Scapegoat Sabrina
In which we see the other side of Sabrina Harman, pay homage to journalist Dith Pran, hear out columnist-turned-politician-turned-editor Arianna Huffington, check out BBC chief Mark Thompson’s moves, and tell off Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko… Buzz from the web.
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And papa can’t do a thing
In which British kids thumb their noses online, ITV lads go to war, scribes look at five years of Iraq, Mint‘s Raju Narisetti takes on NYT‘s Patty Kranz, the Vicar of Putney prays for Bush’s soul… Buzz from the web.
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PR eats into quality journalism: UK study
Journalists today produce three times more copy but less original reportage than they did 20 years ago, according to a Cardiff University study. Result: heavy reliance on ‘pre-packaged’ news. “Newspapers have turned into copy factories,” a correspondent said. “This leaves less time for real investigations, or meeting and developing contacts.”
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Missing Marx
Much of today’s media research is a pale imitation of earlier work, or an awkward marriage of distinct approaches, eager not to offend. Critical conversations tend to be trivial and a paralysing sense of caution prevails. David McQueen on how neo-liberal ‘reformers’ are picking at the very foundations of media scholarship.
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The wisdom of the owls
In the second part of a series on the challenging emotional situations journalists face, Gavin Rees examines the techniques seasoned reporters use to interview people in distress.
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So how did you feel then?
Just how do you look a man in the eye and ask him what it was like to watch his parents being killed? Or ask a survivor how it was when a bomb exploded? In this two-part series based on a 15-month research project, Gavin Rees explores the challenging emotional encounters journalists negotiate in their work-life — and how to get the best interviews when emotions run high.
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Whose Prince? Whose War?
In an increasingly global world, where one of the instruments of globalisation is the media, how is national interest to be negotiated with international actors? Who is ‘foreign’? Rohit Chopra looks at the crucial questions buried in the Prince Harry media blitz.
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Harry Soldier and the Order of Pressmen
Even as the British media patted itself on the back with one hand, with the other it dished out princely servings of Harry topped with every sinful dressing in the spin world. They used to call such reportage ‘plugging’ in old-school journalism. It used to be frowned upon, writes Chindu Sreedharan.
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