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What’s it really like to head up a world class news organization? The New York Times’ Bill Keller shares with readers the loneliness of command:
Q. I think a lot of young journalists and editors, myself included, are curious about what a day in the shoes of Bill Keller is like. Can you walk us through a […]
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Here is an edited version of Rupert Murdoch’s Boyer lecture - The Future of Newspapers: Moving Beyond Dead Trees. One word summary? Brands.
But here it is:
Too many journalists seem to take a perverse pleasure in ruminating on their pending demise. I know industries that are today facing stiff new competition from the internet: banks, retailers, phone […]
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The Financial Times has a trenchant critique of BBC Worldwide and its impact on the public service broadcasting debate.
But who exactly is the person ‘familiar with the BBC Trust’s thinking’ that they quote? Or the leading London banker? Don’t be tempted by the obvious jigsaw identification.
A person familiar with the BBC Trust’s thinking says: “The […]
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Remember the majestically ireful email from irked restaurant reviewer Giles Coren to his copy editors at the Times?
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British 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 […]
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A blog about how we inform ourselves and why: journalism, the media, news, communications and information
“Let there be no doubt that whatever sacrifices we journalists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrichment: they are made for you. Whether you deserve their sacrifice is another matter.”
Lasantha Wickrematunga
