I’m at an event today organised by the World Food Programme on Social media for humanitarian change. Some interesting speakers from the worlds of humanitarian assistance and social media. Hoping to hear about how people are using social media to affect change. If there’s anything exciting I will blog it, or you can also followContinue reading “Social media for humanitarian change”
Tag Archives: social media
Digital manners
I found the following tweet on my timeline this morning: @euonymblog can you twitt a bit less on ordinary things ? – we’re following you bc of the eu-part, txs I have to admit, I was (and remain) quite annoyed about it, and I’ve been trying to work out why. I think it comes downContinue reading “Digital manners”
Congratulations Charlemagne!
I was at the UACES/ThomsonReuters award for Reporting Europe last night. A nice event for several reasons. Firstly because I got to see several people I like who were over from Brussels, including Oana Lungescu and Stephen Castle, both of whom were nominated. Secondly, it’s good to recognise quality reporting on Europe when it occurs, backingContinue reading “Congratulations Charlemagne!”
Ben
Was at a great event last night – a debate between Science Minister Lord Drayson and Ben Goldacre, of Bad Science fame, at the Royal Institution. The Times Higher carried it as a webcast and it should be online for a while. It was great for several reasons: Firstly, it was about the quality ofContinue reading “Ben”