John Kellden

Phil Mac Giolla Bhain showing what ‘socially present journalism’ looks like…

Mick Fealty on April 9, 2014, 5:33 pm

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“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations So a little vicarious glory via sometimes Slugger blogger Phil Mac Giolla Bhain who has made it to number 10 in the Press Gazette’s top social journalists (not bad for a Glasgow Irishman ensconced in the west Donegal Gaeltacht…) It’s all his own doing of course. The key is to maintain social presence. Phil’s success has been …

SF’s YouTube #fail: The audience also own the frames which surround your ‘social data’…

Mick Fealty on June 26, 2013, 6:47 pm

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I was very happy to see John had picked up early on the ‘Minister hit by Jeep’ controversy at the weekend. It facilitated a fascinating conversation, and captured the fact that reader DC’s satirical response to An Phoblacht’s YouTube video of the incident was taken down after a complaint of copyright infringement from An Phoblacht themselves. An Phoblacht’s view count was way off their normal scale. By the end of 24 hours it had had 44k views. A success you …