Alan McGuinness » website http://alanmcguinness.com The work of a local newspaper reporter taking his first steps in the industry Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:16:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Centre for Journalism Newswire http://alanmcguinness.com/centre-for-journalism-newswire/647/ http://alanmcguinness.com/centre-for-journalism-newswire/647/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:52:51 +0000 Alan http://alanmcguinness.com/?p=647

As part of the online block of my Convergent Journalism module, the Centre for Journalism is having an online newsday on Wednesday (24th February).

Throughout the day we will be adding articles and multimedia content to a custom built website – the CfJ Newswire.

The site isn’t 100% ready, but be sure to check it out on the day for all the latest news, comment and sport.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

]]> http://alanmcguinness.com/centre-for-journalism-newswire/647/feed/ 0 Portfolio update http://alanmcguinness.com/portfolio-update-2/327/ http://alanmcguinness.com/portfolio-update-2/327/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:10:22 +0000 Alan http://alanmcguinness.com/?p=327 I’ve just finished a second update of my portfolio. You can now view my work at Sky News and Kent Online on my ‘Portfolio‘ page.

]]> http://alanmcguinness.com/portfolio-update-2/327/feed/ 0 Journalism students: have your own domain name http://alanmcguinness.com/journalism-students-have-your-own-domain-name/298/ http://alanmcguinness.com/journalism-students-have-your-own-domain-name/298/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:53:32 +0000 Alan http://alanmcguinness.com/?p=298 One thing every journalism student should have is their own domain name. That’s according to Alfred Hermida, assistant professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, the University of British Columbia.

As a young journalist at university I can attest to and agree with what Adrian says. It is your presence online, your “digital calling card”, as he puts it.

My website allows me to showcase my work through the portfolio page and what subjects I’m interested in via my posts, tweets and favourite links on Delicious. Anyone reading this site will now I’m a bit of a football fanatic that loves to write about the beautiful game.

I can also contact fellow journalists and readers and strike up a dialogue with them. It’s definitely been a worthwhile investment of my time.

What initially put me off was my lack of coding knowledge, and I think that is the case with a number of my colleagues on my course. The first time we covered it in Convergent Journalism I did do a slight double-take I will readily admit.

Luckily for me, my friend Nick (who admits himself is a bit of a geek) knew plenty and spent a significant amount of time making this site what you see today and showing me the ropes.

Invest a bit of time learning some coding and it will pay off. I’d recommend having your own personal website to every journalism student.

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