How modern journalism works I’ve posted on LinkedIn about being shortlisted for the 2020 British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) journalism awards. It’s worth emphasising how much work goes into high-quality journalism. This will be entirely recognisable to any journalist but perhaps non-editorial folks are unaware of how modern journalism works. Read more…
A crack team of freelance writers will shortly be available to add news and features to your website or to start up an editorial project such as a newspaper, magazine or mobile news service. We can run an entire editorial service without an office and without the overheads. We can Read more…
Chris Wheal’s latest editorial project, Capital.com, is now visible worldwide and the app that funds our editorial work is downloadable from the UK app store. The editorial is provided by a team of (currently) eight UK freelance journalists. We operate through a Brighton-based agency, Lark, which handles the admin and Read more…
WordFence security plugin for WordPress websites appears to lock down the site, keep out hackers and destroy malware. Even the free version looks good, but I have paid. With WordPress so popular, hackers have long targeted weaknesses within the CMS or within individual plugins and themes. There are constant updates Read more…
On hosted WordPress (that’s WordPress.org, not WordPress.com) you can install plugins that add functionality to your site. This can be to the visible part of the site or the back-office – the content management system (CMS). Here are a few I have installed and found useful: All in One SEO Read more…
I teach Build Your Own Website. I use WordPress, one of the most successful blogging platforms that is widely used as a commercial content management system (CMS) to run websites. These are my latest two videos I created to help new users set up their hosted webspace to run WordPress Read more…
Compiling the data for a Post Mgazine infographic comparing the payouts for similar bodily injury claims was a challenge. The government won’t give you the data because it has sold it. My idea was to have two badly injured bodies depicted next to each other. One would be poorly bandaged, Read more…
One of the worst press offices of 2014 was the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As the main regulator for the financial services industry this is not good news for financial journalists. My experience of the FCA press office in January suggests there have been no positive New Year resolutions. Telegraph Read more…
To phone or to email: that is the question. As a journalist, if you phone a PR, they will ask you to email your questions over, but if you just email, press officers never answer – until you call to remind them. Or is it just me?
Much of what WordPress does is available free of charge but some things are worth paying for. Two plugins I have paid for and in which I have seen the value are: Anti-Spam by Cleantalk Associated Post Pro by Dennis Hoppe. Cleantalk is a spam filter for comments. It works Read more…
How modern journalism works I’ve posted on LinkedIn about being shortlisted for the 2020 British Read more…
A crack team of freelance writers will shortly be available to add news and features Read more…
Chris Wheal’s latest editorial project, Capital.com, is now visible worldwide and the app that funds Read more…
WordFence security plugin for WordPress websites appears to lock down the site, keep out hackers Read more…
On hosted WordPress (that’s WordPress.org, not WordPress.com) you can install plugins that add functionality to Read more…
