adrian monck

Month: July 2008

  • links for 2008-07-20

    Review: ‘A Very British Gangster’ – Crime and Journalism | NYTimes.com “Embedded for three years with the notorious Noonan crime family … Donal MacIntyre — the British answer to Geraldo Rivera — became a willing conduit for the outsize egos and self-serving confessions of its members.” Geraldo? (tags: donal-macintyre crime journalism)

  • Shameless self promotion

    I would be failing in my duty of shameless self promotion if I didn’t draw your attention to this nugget from Jack Shafer in the Washington Post:

  • Missionaries, mercenaries and misfits

    Lara Pawson, currently a writer in residence at the University of Witwatersrand, has a chapter out in a new book edited by Kenyan author, Rasna Warah. Don’t judge it by the cover (unless, of course, you really LOVE the cover). Here’s what she sent me: It’s a very readable anthology featuring some of East Africa’s…

  • links for 2008-07-19

    Ben Silverman’s Comments on Margins vs. Ratings Signal the End of Broadcast Television The recipe for profitable broadcast television is pretty simple: Develop large audiences that you can accurately measure and sell them to advertisers who need to reach them. The shows that do this even have a name, “Hits.” (tags: television ratings margins business…