adrian monck

Month: March 2007

  • Risk

    Charlie Beckett blogs on reporting risk – reason enough to punt forward one of my favourite books on the subject by John Adams, called – unconfusingly – Risk. Go on treat yourself. One for every journalist’s bookshelf. Not that we have bookshelves any more, but you know what I mean…

  • TV News 101 – it’s the lead-ins, stupid!

    The sad secret of broadcast news ratings is what’s on before you. Many’s the night we’d pat ourselves on the back for a ratings win over our rivals when the battle had been won by John Thaw and his dark red Jag in Inspector Morse. In the U.S. two network news shows have just changed…

  • Journalism’s coverage crisis

    One of my favourite annual reads, the Project for Excellence in Journalism‘s State of the Media report, is published today. OK I need to get out more – but it’s packed full of interesting stuff. Here’s one of the snippets: There is already evidence that basic monitoring of local government has suffered. Regional concerns, as…

  • BBC vs Authority

    In the Independent, in a piece that is part-op-ed, part reportage, Tim Luckhurst questions the BBC‘s cautious reaction to its cash-for-honours story. A couple of interesting questions arise: Defending the corporation on Radio 4’s Today programme last week, the deputy director-general, Mark Byford, said any notion the BBC was “sitting back” was “absolutely untrue.” It…