Rich
Bungee Jump for disabled Shotts youngster Dean Cochrane aka Mr Giggles
Me and my cousin Keith are going to be doing a sponsored bungee jump for a disabled youngster from Shotts, Lanarkshire.
He’s eight-years-old and suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Confined to a wheelchair his entire life, Dean cannot move his legs or right arm. However in 2007 after his parents managed to raise £15,000 his life would [...]
My Susan Boyle interview topped YouTube’s most memorable countdown list
My Susan Boyle interview was chosen as 31 on the New Year’s advent calendar, making it officially one of the year’s most memorable videos.
I am deeply honoured and humbled.
http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/24036/YouTube-Accolade-for-Scottish-Newspaper-Interview-with-Susan-Boyle
Digital Ministry Profile
Check out my interview with Digital Ministry. In this peice, I give my views on digital media, talk about Google Wave, my two years experience as a journalist and the future of the industry as a whole. – R
http://digitalministry.com/UK/articles/885/DIGITAL+PEOPLE+RICHARD+MOONEY/1
Florida Day One
I’m sitting in an Internet Cafe called Jenna’s Java. It’s about 7 bucks an hour so I’m going to make this holiday post as quick as possible. I’ll probably write them before hand and then type them up here. So stay tuned.
“Bad news” said the Captain over the Flyglobespan intercom. Sounds like he’s from Birmingham.
“The flight’s going [...]
New Digital Ministry post
Hey I’ve posted a new article on my Digital Ministry page looking at the neglect of the over-50s.
Joined the site a few months back and totally recommend it for everyone involved in new media.
For those few interested, you can follow me on twitter here.
Check out “A Stranger’s Tears”
This a book a close friend of mine wrote detailing his hard struggle over the past few years. He’s quite the writer and comes highly recommended.
Description: “An insight into the mind of a young man suffering depression, documenting his suicide attempts and how he survived them.”
Head on over to Lulu.com to check it out.
The journalists’ struggle: Laura Ling and Euna Lee
I meant to write this a while back, but I have not had the time until only recently.
While there has been a thousand blogs (Google says over 26,000) on how downright wrong this is, I could not sit back and not let my voice be heard here.
The North Korean sentencing of Laura Ling and Euna Lee [...]
Video and article links added
I’ve added some of my multimedia work from the past year on to the video and articles pages. All of them – apart from the Susan Boyle interview - are on YouTube playlists, so feel free to navigate between them using the right and left arrow keys on the display.
The Historic Lanarkshire series received some high praise from [...]
Major site revamp
Hey guys,
So I finally decided to give wordpress a shot and am currently getting my head round it as I’ve never attempted to use it before.
Most of the pages work right now. And I’m currently working away at getting my articles and videos on here. Have a look at my about page for more info.
R