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Future Human Event: Data Journalism
Julian Assange’s lawyer and a journalist who helped break the MP expenses scandal sit on a panel about data journalism at the Book Club next month.
Food Writing Course @ Leiths
Leiths unveil food writing and food styling courses for bloggers and budding pros.
Spoof Jenks Day: Science Bloggers Take Aim At Simon Jenkins
Ever been riled by the opinions of Evening Standard and Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins? The award-winning journalist, Crossrail critic and knight of the realm may have found his match in a group of scientists, headed by UCL researcher Jennifer Rohn, who are ‘experimenting’ with Jenkins. …
I’m A Photographer, Not A Terrorist
On Saturday, Trafalgar square saw.the I’m a photographer, not a terrorist mass turnout defend our rights to street photography and protest at the abuse of terror laws. This peaceful, jolly and snap happy event, attended by both pro and amateur photographers, and a few stray …
Review: The Frontline Club’s Photography Networking Party
You’ve just started reading an article by a citizen journalist, accompanied by a photo taken by an amateur. You may even have personally contributed to this site, or others like it, or found that your Flickr photos have made their way into someone else’s online …
Review: Between the Covers @ The Women’s Library
‘How Liberated Are You?’ a quiz from a 1978 issue of Cosmopolitan asks. ‘Are you Bridget Jones?’ asks Cosmo today. The former invited readers to reflect on gender roles in their relationships, home life and workplace 30 years ago. The latter asks you to monitor …
Memorial To Killed Reporters Unveiled
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will today unveil a memorial to casualties of war often ignored by the general public: reporters, journalists, photographers and their attendant translators killed whilst working. The memorial, a glass and steel cone atop the new wing of Broadcasting House in …
Artist Profile: Free Range 2007, Christopher Butt
. As Free Range 2007 moves into its second week, Londonist has a chat with Christopher Butt from University College for the Creative Arts in Epsom and finds out about his work and love of weird smells. Christopher, tell us a little bit about you …
Review: Soundwaves at Kinetica Museum
On entering Kinetica Museum’s new Soundwaves exhibition, you’re likely to first stumble upon a collaboration between Slade School of Fine Art graduates Lu Clarke and Jaye Ho. The aptly-named “Collaboration 1″ is comprised of an array of speakers arranged on the floor, each containing a …
Blogjammin’
We were going to write a long detailed explanation of why we’re once again doing a weekly blog roundup and then realised that only a few days (and a few centuries) ago Samuel Pepys had done the job for us: (Lord’s day). Lay long in …
