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podSix Minecraft Server

Submitted by aendrew on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 10:52
Some of our map near the spawn point.

A couple friends and I run a laid-back survival Minecraft server at podsix.minehost.org. Feel free to connect if you want to check out what we've built, but be forewarned that everything's pretty heavily sandboxed for non-member users.

If you want to become a regular, we're always looking for new players. [Send me an email](h

Media Law lecture -- Feb. 6: Libel law, cont'd

Submitted by aendrew on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 15:41

For next class -- Ch. 20

Libel, cont’d

Quiz of the week:
+ What is the Reynolds Defence? What are the ten factors?
+ What is the offer of amends defence? An example of when it can be used?
+ What is the defence of innocent dissemination?
+ What is the difference between general damages and special damages?
+ What is the rule in Bonnard v. Perryman

Defamation defences

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Entrepreneurial Journalism lecture -- Jan. 31

Submitted by aendrew on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 00:00

Entrepreneurial Journalism — “Journalism in the age of disruption”

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Media Law lecture -- Jan. 31: Libel Law, cont'd

Submitted by aendrew on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 00:00
  • Who can sue?
    • Individuals
      • Not the dead
        • However, complaint can be brought via PCC or Ofcom.
      • Groups of individuals
      • Who is reasonably identifiable?
        • Holton v. Jones 1910
          • Test is whether an allegation could reasonably lead to a person being identified
        • Group of non-English cricketers in 1995 sued Cricket Wisdom for saying “non-England born” players were less dedicated to the team.
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Introduction to Social Management -- Alison Battesby

Submitted by aendrew on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 14:15
  • Having a plan can prove the objectives behind a social media strategy, as well as a way to measure progress.
  • Allows you to:
    • Discover and learn where your audience is
    • Provide extra value to your readers
    • Try things to see what works well and what doesn't
    • Build relationships with influencers outside of organization
  • BBC use social media:
    • Newsgathering — Helps them gather more, and sometimes better, material; can find a wider range of voices, ideas and eyewitnesses quickly
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City Interhacktives blog: It all started online -- #OccupyWallStreet

Submitted by aendrew on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 18:33

I've written a post for the City Interhacktives' "It all started online" year in review series, discussing social media usage for the Occupy Wall Street protests. Read it here.

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RSS feed of planning applications and appeals in Hackney

Submitted by aendrew on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 19:53

UPDATED: Now allows you to filter based on a comma-separated list of wards! More accurate application geolocation data based on eastings/northings! Wicked, yo! See below!

Ever wanted a way to learn about planning applications and appeals in the London borough of Hackney? The borough council's website has an ASP-driven search tool for both applications and appeals, but no way to get the latest ones in something as convenient as an RSS feed.

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Hackney Citizen: "Houseboaters being 'forced out' from Olympics area"

Submitted by aendrew on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 17:02

Latest article in the Hackney Citizen, "Houseboaters being 'forced out' from Olympics area." Set as the featured story on the website's front page at time of this post.

British Waterways (BW) has been accused of “forcing out” Hackney’s boaters after it announced plans to limit mooring times and impose fines for overstaying in an area close to the Olympic site.

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All Hackney ward maps in one KMZ shapefile

Submitted by aendrew on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 01:40

As part of a project I'm working on for the Hackney Citizen, I'm creating a comprehensive map of a lot of different stuff going on in Hackney. One thing that would be particularly useful would be ward boundaries, ultimately comprising the area of the whole borough.

Much to my surprise, I could not find a single omnibus Hackney ward shapefile anywhere online. Thus I've created one, attached to this blog post.

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Visualizing the UNODC

Submitted by aendrew on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 15:24

The UNODC's yearly World Drug Report is always a fun piece of data to play with. For my data journalism course, I've used some of their stats to visualize aspects of it.

Below I've done a bubble chart showing consumption data. The size of the bubble shows total regional consumption, while each slice shows regional consumption of each drug.

What does any of it mean? Well, two really obvious things:

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