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Unrequired Reading [12.9.08 to 13.9.08 ]

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This is some of what’s caught my atten­tion in the past hours: Con­tinue read­ing →

Arguing against Nick Davies

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Flat Earth News by Nick DaviesBritish writer Nick Dav­ies is an inspir­a­tion to a lot of young journ­al­ists, and rightly so (you can read more of his writ­ing on social issues here). But now he has moved from cov­er­ing drugs and crim­inal justice to report on journ­al­ism. And in doing so, he com­mis­sioned some research to back up his cri­ti­cisms and ana­lysis. Con­tinue read­ing →

“Balance” in diplomacy: lessons for journalism

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I am sorry to say I have never had much time for dip­lo­mats. Pre­ju­dice, you under­stand. Read­ing former Brit­ish dip­lo­mat Carne Ross’s enjoy­able and self-critical mem­oir — Inde­pend­ent Dip­lo­mat: Dis­patches from an Unac­count­able Élite — hasn’t exactly changed my mind.

But as well as remind­ing UK tax-payers that they could save a lot of money by flog­ging Britain’s embassies, Ross does call to mind some prob­lems that we in journ­al­ism share (did that phrase “unac­count­able élite” sound famil­iar?). Con­tinue read­ing →