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Data shows why Barcelona might have trouble with PSG now Messi is injured

Apr

2013

Last night Barcelona against drew PSG in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals clash. Scoring two goals in Paris set up the Catalan giants for a spot in the semifinals. But not all was good news for them: Lionel Messi, the best player in the world, will miss the decider because of an ...

A day in the life of the Telegraph’s Social Media Editor

Feb

2013

Earlier this week Kate Day, Social Media and Engagement Editor at the Telegraph, kindly spared the time to visit City University and talk us through a day in the life of a very busy woman… From the start she emphasised the paramount importance of planning for effective time management. 6am: Kate’s hectic day begins with journalists’ ...

Interhacktives launch Community Journalism: Meet the Managers 1

Feb

2013

Come one, come all, to the first Interhacktives meet-up, where we ask: How can online communities assist and enhance traditional journalism? What does a community manager actually do? Which are the most useful social media and online tools? At this meet-up four experienced industry panellists will talk about their experiences of community journalism, ...

2013 Data Journalism Awards

Jan

2013

The Data Journalism Awards (DJA)- the first international contest recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism – has just announced it is back in 2013 for its second ever year, this time with some exciting additions. The Guardian’s Datablog don Simon Rogers and Data Journalism Handbook editor Liliana Bounegru are two new judges, ...

An Interhacktive’s live-blogging debut

Nov

2012

Last week saw my first ever live-blogging attempt, a Halloween live-blog for Islington Now. It was an opportunity to cover something which was hyper-local, with lots of events to report, but also light-hearted and fun, so any mistakes wouldn’t matter as much. I used a live-blogging plugin for WordPress, which I understand was possible because ...

#SMWLDN: Experts give vital blogging tips [video]

Feb

2012

London’s blogosphere descended upon the basement of The Long Acre tonight to celebrate the end of what has been the first day of Social Media Week London and to take part in their regular Meet-up. Established London-based bloggers – some of which have been at it for 11 years now – shared their thoughts on ...

#SMWLDN: what’s it about and what we’re going to cover

Feb

2012

Social Media Week is a multi-city real-time conference that aims to take the global social networking conversation to the next level. As Martin Bryant explains, it’s an international celebration of the way online social tools are transforming the world we live in. #SMW allows people around the world to participate in a live conversation about how social shifts ...

Three Reasons to get on Twitter

Oct

2011

Abby Young-Powell Kate Day, The Telegraph’s Social Media and Engagement Editor, gives three good reasons why Journalists should make the most of sites like Twitter (this one’s for all the sceptics out there)… 1. Employers judge us on our online presence Impressing employers has always been about having a good reputation and now this can ...

Live coverage of the police

Oct

2011

Live tweeting is definitely nothing new. Nowadays, news organisations cover pretty much anything live, in whatever form they feel is appropriate. Events like protest marches get blanket live blog coverage, football matches get the treatment collated on one site, and even normal news events have reporters tweeting updates. However, it’s still something when big organisations ...

Getting past the paywall: Companies House

Oct

2011

Rebecca Ratcliffe At this week’s Hacks/Hackers meet up Heather Brooke discussed the Companies House website’s paywall and the restrictions it places on access to company data. In response, audience members suggested some useful sites which offer free access to annual accounts. Here’s a few that were discussed: Share this:TwitterGoogle +1FacebookLinkedInMoreStumbleUponRedditDiggPrintEmail