Industry and Corporate Reports (Sole Author)
- Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon: Local Journalism in the Pacific Northwest: Why It Matters, How It’s Evolving, and Who Pays for It (UO Scholars Bank, Academia.edu, SlideShare, Scribd, SSRN, Story on UO School of Journalism website)
- Damian Radcliffe: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2016 (Available on University of Oregon Scholars Bank, SlideShare, Scribd, Academia.Edu, UNESCO / United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Media Literacy Portal, SSRN. or download it here.)
- Damian Radcliffe: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2015 (also available on University of Oregon Scholars Bank, Scribd, SlideShare, Academia.edu, UNESCO Media Literacy Portal and SSRN.)
- Cardiff University and Nesta: Where are we now? UK hyperlocal media and community journalism in 2015 (Available on Scribd, Academia.edu and SSRN Summary Slides.)
- Damian Radcliffe: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2014 (available on Scribd, SlideShare, Academia.edu and SSRN.)
- ictQATAR: Emerging Social Media Platforms in Qatar (Launch slides, Press Release, Media coverage, English Summary, Arabic Summary, (full report), English, Arabic, Sribd, Academia.edu)
- ictQATAR: Full Report: “The attitudes of online users in the MENA region to cybersafety, security and data privacy in MENA” (English, Arabic, Report launch slides, Launch event write-up, Video of launch lecture at Georgetown University)
- ictQATAR: Report Summary: The attitudes of Internet users in the Middle East to Cybersafety, Security and Data Privacy, May 2014 (English, Arabic, Report launch slides, Infographic [En/Ar])
- ictQATAR: Social Media Use In Qatar: The Story Of 2013 (Slides: English, Arabic, published February 2014)
- ictQATAR: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2013 (Slides: English, Arabic, published January 2014)
- ictQATAR: Social Media in the MENA – 2012 Review (English, Arabic)
- NESTA: “Here and Now: hyper-local in the UK”, (Also on SSRN), May 2012
- CSV: Access for All – case studies of working with hard to reach groups, December 2007
- CSV: Transforming Communities – 5 years of achievement, the CSV Action Desks 2001-6, September 2006
Industry and Corporate Reports (Co-Author/Editor)
- University of Oregon: Social Media in the Middle East, The Story of 2017, by Damian Radcliffe and Amanda Lam. Download the report on the University of Oregon.Scholars’ Bank, embed on Scribd, SlideShare and Academia.edu.
- Tow Center for Digital Journalism: Local News in a Digital World: Small-Market Newspapers in the Digital Age, by Damian Radcliffe; Christopher Ali (Available via: Columbia Academic Commons, CJR)
- Tow Center for Digital Journalism: Life at small-market newspapers: A survey of over 400 journalists, by Damian Radcliffe, Christopher Ali and Rosalind Donald, (available via CJR, GitBook, Columbia Academic Commons)
- Abramis Academic Publishing: Data Journalism: Inside the global future, by
- Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015, supplementary study, by Richard Fletcher and Damian Radcliffe with David A. L. Levy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Nic Newman.
Book Chapters, Industry and Corporate Reports (Contributor)
- Hurst Publishers: Book chapter, “E-Government in the GCC Countries: Promises and Impediments,” in Digital Middle East, State and Society in the Information Age, Mohamed Zayani (Published, November 2017).
- Abramis Academic Publishing: Book chapter, ‘Data Journalism in the USA’ in Data Journalism (2017), Edited by John Mair et al. (Published September 2017). Also available on SSRN.
- Abramis Academic Publishing: Book chapter, “Ten ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump,” in Brexit, Trump and the Media, edited by
- ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller: 2016 Arab Youth Survey, essay on “The Age of Social” (page 42 of the 2016 white paper)
- Northwestern University in Qatar: Expert commentary ‘Closing the Digital Divide Benefits Content Creators, Not Just Consumers’ in Media Industries in the Middle East, 2016,
- Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015, supplementary study, essay on “How Turkey Uses Social Media,” co-written with Esra Doğramacı.
- Abramis Academic Publishing: Book chapter, “The importance of little data: creating an impact at a local level“, in Data Journalism: Inside the global future
- Abramis Academic Publishing: Book chapter, “The role of data journalism in US and UK local and community media,” in “Data Journalism: Mapping the future” (buy via: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk. Also available via SSRN).
- Abramis Academic Publishing: “Hyper-local Media: A Small but Growing Part of the Local Media Ecosystem” chapter for book; “What do we mean by local? The rise, fall and possible rise again of local journalism” – published September 2013.
- Routledge: Book chapter, “Innovation challenges in the digital economy” in Digital World – Connectivity, Creativity and Rights, published July 2013.
- The Democratic Society: Book chapter, “Hey! Regulator! Leave those Hyperlocals alone!” in a publication on Media Regulation & Democracy, 2012.
- Online Networked Neighbourhoods: Guest Paper – “Broadcast Community Media in the UK”, November, 2010
- Ofcom: Regional and Local Media in the UK – sections on community and hyper-local media, September 2009
- Ofcom: Communications Market Reports – sections on recent market developments (England), 2008-11
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles + Conference Papers
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Digital Journalism (journal): The Digital Life of Small Market Newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Thomas R. Schmidt, Damian Radcliffe & Rosalind Donald (2018), DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1513810
- Journalism (Journal): Searching for Sheboygans: On the future of small market newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Damian Radcliffe, Thomas R Schmidt, Rosalind Donald, 01 January 2018.
- Journalism Practice (Journal): Practicing Engagement, Participatory journalism in the Web 2.0 era, by Regina G. Lawrence, Damian Radcliffe & Thomas R. Schmidt, 03 November 2017.
- Ali, Radcliffe, Donald and Schmidt (2017) ‘Why don’t we talk about local news anymore? Conversations with experts on the future of small market newspapers.’ [Paper accepted and presented at the 67th ICA Annual Conference, 25-29 May 2017 in San Diego.]
- Ali, Radcliffe, Donald and Schmidt (2016/17) ‘Searching for Sheboygans.’ [Paper accepted for Ryerson University School of Journalism: “Is no local news bad news? Local journalism and its future” conference. be held 3-4 June, Toronto, Canada, 2017.]
- Lawrence, Radcliffe and Schmidt (2016) ‘Practicing “Engagement”: A Cross-National Comparison.’ Presented by Dr. Lawrence at the International Journal of Press/Politics Conference, Oxford University, 30th September 2016.
- Radcliffe, D (2016) “A importância dos dados para o jornalismo local” / The Importance of Data for Local Journalism, Comunicação & Educação, São Paulo, v. 22, n. 1, p. 85-97, June 2017. ISSN 2316-9125 (in Portuguese).
- Radcliffe, D and Scarbrough, H (2016) ‘How and why Hyper-Local Journalism Looks Different in the U.K.,’ in Communication & Education (Comunicação & Educação), a Brazilian publication in the area of Communication and Education, edited by the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) [Translated into Portuguese. In Press.]
Media/Popular Press Articles
BBC College of Journalism / BBC Academy
- New York City: Still spreading the news, 25 May 2018
- Facebook down, online comedy up – and other Middle East social media trends that journalists should know about (with Amanda Lam), 09 March 2018
- How has social media changed in the Middle East since the Arab Spring?, 14 March 2017
- Did a robot write this article? The upsides and downsides of automated journalism, 27 June 2016
- Seven things I learned from visiting 18 New York media companies, 13 June 2016
- Local data journalism: Five tips and a few key things to consider, 02 February 2016
- Three challenges to journalism in the Middle East, 30 November 2015 (Also published on MediaShift, 16 December 2015)
- Turkey’s relationship with social media: “it’s complicated” (with Esra Doğramacı), 03 November 2015
- What next for community journalism?, 09 September 2015
- How can policy makers support hyperlocal media? 25 June 2015
- Ten ways hyperlocal media contributes to UK journalism, 01 May 2015
- Social media catching up with TV as trusted news source in Middle East, 11 February 2015
- WhatsApp now clear social media leader in Qatar, including for news, 06 January 2015
- Five key findings about hyperlocal journalism in the UK, 24 September 2014
- Managing the legal risks of UGC: Copyright, 02 September 2014
- Managing the legal risks of UGC: Key issues to consider, 29 August 2014
- Five ways local media can help itself #localjournalism, 08 July 2014
- A quick media guide to Qatar and the Middle East, 05 June 2014
- Cardiff Uni’s Mooc plus Nesta guide a shot in the arm for hyperlocal, 22 April 2014
- Data stories need context for hyperlocal audiences, 4 February 2014
- Why smartphone saturation in the Middle East matters, 27 November 2013
- Hyperlocal media: A small but growing part of the local media ecosystem, 16 September, 2013
- Twitter takes off in Saudi – and other news of social media in the Arab world, 1 August, 2013
- Understanding traditional media online in the Middle East, 12 April, 2013
- Hyperlocal and happy to be in print, 5 March, 2013
- (The) Rise and rise of Arabic on Facebook in Middle East, 8 January, 2013
- Why families are getting together less – and other internet trends in the Middle East, 7 December, 2012
- The Arab internet is developing its own culture, 6 November, 2012
- Walking the local TV tightrope, 17 May, 2012
- News media must embrace Facebook and other social networks, 22 December, 2011
- UK tech change: we’re doing the same – just in different ways, 8 November, 2011
- The tech times they are a changing – faster than ever, 28 September, 2011
- The smartphone revolution, 19 September, 2011
- Top ten numbers on social networking versus TV, 26 May, 2011
- #bbcsms: Don’t write off the traditional media yet, 25 May, 2011
The Conversation
- Is local news on the cusp of a renaissance?, 22 October 2016 (Also republished by Salon, Newsify (App), San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate, Lee Enterprises (Newspaper chain), Idaho Press-Tribune, EconoTimes, International Policy Digest, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and others.)
- 10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump, 01 December 2016 (Also published in MediaShift, Salon, Business Standard, Lifehacker, RepubHub, Business Standard (India), GovTech, Associated Press, EconoTimes, SFGate, Fairfield Citizen (Connecticut), Albany Times-Union, Houston Chronicle, Beaumont Enterprise (Texas) and others.)
- Experts’ roundtable: The future of journalism in Trump’s America, 29 November 2016
- Social media is changing our digital news habits – but to varying degrees in US and UK (with Dr David Levy), 15 June 2016 [Also appeared in The Epoch Times, Associated Press, Seattle PI, SF Gate, Fairfield Citizen, EconoTimes]
- Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?, 24 February 2016 (Also published on The Huffington Post, Your Middle East, Informed Comment, Scroll.in, World Economic Forum, Oximity, Ewan 24)
Digital Content Next
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From search to smart speakers: Why voice is too big for media companies to ignore, 28 June 2018
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7 reasons you should pay attention to podcasting, 10 May 2018
- Why Comcast is investing in blockchain (and maybe you should too), 29 March 2018
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The 3 trends media execs need to watch in 2018, 11 January 2018
- How British broadcasters are responding to digital: 7 transferable takeaways, 23 October 2017
- Five things you need to know about millennial media habits, 22 September 2017
The Huffington Post
- The Media Habits Of Millennials, Generation Z, And The Rest Of Us: In Five Key Charts, 27 November 2017
- British TV Habits In Five Charts, 13 November 2017
- Seven Ways Tech Is Changing Journalism and News Consumption, 20 June 2016
- Five Tech Priorities for the new UK Government, 26 May 2015
- Why Super-Fast Broadband Matters, 06 February 2015
- Ten Ways People Are Using 3D Printing, 08 December 2014
- Understanding the Attitudes and Behaviours of Internet Users in the Middle East, 20 October 2014
- 10 New Innovations In eCommerce, 17 September 2014
- Middle East Tech News: All You Need to Know From the Last Three Months, 12 August 2014
- Five Charts Showing How Chat Apps Joined the Social Media Mainstream, 7 April 2014
- Understanding Social Media in the Middle East, 10 February, 2014
- Children & ICT – The Global Village in Action, 7 November, 2013
IJNet (International Journalists’ Network)
- Five global social media trends to know, 13 June 2018
- 5 social media trends for journalists to watch in the Middle East (with Amanda Lam. Also available in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese), 07 March 2018
- Understanding social media in China (with Kristin Peixotto, also available in Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese), 29 November 2017
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8 key trends in local journalism (originally published on MediaShift), (Arabic version), 20 October 2017
- Inside Iran’s digital revolution (with Kristin Peixotto), (Spanish version, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese) 02 October 2017
- 8 global news habits you probably didn’t know about, (Also available in Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese), 29th August 2017
- 4 revealing takeaways from the GEN Summit 2017, 7th July 2017, (Spanish version, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese) 7th July 2017
- Potent podcasting: 7 principles to make your audio pop, (Spanish version, Arabic, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese) 26 June 2017
- How the Middle East uses social media: 5 key trends, (Spanish version, Portuguese). Also republished by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in Arabic and Kurdish. 18 May 2017
journalism.co.uk
- 10 tips for setting up your LinkedIn profile, 15 March 2018
- A history of audio storytelling: 10 seminal moments and timeless formats, 15 January 2018
- 10 key principles for data-driven storytelling, 28 November 2017
- Fresh approaches to the role of journalism at local titles in the Pacific Northwest, 05 October 2017
- 10 format ideas for short-form audio storytelling, 13 February 2017
- 20 essential tips for journalism graduates and jobseekers, 5 July 2016
- 12 lessons about live radio and building a relationship with the audience, 27 January 2016
- The mainstreaming of data reporting and what it means for journalism schools (with August Frank and Ying Ying Yang), 18 December 2015
- 5 predictions for hyperlocal media in 2015, 11 February 2015
- 5 ways hyperlocal sites can do more with data, 18 February 2014
- ‘Where hyperlocal media should focus its attention’, 16 September, 2013
- ‘Hyperlocal media is coming in from the cold’, 1 May, 2013
- Why hyperlocals should not rule out print, 01 May, 2012
JustHere (Qatar)
- “Camel with a camera” – Stefan Lindberg-Jones, Head Guy at Ginger Camel and founder of Think Big Qatar, 26 May, 2013
- 6˚ of Separation: Rashid Al Kuwar, 5 May, 2013
- “Hunger Games in Doha” – Abraham Kamarck, founder of Doha Delivery, March 2013
- 6˚ of Separation: Jassim Yacob Almass, February 2013
- “Tech the talk” – Kapil Bhatia, Founder of the technology website TFour.me, February 2013
- 6˚ of Separation: Moe Ramadan, January 2013
- “She’s got the look” – Razan Suleiman on the birth and growth of BYLENS, January 2013.
- How Qatar uses Social Media, 15 December 2014
- 15 things you need to know about Internet users in the Middle East, 13 Nov 2014
- 10 of the latest digital developments from the Middle East, 5 Nov 2014
- 10 ways tech is transforming education, 10 Oct 2014
- 10 innovations in eCommerce, 11 Sep 2014
- 10 new digital developments in the Middle East, 6 Aug 2014
- #TechForGood – 10 global examples, 15 Jul 2014
- The first digital World Cup? 10 ways Brazil 2014 kicked previous tournaments into touch, 30 Jun 2014
- How people in the Middle East use social media, 24 May 2014
- If talk is cheap, why are chat apps becoming such big business?, 18 Apr 2014
- Broadband for All? Why we need to work together to ensure that everyone can get online, 27 Mar 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest: 10 things you need to know from the last 3 months, 16 March 2014
The Media Briefing
- Eight of the most surprising slides from Mary Meeker’s 2017 internet trends report, 05 June 2017
- How Generation Z, Millennials (and the rest of us) consume media: 7 key trends, 22 May 2017
- Study: Why publishers need to approach native advertising with caution, 24 April 2017
- Six strategic lessons for publishers moving “beyond the article”, 03 April 2017
- The global media landscape: in eight charts, 13 February 2017
- Innovation in news media: five key findings, 30 January 2017
- Five reasons why engagement is so hot right now, 03 January 2017
- Seven lessons for publishers from the Dallas Morning News, 19 December 2016
- What are the prospects for media companies in the Middle East?, 31 October 2016
- Public Service Broadcasting in the UK: 10 key charts, 05 September 2016
- PwC’s global media outlook 2016-2020: six key trends, 15 August 2016
- The state of news media in the US: what you need to know, 01 August 2016
- What Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2016 means for your business, 08 June 2016
- Meet the start-up which argues better audience engagement can improve your bottom line, as well as your content, 06 June 2016
- Nine trends in US media consumption: in charts, 03 May 2016
- Key insights into newspaper subscription models in the US, 04 April 2016
- Has the podcasting renaissance been overstated?, 14 March 2016
- Trends in global advertising revenues and media consumption: 8 essential charts, 08 February 2016
- 2015 retrospective: 8 major developments to note, 11 January 2016
- How Teens and Tweens use media and technology: Six areas to be aware of, 14 December 2015
- Seven reasons why Snapchat is so hot right now, 12 November 2015
- Innovation lessons from the Cambodia Daily, 11 August 2015
- 6 Global Social Media Trends in charts, 29 July 2015
- How America watches TV: 8 trends to be aware of, 23 July 2015
- How can crowdfunding support media business models?, 08 July 2015 (also republished by the Global Investigative Journalism Network)
- How will global media consumption and advertising change by 2017?, 01 July 2015
- The way we were: 10 ways UK media consumption has changed in the last decade, 24 June 2015
- Can European start-ups reshape the digital landscape?, 22 June 2015
- 9 key takeaways from the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015, 16 June 2015
- Are you an attention ninja? What Microsoft’s study into digital media habits means for advertisers, 10 June 2015
- 5 must read slides about internet markets in 2015, 05 June 2015
- How the BBC is harnessing mobile platforms to engage global audiences, 02 June 2015
- Seven internet trends you need to be aware of, 29 May 2015
- What’s in the Secretary of State’s inbox? Ten key media issues for new head of DCMS to consider, 15 May 2015
MediaShift
- 8 Key Trends in Local Journalism, 18 October 2017
- Demystifying Media: Five Lessons in Trust and the Media (with Sami Edge), 12 July 2017
- Digital News Report: U.S. Audiences More Willing to Pay for News; Voice-Activated Services the Next Frontier, 22 June 2017
- How the State of Local News Varies (and Doesn’t) Around the World, 31 May 2017
- Slow News: How Taking the Time to Listen and Focus Can Help Journalism’s Future, 19 April 2017
- 10 Social Media Lessons from the Middle East in 2016, 29 December 2016
- The Upsides (and Downsides) of Automated Robot Journalism, 7 July 2016
- How Mic Works to Target ‘Misunderstood’ Millennials, 29 June 2016
- 5 Key Findings, 20 Essential Stats: Inside 2016’s Digital News Report, 20 June 2016
- 5 Tips and Best Practices for Hyper-Local Data Journalism, 17 May 16
- Five Years After the Arab Spring, What Does Social Media Mean in the Middle East?, 29 March 2016
- How and Why Hyper-Local Journalism Looks Different in the U.K. (with Hannah Scarbrough), 21 March 2016
- Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Data Journalism, 25 February 2016
- The Three Big Challenges to Journalism in the Middle East, 16 December 15
nuviun
- Fish Where the Fishes Are: How the BBC is Using Mobile Messaging Apps to Engage Audiences, 23 June 2015
- How 4G mobile connections are changing health monitoring, 08 June 2015
- Profiles in Digital Health: Andre Persidsky, Prana Tech, 26 May 2015
- 10 new things we learned about digital healthcare from the World Economic Forum, 14 May 2015
- Profiles in Digital Health: FrontlineSMS, 28 April 2015
- What Pew’s new global attitudes research means for digital health providers, 09 April 2015
- New study assesses the vitality of ehealth websites in the GCC region, 23 March 2015
- “You Click, We Care.” Profile in Digital Health: Raouf Khalil, CEO of Mobile Doctors 24/7, 17 March 2015
- 3 global lessons for eHealth providers, 10 March 2015
- How Japan is leading the way in medical uses for 8K Super Hi-Vision, 03 March 2015
- mHealth in the Middle East, 26 February 2015
- Profiles in Digital Health, The Indigo Trust, 17 February 2015
- 5 major digital health trends we will see in 2015, 03 February 2015
- Where next for wearables? 19 January 2015
Online Journalism Blog
- Stop being a snob: 10 ways hyperlocal media is contributing to UK journalism, 02 May 2015
- #Hyperlocal Voices: Niall Norbury, Alt Reading, 19, January 2015
- Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog and Brixton Bugle, 24 November 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Jenny Shepherd, Upper Calder Valley Plain Speaker, 03 November 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Mark Baynes, Love Wapping, 01 October 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Jack Davies, Tongwynlais, 22 September 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Geraldine Durrant, East Grinstead Online, 28 August 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Matthew Duffy, Coventry Culture, 18 July 2014
- Hyperlocal media and engagement with political parties: what’s been your experience? 22 May 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices: Jamie Summerfield, A Little Bit of Stone, 05 May 2014
- Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Ray Duffill, Hedon Blog, 6 December, 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices: David Williams, MyTown Media, 26 November 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices: Annemarie Flanagan, Editor of EalingToday.co.uk, 11 July, 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live, 03, June, 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices: Geoff Bowen, Sheffield Forum, 23 March, 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices: Paul Smith, HU17.net, 25 February, 2013
- Hyperlocal Voices: Simon Pipe, St Helena Online, 04 October 2012
- Hyperlocal Voices: Matt Brown, Londonist, 16 August 2012
- Hyperlocal Voices: Richard Gurner, Caerphilly Observer, 25 July 2012
- Hyperlocal Voices: Ed Walker and Ryan Gibson, Blog Preston, 02 July 2012
- Hyperlocal Voices: Rachel Howells, Port Talbot MagNet, 22 June 2012
- Hyperlocal Voices: Zoe Jewell and Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog, 12 June 2012
- Location, Location, Location, 01 February, 2012
- 2011: the UK hyper-local year in review, 04 January, 2012
- The rise of local media sales partnerships and 19 other recent hyper-local developments, 07 December, 2011
- 20 recent hyper-local developments (June-August 2011) – and why hyper-local matters, 15 September, 2011
Qatar Today
- Watch what you are watching (April 2014 issue, pages 82-84)
- Top tech trends for 2015 (March 2014 issue, pages 72-74)
- 5 major tech trends from CES (February 2014 issue, pages 71-73)
- An emerging breed of mobile worker, May 2014 issue (Pages 72-73, copy here)
- 14 mobile stories to start 2014, February 2014 issue (Pages 74-75, copy here)
- Why Broadband Matters, January 2014 issue (Pages 14-16)
- We are on the Cloud, January 2014 issue (Pages 76-78)
- Getting Connected, December 2013 issue (Copy here)
- Health 2.0, September 2013 issue (Cross-post here)
- How technology can make our roads – and us – safer, July 2013 (Copy here)
- Digital Addiction: Time for a Digitox?, June 2013 issue
- “Tablets are the best medicine” (changes in news consumption), April 2013 issue (Pages 70-72, copy here)
- “Flying Digital” (Airlines and social media), March 2013 issue (Pages 56-58)
Third Sector Magazine (Haymarket Publishing)
- Broadband is essential, 3 March, 2009 (PDF)
- Give community radio a try, 27 January, 2009 (PDF)
- Expert View: Internet – The flexibility of fast broadband, 8 October, 2008 (PDF)
- Expert View: Digital media – Why pay for an expensive TV ad?, 23 July, 2008 (No PDF)
- Expert view: Don’t give up on digital just yet, 26 March, 2008 (No PDF)
- Expert view: We must change Ofcom’s auction, 6 February, 2008 (PDF)
- Expert view: Silver lining to the BBC’s clouds, 14 November, 2007 (PDF)
- Expert view: Australia ain’t what it used to be, 19 September, 2007 (PDF)
- Expert view: Get ready for television’s D Day, 4 July, 2007 (PDF)
What’s New in Publishing
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10 essential media stats from October 2018, 06 October 2018
- 50 ideas for making media pay: a definitive guide (Part One, ideas 1-12: Paywalls and Subscriptions), 16 October 2018
- 10 essential media stats from September 2018, 03 October 2018
- The health of US News Media: in five charts, 19 September 2018
- 10 essential media stats from August 2018, 05 September 2018
- How local news publishers in Europe are responding to digital, 16 August 2018
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Six strategic takeaways from a week visiting New York newsrooms, 17 July 2018
- 9 key takeaways from the Digital News Report 2018, 14 June 2018
- What Google Chrome’s new built-in ad blocker means for you, 07 May 2018
- Back in vogue: the return of the digital newsstand, 27 March 2018
Your Middle East
- 10 social media lessons from the Middle East in 2016, 08 January 2017
- Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media? 01 March 2016
- How Turkey has embraced digital media for news: 5 trends, 20 November 2015
- 5 social media predictions for the Middle East in 2015, 03 February 2015
- How Qatar uses social media, 23 December 2014
- Understanding attitudes and behaviors of Internet users in the Middle East (INFOGRAPHIC), 20 October 2014
- Digital innovations in the Middle East that will solve your traffic jam problem, 1 Sep 2014
- This is the selfie capital of the Middle East…, 7 August 2014
- 10 things shaping the MENA digital space in early 2014, 21 April 2014
- In one Arab country, 37% surf on their mobiles 6 hours per day…, 4 March 2014
- Who’s big on Instagram and what country produces almost half of all Arab tweets?, 20 February 2014
- 5 key developments in the MENA digital space, 18 November, 2013
- “mHealth” in the Middle East, 28 June, 2013
ZDNet (CBS interactive)
- Google, YouTube, Samsung are world’s top brands, but how do they do in Middle East?, 31 October 2018
- Mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can world’s fastest-growing mobile region keep it up?, 16 October 2018
- Cybercrime: Why can’t the Middle East get to grips with the threats?, 13 August 2018
- 5G rollout: Why the Gulf wants to win race for Middle East superiority, 02 July 2018
- What’s driving Middle East’s rush to social media?, 25 May 2018
- Why unbanked Egypt is ripe for a FinTech revolution, 17 April 2018
- Where next for mobile in the Middle East? Big changes are coming, 26 March 2018
- Middle East tech: These are the key trends for 2018 and beyond, say experts, 10 January 2018
- Key Middle East trends: Experts pick out the big shifts in the region’s tech, 03 January 2018
- Skype banned, WhatsApp blocked: What’s Middle East’s problem with messenger apps?, 11 December 2017
- No ZIP codes, cash on delivery: So can Middle East online shopping ever take off?, 27 November 2017
- Could blockchain run a city state? Inside Dubai’s blockchain-powered future, 05 October 2017
- Guide to smart cities in the Arabian Gulf: Why this is a region to watch, 18 September 2017
- Driverless electric pods: Just part of this startup’s move beyond ride-hailing, 07 August 2017
- Middle East cybersecurity: Is region’s big spend aimed at the right targets?, 10 July 2017
- Iran’s tech boom: Amid blocks on Apple, Facebook, Google, new apps are emerging, 12 June 2017
- Microsoft’s Middle East chief: ‘Cloud, big data, IoT are only part of the story’, 23 May 2017
- Microsoft’s new Middle East chief: Why cloud and security are our big focus, 10 April 2017
- Middle East’s digital makeup: Here are seven key findings on region’s tech trends, 10 March 2017
- With tech skills but not enough electricity, meet Gaza’s first startup accelerator, 24 January 2017
- Year of upheaval: These are the trends shaping Middle East tech, 03 January 2017
- How young Lebanese devs are tackling their country’s Syrian refugee crisis, 15 December 2016
- From women in tech to patents: Nine areas where Middle East is winning, and losing, 5 December 2016
- Can ‘oil shock’ help kickstart a new tech dawn for Saudi Arabia?, 27 September 2016
- Navigating the visa minefield and the lack of women: Silicon Valley lessons from a Middle East entrepreneur, 05 August 2016
- IoT, mobile, smart cities: The forces driving Middle East IT spend beyond oil, 13 July 2016
- Middle East’s startup leaders: Five ways they’re leading the world, 16 June 2016
- Middle East mobile trends: Real picture on where region is heading, 04 May 2016
- Deserts, ravines, ancient ruins: How Google’s Street View is scrambling along in Indiana Jones’ footsteps, 30 March 2016
- Blue sea, blue sky thinking: Is Blue House the ultimate tech startup getaway?, 08 January 2016
- Mobile in the Arab world: 12 key stats and five predictions, 03 November 2015
- Inside Google’s UAE Innovation Hub: ‘Innovation is in the early days, but we see a huge appetite to learn’, 02 September 2015
- Why doesn’t the Middle East shop online? 24 August 2015
- Where the streets have no name: The Dubai startup shaking up shipping and ecommerce in the Middle East, 15 July 2015
- How to get an investor’s attention: Pitch them thousands of feet in the air, 02 June 2015
- SME-sy does it: SAP’s plan for big growth from small businesses in the Middle East, 29 April 2015
- Abu Dhabi’s first tech accelerator opens its doors with skate wearables, fine art, and ambition, 02 April 2015
- Home to everyone from Google to the next big thing: Inside the Middle East’s largest ICT hub, 10 March 2015
- ‘Five weeks were just the beginning’: The US scheme to back Middle Eastern, African women in tech, 23 January 2015
- From Chile to Seattle to Morocco: One startup’s journey of software development across the globe, 22 December 2014
- The three biggest challenges facing startups in the Middle East, 04 December 2014
- 10 new insights into mobile in the Middle East, 30 October 2014
- Inside Geekcon, the summer camp that celebrates pointless tech, 01 October 2014
- Behind the scenes of how Google brought Street View to the Pyramids, 20 September 2014
- Five surprising facts about technology takeup in the Middle East, 13 August 2014
- Mobile in the Middle East: Can Nokia hang on as top dog in the region?, 17, July 2014
- The Middle East’s tech hotspots to watch: Where are the region’s IT leaders?, 03 June 2014
- Who’s the world’s fibre broadband leader? Prepare to be surprised, 08 May 2014
- Middle East, Africa’s mobile giants take first steps on sharing networks to cut costs, boost rural coverage, 26 March 2014
- Five things you need to know about mobile and the Middle East, 23 February 2014
- Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East online, 14 February 2014
- As the World Cup countdown begins, can Qatar score with raft of new broadband goals?, 6 January 2014
- Just off Tahrir Square, first companies move into Cairo’s new tech park, 3 December, 2013
Other
- Poynter: Lessons learned: Seven ways news outlets can rebuild trust and sustainability
- Editor & Publisher: Shoptalk: Is Local News on the Cusp of a Renaissance?, 19 January 2018
- The Graph: Teaching the business of media and journalism matters. Here’s how I’m doing it
- Heartland Newsfeed: Commentary: How the state of local news varies (and doesn’t) around the world, 14 December 2017
- The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia Graduate School for Journalism: 15 ways funders, J-Schools and researchers can better support local journalism (with Christopher Ali), 6 December 2017
- Columbia Journalism Review (CJR): 8 strategies for saving local newsrooms (with Christopher Ali), 6 November 2017
- CJR: ‘Respect print and grow digital’: Survey of over 400 local journalists reveals optimism (with Christopher Ali), 10 May 2017
- Letter to Friends (Lviv National Ivan Franko University, Ukraine): The concept of “Slow News” and the future of journalism (translated into Ukrainian), 9th May 2017
- Nieman Lab: If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news (with Dr Christopher Ali), 02 February 2017
- PBS Newshour: Column: 10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump, 02 January 2017
- PennLive: We need a renewed focus on local news: Damian Radcliffe, 29 December 2016
- Salon: The tech industry and the media can share blame for creating Donald Trump, 07 December 2016
- Tow Center (Medium blog): In these uncertain times, local newspapers are more important than ever (with Christopher Ali), 14 November 2016
- Medium: Eight takeaways from visiting 18 New York media companies in 5 days, 15 June 2016
- Northwestern University in Qatar, Media Industries in the Middle East, 2016: Closing the Digital Divide Benefits Content Creators, Not Just Consumers, March 2016
- Centre for Community Journalism: Community journalism in the UK: the emerging evidence base, 09 September 2015
- Carnegie UK Trust: How can policy makers support UK hyperlocal media?, 22 June 2015
- Carnegie UK Trust: 10 ways hyperlocal media is contributing to UK journalism, 27 April 2015
- Medium: Eyewitness Media Hub, Private messaging apps could push eyewitness media under the radar, 16 March 2015
- Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies blog: 10 things we learned about Social Media in the Middle East in 2014
- Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania: Five Key Findings on How People Use Social Media in Qatar, 24 February 2014 (Also published on the World Bank Blog.)
- Street Fight: 5 Tips for the Aspiring Hyperlocal Publisher, 11 November 2014
- Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS MediaWire blog): New study offers us fresh insights into the attitudes and behaviors of online users in the Middle East, 21 October 2014
- JOMEC blog (Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies): Journalism: Some current trends, innovations and unanswered questions, 21 September 2014
- JOMEC blog (Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies): Understanding the attitudes and behaviors of Internet users in the Middle East and North Africa, 05 September 2014
- JOMEC blog (Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies): How people in the Middle East use social media and entertainment media, 23 May 2014
- Street Fight: How Hyperlocal Publishers Can Take Advantage of the Data Gold Rush , 02 May 2014
- Digital Qatar: MENA Digital Digest: 15 things you need to know from the last 3 months, 25 February 2014
- Knowledge Bridge: MENA news groups need to provide high- and low-tech mobile services, 23 July, 2013
- Knowledge Bridge: Survey: Arab Youth consume less news and trust social media as a news source, 27 June, 2013
- The International Institute of Communications (IIC): Bridging the digital divide – How Qatar sees it (with Khawar Iqbal), May 2013
- Digital Qatar: How a faster Internet may change how you work, rest and play, 25 March 2013
- Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: Cardiff University launches UK’s first Centre for Community Journalism, 13 March, 2013
- Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: UK Hyperlocal Challenges And Opportunities, 30 April, 2012
- Street Fight: Report Identifies Elements of Hyperlocal Success in the U.K. 27 April, 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
- Social Media in 2016 – 10 trends to note, March 2016
- Where are we now? UK hyperlocal and community media in 2015, September 2015
- “How can hyperlocal media create active and digitally inclusive communities?“ June 2015
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 16: Q4 2014 (English, Arabic), December 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 16: Big Data – 10 current and future uses (English, Arabic), December 2014
- How Qatar uses WhatsApp, Snapchat and other social media, December 2014
- Where next for mobile in the Middle East?, November 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 15: 10 innovations in 3D Printing (English, Arabic), November 2014
- Attitudes to Cybersafety and Online Privacy in the Middle East, September 2014
- Hyperlocal Funding and Sustainability, September 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 15: Q3 2014 (English, Arabic), July 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 14: Q2 2014 (English version, Arabic version), April 2014
- Reinventing Journalism: Trends, Innovations and Unanswered Questions
- Hyperlocal 101: Part Three, 10 examples of news and storygathering techniques
- Tech Top 10, Issue 14: 10 Back to School Technologies (English, Arabic), September 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 13: 10 innovations in eCommerce (English, Arabic), August 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 12: 10 examples of innovation for social good (English, Arabic), July 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 11: 10 World Cup innovations (English, Arabic), June 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 10: 10 Tech Start-ups from the Middle East (English, Arabic), May 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 9: 10 Road and Travels Apps (English, Arabic), April 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 13: Q1 2014 (English, Arabic), April 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 8: Chat Apps (English, Arabic), March 2014
- Tech Top 10, Issue 7: 2013 Look back, 2014 Look forward (English, Arabic), January 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 12: Social Media in Qatar during 2013 special (English, Arabic) February 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 11: Social Media in 2013 special (English, Arabic), January 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 10: Q4 2013 (English, Arabic), January 2014
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 9: Q3 2013 (English, Arabic), October 2014
- Hyperlocal 101: Part Two, Production Models & Typology, August 2013
- Hyperlocal 101: Part One, 10 hyperlocal business models, July 2013
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 8: Q2 2013 (English, Arabic)
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 7: Q1 2013 (English, Arabic)
- Middle East Digital Digest, Issue 6: Social Media in 2012 special
- 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 Insights: Sept-Oct 2011 – 20 key developments, 17 November, 2011
- Hyper-Local insights: 20 key developments, June – August 2011 , 5 September, 2011
- Hyper-Local definitions and trends, 8 July, 2011
- Hyper-Local insights: 20 key developments, April – May 2011, 16 June, 2011
- Hyper-Local insights: 20 key developments, February – March 2011, 15 April, 2011
- 21st Century News, 01 April, 2011
- Hyper-Local insights: 20 key developments, December 2010 – January 2011, 4 February, 2011
- Introduction to Hyper-Local media: full 12 inch version, 2 December, 2010
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