rule change means online content is being considered. In an article at Editor and Publisher, Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler, had this to say on the subject. > Beyond that, Gissler followed the same secretive approach as the board

Get off my land says journalist

An article on Guardian Unlimited about plans for Mobile Group 3 [http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1750392,00.html] to sell through clips to broadcast news outfits finished up with this… > The rise of citizen journalism has called into question the future of traditional journalists and editors.

Who sets the agenda

A post on Salvi.com [http://www.salvai.com/?p=110] gave me pause for thought. The gist of the post was the relative reaction time of the print and online mediums. Online breaks the news and it takes a day for print to catch up. He uses Charles Taylor

Crap print makes for a crap web

A report on a recent conference in the States [http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=24109] threw up this interesting quote from a guy called Bob Benz of the E.W. Scripps Company. > …simply employing a “beasts, beauties and babes” approach to attracting Web visitors presents

Online publishing skills shortage

Here are some interesting snippets from an article on netimperative (yes, I have spent some time there today.) > The AOP Census 2006, the latest membership survey from the UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP), reveals that 74% of AOP members reported having unfilled vacancies in January 2006, compared with

Wogan “togcast”

The bbc have announced that Wogan will get the weekly podacast treatment. > The Wake Up To Wogan podcast launches on Tuesday 11 April 2006, featuring speech highlights from the breakfast show, including listeners’ e-mails and Pause for Thought. How exciting. > “I’ve given up trying to beat ’em,