Round up of the first session at BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: Cultural Change – what elements are need to make cultural change happen in the news room. With Kevin Marsh, Peter Horrocks, Raju Narisetti and Meg Pickard. . . . → Read More: BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: notes from the Cultural Change session
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Guidelines from The Newspaper Society have been launched on the safe delivery of newspapers. . . . → Read More: How to deliver newspapers safely In 2010, 28% of publishers reported skills gaps in their current workforce; with 64% of those reporting gaps in sales and marketing; 50% in technical skills; 46% for software; and 38% in business and entrepreneurial skills. These findings – drawn from Skillset’s recently published Sector Skills Assessment - highlight an increasing deficit in the skills required to develop . . . → Read More: Will there be a ‘Talent Time Bomb’ for Publishing? Tomorrow I will chair a seminar titled ‘The Talent Time Bomb: Can Publishing Learn New Media Skills?’ at the London Book Fair. We are fortunate to be hosting a panel of four impressive speakers from across the Creative Media Industries. And the topic? To discuss whether publishers are destined to fall behind other media industries because of . . . → Read More: The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?  3 comments  Creative Skillset, Creative media, Film, Games, Interactive, Publishing, TV  #lbf11, Alison Young, Ben Grass, books, digital, e-books, Earls Court, ebooks, Fresh One, GAMESbrief, London Book Fair, Nicholas Lovell, Pearson, Publishing, Pure Grass Films, skills, skills shortages, skillset, Zoe Collins Earls Court is buzzing. The UK publishing industry is hosting one of the largest international trade fairs. There are plenty of sessions on digital publishing (we have our own ‘Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new media skills’ session on Wednesday). But one session that particularly caught my eye was EDIteur’s ‘Making Your E-books Accessible to . . . → Read More: Making Your E-books Accessible to More Users: a London Book Fair seminar #lbf11 This is the second post from the Talk About Local conference in Cardiff. It covers the community activism session, which provided some thought-provoking insights into what makes an activist and how community activism relates to the role of a hyperlocal blogger or journalist. Community activism can be about the power of organising groups of local people; of bringing them . . . → Read More: Talk About Local 2011: Community Activism in a Hyperlocal Context The Talk About Local annual unconference happened this weekend in Cardiff. It’s a place where journalists and bloggers who provide news, views and information for a particular street, postcode, neighbourhood or area get together to discuss the what, why and wherefore of doing hyperlocal. I have a dual interest: as part of industry engagement on skills needed . . . → Read More: Talk About Local 2011: ‘doing’ local news from the ground up |
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