On the frontline

 

Along with the blogging gig at The Observer. This week I also started work with The Frontline Club. The club is a registered charity and supports those working in journalism in the world's trouble spots and war zones. If you don't know what The Frontline Club does, click the video above to find out. I'm really excited about working with these folk. We're still ironing out the details, but I'll be working mainly on the digital/social media side of things.

Keeping with the online theme, I'm doing more and more 'social media' training. Mainly for journalists, editors and print media staff. Much of that is with BBC Worldwide magazines. It's very enjoyable, very productive stuff. I leave each session knowing the people have the skills, knowledge and access to information they didn't have before. I'm lifting curtains, blinds, shutters and plenty other things :)

For all that, actual journalism hasn't really taken a back seat as been almost dumped. I'll still be doing bits for The Press Gazette and its ilk. Hopefully, I'll be doing more for the UK and US food press too. However, for the moment, Frontline, media training and foodblogging are the main interests and I'm really pleased with this set up. If you can see any crossover with what you do, or you're interested in asking me to come in and train/talk to the folk within your organisation about blogs/social media/online journalism/foodblogging, drop me a line.