Writing

Reports

• Routledge: “Innovation challenges in the digital economy” – chapter for a book; Digital World – Connectivity, Creativity and Rights, to be published July 2013.
• The Democratic Society: contributed a thinkpiece – “Hey! Regulator! Leave those Hyperlocals alone!” – to a report on Media Regulation & Democracy.
• NESTA:  “Here and Now: hyper-local in the UK” (15,000+ words, 54 pages, 173 footnotes)
• Online Networked Neighbourhoods: Guest Paper – “Broadcast Community Media in the UK”, Nov, 2010
• Ofcom: Regional and Local Media in the UK – sections on community and hyper-local media, Sept 2009
• Ofcom: Communications Market Reports – sections on recent market developments (England), 2008-11
• CSV: Access for All – case studies of working with hard to reach groups, Dec 2007
• CSV: Transforming Communities – 5 years of achievement, the CSV Action Desks 2001-6, Sep 2006

Articles

BBC College of Journalism

• Understanding traditional media online in the Middle East, 12 Apr, 2013
• Hyperlocal and happy to be in print, 5 Mar, 2013
• (The) Rise and rise of Arabic on Facebook in Middle East, 8 Jan, 2013
• Why families are getting together less – and other internet trends in the Middle East, 7 Dec, 2012
• The Arab internet is developing its own culture, 6 Nov, 2012
• Walking the local TV tightrope, 17 May, 2012
• News media must embrace Facebook and other social networks, 22 Dec, 2011
• UK tech change: we’re doing the same – just in different ways,  8 Nov, 2011
• The tech times they are a changing – faster than ever,  28 Sep, 2011
• The smartphone revolution, 19 Sep, 2011
• Top ten numbers on social networking versus TV,  26 May, 2011
• #bbcsms: Don’t write off the traditional media yet, 25 May, 2011

Online Journalism Blog

• Hyperlocal Voices: Geoff Bowen, Sheffield Forum, 23 Mar, 2013
• Hyperlocal Voices: Paul Smith, HU17.net, 25 Feb, 2013
• Hyperlocal Voices: Simon Pipe, St Helena Online, 04 Oct 2012
• Hyperlocal Voices: Matt Brown, Londonist, 16 Aug 2012
• Hyperlocal Voices: Richard Gurner, Caerphilly Observer, 25 Jul 2012
• Hyperlocal Voices: Ed Walker and Ryan Gibson, Blog Preston, 02 Jul 2012
• Hyperlocal Voices: Rachel Howells, Port Talbot MagNet, 22 Jun 2012
• Hyperlocal Voices: Zoe Jewell and Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog, 12 Jun 2012
• Location, Location, Location, 01 Feb, 2012
• 2011: the UK hyper-local year in review, 04 Jan, 2012
• The rise of local media sales partnerships and 19 other recent hyper-local developments, 07 Dec, 2011
• 20 recent hyper-local developments (June-August 2011) – and why hyper-local matters, 15 Sep, 2011

Third Sector Magazine (Haymarket)

• Broadband is essential, 3 Mar, 2009 (PDF)
• Give community radio a try, 27 Jan, 2009 (PDF)
• Expert View: Internet – The flexibility of fast broadband, 8 Oct, 2008 (PDF)
• Expert View: Digital media – Why pay for an expensive TV ad?, 23 Jul, 2008 (No PDF)
• Expert view: Don’t give up on digital just yet, 26 Mar, 2008 (No PDF)
• Expert view: We must change Ofcom’s auction, 6 Feb, 2008 (PDF)
• Expert view: Silver lining to the BBC’s clouds, 14 Nov, 2007 (PDF)
• Expert view: Australia ain’t what it used to be, 19 Sep, 2007 (PDF)
• Expert view: Get ready for television’s D Day, 4 Jul, 2007 (PDF)

Other

• JustHere: 6˚ of Separation: Rashid Al Kuwar, 5 May, 2013
• Journalism.co.uk: ‘Hyperlocal media is coming in from the cold’, 1 May, 2013
• Qatar Today: “Tablets are the best medicine” (changes in news consumption), April 2013 issue, (Pages 70-72)
• Digital Qatar: How a faster Internet may change how you work, rest and play, 25 Mar 2013
• JustHere: “Hunger Games in Doha” – Abraham Kamarck, founder of Doha Delivery, March 2013
• Qatar Today: “Flying Digital” (Airlines and social media), March 2013 issue (Pages 56-58)
• Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: Cardiff University launches UK’s first Centre for Community Journalism, 13 Mar, 2013
• JustHere: 6˚ of Separation: Jassim Yacob Almass, February 2013
• JustHere: “Tech the talk” – Kapil Bhatia, Founder of the technology website TFour.me, Feb 2013
• JustHere: 6˚ of Separation: Moe Ramadan,  Jan 2013
• JustHere: “She’s got the look” – Razan Suleiman on the birth and growth of BYLENS, Jan 2013.
• Journalism.co.uk: Why hyperlocals should not rule out print, 01 May, 2012
• Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: UK Hyperlocal Challenges And Opportunities, 30 Apr, 2012
• Street Fight: Report Identifies Elements of Hyperlocal Success in the U.K. 27 Apr, 2012
• The Democracy Society: Media regulation: leave hyperlocal out of this, April 23, 2012
• Simpl: Ten things you need to know about over 65s and the internet, May 24, 2011
• JamsBio.com: (Music Memories website later bought by MTV), Launch Writer, 52 by-lines, 2008
• Ofcom: super-fast broadband blog, 6 articles, Autumn 2008
• National Media Museum: “Archive” magazine, article on TV viewing habits, Sept 2008
• Digital One: Buyer’s Guide to DAB Digital Radio (writer and reviewer), Summer 2004
• Guardian: Higher Education supplement, 4 by-lines, Summer 1998

Research Slides

• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 7: Q1 2013 (English, Arabic)
• Digital Digest Special: Social Media in the MENA – 2012 Review (English only)
• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 5: Nov/Dec 2012 (English, Arabic)
• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 4: Sept/Oct 2012 (English, Arabic)
• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 3: August 2012
• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 2: July 2012
• Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 1: June 2012
• Hyper-Local Insights, Nov-Dec 2011, 12 Jan, 2012
• The UK hyper-local year in review, 2011, 02 Jan, 2012
• UK and US Hyper Local Update: Sept-Oct 2011 – 20 key developments, 17 Nov, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, June – August 2011 , 5 Sep, 2011
• Hyper-Local definitions and trends, July 2011, 8 Jul, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, April – May 2011, 16 Jun, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, February – March 2011, 15 Apr, 2011
• 21st Century News, 01 Apr, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, December 2010 – January 2011, 4 Feb, 2011
• Introduction to Hyper-Local media: full 12 inch version, 2 Dec, 2010