Words Dept.

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Steve Bell: “Lash me with wisteria” – Absurdity of the MPs’ expenses row successfully nailed by Guardian cartoonist. Blog This, Grandma – I really love this phrase. Tim Luckhurst: The BBC pays too much for too [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Nielsen Wire: Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term Growth – "Twitter has enjoyed a nice ride over the last few months, but it will not be able to sustain its meteoric rise without establishing a higher [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Video: Hilaire Bollock – BBC regional presenter makes testicle goof. Media Guardian: MEN Media and NUJ settle dispute – Strike ballot called off. Less redundancies than originally planned but local offices will still shut. Radio 4 [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Journalism.co.uk: The social effects of disappearing regional newspapers "That loss is something people won't necessarily be fighting for because they don't know they're losing it. We as journalists – that's our job – it's for us [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Nik Hewitt: Can local newspapers still win at digital? – “Digital is where we should be driving traffic, where we can provide the excellent journalistic content we have in abundance to a targeted online audience.” Malcolm [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. BBC News (Video): Local newspapers in decline – Report by Nick Higham about what happens when local papers close. How to get a football legend to insult a singer – Extremely funny post from the "occasional drummer for Dakota Suite". Well worth reading, especially if you're a Liverpool fan. [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Creature Features – The site that likes to ask: What if Virginia Woolf was a wolf? And then shows you. BBC News: Runaway horse in French capital – Something weirdly beautiful about this video. More Adam Tinworth: NUJ: “effing blogs” – Analytics jiggery-pokery reveals NUJ anti-blog prejudice

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Journalism.co.uk: BBC Trustees’ expenses revealed online – Loving the phrase "opinion formers" Why Robbie Keane is like a Virgin Train – Actually, Keane is probably cheaper than the train fare. Slight technical hitch (video) Messed up advert spotted by Robert Popper