Posts Tagged “future of journalism”

Introducing… Wannabe Hacks

by Nick Petrie on August 19, 2010

So I am two months out of university and have just started an internship at the New Statesman (more on that later) and I wanted to tell you all about this fantastic new project, it’s called Wannbe Hacks. The elevator pitch (…)

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Innovation is dead. Long live innovation.

by Nick Petrie on May 24, 2010

Having spent the day at Jeecamp, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on the day. This year the (semi) Unconference feels like it has focused more on the business / innovation side of journalism than ever before. It was a very different experience to the unconference of a year ago, however I do not think the more formal nature of the event is entirely to blame.

When attending last year I had been elected as Redbrick editor only days before and as such I had a platform with which I could experiment. This time around I have nowhere to try-out the ideas and possibilities that have come out of the discussions I had on Friday