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links for 2008-07-25
Max Mosley case: statement from Colin Myler, NOTW editor | Journalism.co.uk It is not for the rich and the famous, the powerful and the influential, to dictate the news agenda, just because they have the money and the means to gag a free press. (tags: news-of-the-world press-freedom privacy) Why the press is ignoring the Edwards…
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Of journalism and elephants
Seamus McCauley responds to Ryan Sholin and tells it like it is: Maybe the elephant in the room is a reluctance to even think of newspapers (or journalism or whatever you want to call it) in business terms. Because if we did, we wouldn’t start with the premise “since we’re definitely going to keep making…
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David Eady and privacy
Here are my excerpts from David Eady‘s judgment in Mosley vs News Group Newspapers Ltd: The law now affords protection to information in respect of which there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, even in circumstances where there is no pre-existing relationship giving rise of itself to an enforceable duty of confidence. That is because…
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The teller not the tale: link based journalism and rewrites
What value do newspapers add to information? A couple of days ago, I bookmarked this piece on product placement, from the New York Times. Basically, it’s about coffee cups appearing on the desk during a local morning news show in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sun reported it first on Monday: Oooooooh, they’re calling out…