(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. Welcome to part six of the Queensland election coverage for 2015. The below entries cover the period from January 31 onwards. To follow the Twitter stream, see #qldvotes. List of Qld election blogs: Jan 06 – Jan 16: Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015. Jan 17 – Jan 21: Pt 2 […]
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Pt 6 of the Qld election blog for 2015 – Polling and results #qldvotes #qldpol @Qldaah
February 1, 2015
Pt 5 Qld election blog 2015 #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 30, 2015
(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. Welcome to part five of the Queensland election coverage for 2015. The below entries cover the period from January 29 onwards. To follow the Twitter stream, see #qldvotes. List of Qld election blogs: Jan 06 – Jan 16: Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015. Jan 17 – Jan 21: Pt 2 […]
Grassroots spark catches winds of change: @jansant reviews #NoFibs 2014 coverage of #auspol
December 31, 2014
No Fibs editor Margo Kingston comments on her 2014 highlights So, the second year of No Fibs is nearly over. Personal highlights? It’s hard to go past getting back on the ground after so long to report civil disobedience at the #leardblockade (my first Twitter report, No Fibs tribute). As a print journo it was […]
There is an i in Team No Fibs: co-publisher @geeksrulz tells his #NoFibs story #MediaMargo
September 6, 2014
[ts_fab authorid=”2″ tabs=”bio,twitter,custom”] This is the second in a new No Fibs series edited by Margo under her collaborative thesis. The first piece was by Michael Burge … and the next one will be by Tim Dunlop. The Fifth Estate might be new kid on the block, but it already packs a mighty punch above its weight. Everyone […]
#MarchInAugust
The Abbott Truss Government has broken a plethora of election promises in #Budget2014, resulting in picking a fight with a whole cross section of the community. The people are angry and they are marching, again. #MarchInAugust is people power demanding a “Fair Go” and protesting against government decisions that are against the national interest and the well-being of our nation. Abbott himself said: “I […]
Voyage to the new news world: @burgewords #CreatingWaves on online media
August 9, 2014
Margo Kingston asked me to kick-off a new series on No Fibs about the experiences of citizen journalists working with professional journalists in online media. Here is my response. A WEEK after the 2013 federal election I was driving to my casual sub-editing job on a Fairfax weekly newspaper when I let a brilliant photo opportunity go. […]
#leardblockade women
June 5, 2014
[clear] @NoFibs tribute to those who fought at #leardblockade, photos by @margokingston1 Full #LeardBlockade archive of posts Tweets about “#leardblockade” Citizen Journo MARGO KINGSTON preview of Tuesday’s action at the #leardblockadeon Citizen journalist Margo Kingston talks to Paul Bevan about #leardblockade and the hash tag as space for comment from all sides of the debate […]
Winter has come for Leard State Forest and her wildlife: my #leardblockade Twitter report
June 2, 2014
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No right to report civil disobedience? Why @margokingson1 pleads guilty at #leardblockade
May 14, 2014
When I was charged with trespass at the #leardblockade on March 31 (see Getting #leardblockade arrested, WTF is journalism and who’s the extremist: @margokingston1 interview with @dailytelegraph), I sought legal advice on whether I could plead not guilty because of the implied right to freedom of political communication under the Constitution. There is no legal basis for press […]
Stand up, citizen journalists: @burgewords comments on #FairfaxStrike
May 8, 2014
A very simple tweet went out on the same afternoon Fairfax journalists agreed to strike in protest at the company’s plan to cut 80 jobs, mainly in production (layout and sub-editing) and photography. Since the current Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearing will continue through the strike, a citizen journalist (‘CJ’) asked whether any […]
