Human interaction is evolving fast and journalists are left facing a whole new set of ethical questions as the boundaries of private and public communication blur. So it’s official: Twitter is public. One careless tweet could legitimately end up on the front page. But should we expect people to take responsibility for what they say [...]
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Social media newsgathering: An ethical conundrum
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Cardiff students get creative at the social media cafe
Cardiff’s students are invited to the Cardiff Student Social Media Cafe this morning and we’ll be live blogging from the event. The cafe aims to be a space for innovation and ideas for students with a view to working in online media to explore. The students will also have the chance to pick the brains [...]
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RSPB aims to find out how the coldest December on record has affected our garden birds
The RSPB is asking the public to help them investigate garden bird numbers as part of the Big Garden Birdwatch – the world’s biggest wildlife survey. RSPB Cymru believes that the early start to winter and the extremely low temperatures mean that an unusually high number of birds will be occupying our gardens. Dr Sean [...]
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Obesity: A growing problem in Wales
Published: Exposure Radio website, 3 February 2011
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Funding cuts to affect domestic abuse victims
Funding cuts are hitting the services that domestic abuse victims rely on. A huge rise in reported cases and reductions in funding threaten to leave many vulnerable people without the help they need. Speaking at the Communities and Culture Committee meeting on Thursday 17 February, Carl Sargeant Assembly Minister for Social Justice said: “Huge challenges [...]
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Dance the afternoon away at the Unemployed Daytime Disco
Bored of searching the internet for jobs and filling out endless application forms? A group of unemployed musicians, writers and activists in South Wales have set up a monthly event that might just take your mind off your situation – the Unemployed Daytime Disco. With unemployment in Wales on the rise for the third month [...]
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Cardiff’s unclaimed roads
Hundreds of Cardiff residents are living on streets that the council are not obliged to maintain – despite paying the same rates of council tax. Jim Mason, 76, of Radyr, was seriously injured last September when he tripped on the damaged pavement outside his home on De Clare Drive. He suffered a broken shoulder blade, [...]
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Glamorgan University gets interactive with Exposure Radio
Video killed the radio star then the internet reinvented the radio and the video stars and gave birth to podcast stars, the blogosphere, social media, content sharing, citizen journalism, and a whole lot more… Next week Glamorgan University’s ‘Exposure Radio’ launches and the work has already begun. Documentaries are being recorded and interviews put in [...]
Hundreds volunteer to tidy up the Taff
Last weekend saw around 700 people wading, rowing and diving in an effort to clean up the River Taff. Volunteers lined the banks from the river’s source in the Brecon Beacons to its mouth in Cardiff – over 50 miles away. The Taff is one of Wales’ most iconic natural landmarks and is one of [...]