James Mitchell

Is journalism nearly impossible to enter unless your family’s loaded? “At some point you’ve got to become decide if journalism is going to pay the bills. (tags: journalism student)

How We Use Twitter for Journalism “How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces.” (tags: journalism twitter)

Can MTV make high school journalism hip and sexy? “In any case, I’m delighted that MTV is glamorizing the life of student journalists. At a time when newspapers are desperately struggling to remain relevant, being branded as hip and sexy can only help.” (tags: journalism training mtv) Community journalism about loving the place you live [...]

How to: master Twitter, if you’re a journalist Contacts are central to a journalist’s work. Twitter makes it easier to find them. It’s where blogging meets social networking. (tags: journalism mobile twitter social+media blogging)

No 10 goes digital with a spot of Twittery-pokery “Does Gordon Brown know what Twitter is? Just wondering.” asked one sceptic. “Yes he does. He knows exactly what’s going on …!” (tags: twitter politics gordon+brown) ‘Nerdic’ language is fastest-growing in Europe Pixmania, one of Europe’s largest electronic internet retailers, said yesterday nerdic is Europe’s “fastest [...]