Passionate about technology, media and chocolate eclairs, I've worked in web and print for over twenty years and now run a digital media consultancy in Scotland.
The Guardian has announced a plan to reveal its newslist before it researches and publishes its content.
This is a move that will send shudders down the spines of many a news editor, and could potentially backfire.
Asking the public for input before writing a story just seems like common sense - but will it work if journalists have to go against one of their firmly-held beliefs.
The newslist is the... 
In the real world, the Boston Globe is a hard-hitting broadsheet newspaper. It is the largest circulation title in New England and it has, for a long time, had a website that delivers content to an online audience.
Last week, it was itself in the news for redesigning its website. So what? Websites are being redesigned every day, that’s not a story I hear you say.
But what the Boston Globe has done... 
When a journalist takes the editor’s seat for the first time on a publication, his or her first editorial is an exciting piece to write. It will be the first opportunity to champion the changes that he or she believes in, and it will be the benchmark against which their journalistic aspirations are measured.
In his first week in the top job at The Drum, Gordon Young writes about how the internet is... 
A hyperlocal news blogger has turned the print-to-digital convergence model on its head by publishing a print version of his blog. (Guardian: Hyperlocal blogger expands into print publishing)
In a complete reversal of what is happening elsewhere in the publishing industry, where many newspapers are battling against dwindling advertising revenue and circulation figures, an entrepreneurial blogger could... 
News that the Metro city newspaper will be posting reviews on Foursquare (UK newspaper puts editorial content onto Foursquare) shows more proof that adventurous publishers are willing to put social media to the test.
Although the mobile geolocation service has yet to reach critical mass, it is wholesale support of this type of development that will help it get a leg up to become a recognised tool for... 
