links for 2008-01-13

"It was found that blogs are a regular source for journalists for improving the speed of reporting news and guiding tone, but not for improving quality. Over 75% see blogs as helpful in giving them story ideas, angles and insight into an issue's tone".

Oh, he makes it all sound like much less fun and much more like hard work :-(

"You can't help but think that something has gone wrong with how the reorganisation of the BBC has been planned. Either the upper management are too scared to 'tell the truth' to staff. Or last minute changes had to be made because figures didn't add up".

"A shrine to 2 teens killed in a car crash is to be removed after offensive comments were posted on a newspaper's website. After reading negative comments, Jade's mother has decided to take down the flowers and cards from the scene of the tragedy".

"Students blog while they're told to, but the majority stop once the teaching ends. It's like someone saying they want to be a musician, but refusing to play any gigs until they sign a record deal". Not everybody possesses an 'inner blogger' though.