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I was ranked 62 in the Independent’s list of the UK’s most influential Tweeters.  The list includes Twitter users from a wide variety of professions.

Programme featuring me and Andy Carvin on US radio station NPR discussing social media, the Arab spring and the issues that surround graphic videos.  For background to the discussion read this Telegraph piece which was based on a debate from my Twitter feed. 

Soldiers line up at a pro-Gaddafi rally, Tripoli Libya May 2011

Libyan man, Libya May 2011

Aftermath of an accidental NATO strike on a civilian house in Tripoli, Libya May 2011

Rixos Hotel Tripoli, Libya May 2011 

Child on a bus, Lahore Pakistan November 2011

Journalism.co.uk podcast featuring me, Liz Heron of the New York Times and Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 News on how we use Facebook subscribe

Good piece by BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on how I ended up trending on Twitter.


A blog I wrote for the BBC College of Journalism ahead of the BBC’s Social Media Summit explaining how I use social media.

Interview on journalists balancing personal with professional on Twitter by City University Journalism lecturer Paul Bradshaw

Young plastered NTC fighter, Nawfaliyah Libya September 2011

Mortars on an NTC fighters pick up truck, eastern Libya September 2011 

One of our Libyan drivers, eastern Libya September 2011

Landmines left behind by retreating Gaddafi forces, Libya September 2011

NTC fighter at a command post near Nawfaliyah, Libya September 2011

Sam Kiley Sky News Security Editor interviews a rebel commander at a scouting point on the frontline near Sirte, Libya Sept 2011

Women shopping in Tripoli market, Libya May 2011

NTC fighter near the east Libya frontline, September 2011 

NTC fighters prepare to assault town held by pro Gaddafi forces, Libya eastern front September 2011

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April 15, 09:40 PM

A simply brilliant combination of two of my favorite artists:

Lykke Li, "Sadness Is A Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)" by The FADER

April 16, 02:51 PM

I'm speaking at a few events in the next month or so, come hear me talk journalism, Twitter and social media:

27th April 2011: Hacks & Hackers London

20th May 2011: BBC Social Media Summit SOLD OUT

27th May 2011: News Rewired

9th June 2011: CIPR Summer Session on 'Journalism and Social Media' - details tbc

April 13, 06:06 PM

Zane Lowe broke the news this week that Tom Vek has a new album coming out soon & I'm told by someone who has heard a few of the tracks that it shouldn't dissappoint. He dropped completely off the radar after releasing his debut album in 2006, well worth getting a copy of, this track Nothing But Green Lights is a highlight


April 12, 09:31 PM

The latest Metronomy album is a fantastic accompaniment to sunny days and breaking the gloom of long night shifts...


METRONOMY - She Wants - by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

The hyperlink which you get when it all comes to an end is a slick little addition.

April 12, 09:55 PM

Don't know how it has taken so long.

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