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Can journalists make people care?
In one of the great noir cinematic moments, Orson Welles takes Joseph Cotten for a ride on Vienna’s Riesenrad. Welles is Harry Lime, a war-profiteer, killing sick kids by selling dodgy penicillin to hospitals. Cotten asks if he’s ever seen any of his victims. As the two men look down on the crowd from the…
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The eternal brain drain…
Alan Mutter‘s Brain Drain post, is a reminder of how political many old media organizations are: young net natives, for the most part, rank too low in the organizations that employ them to be invited to the pivotal discussions determining the strategic initiatives that could help their employers sustain their franchises. …Members of the wired…
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Ofcom and informing the public
On November 23, Ofcom will be running a conference on its New News, Future News document, launched back in July. And I know that blood-thickening intro will make you think – Jeez, I’m not going to read more – please, READ MORE!I’ve already pointed out Ofcom’s failure to adequately investigate the figure quoted for the…
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BBC World News America
Reuters carries a glowing review out of Los Angeles of the new BBC US newscast. “BBC World News America” is calm, measured and light years more journalistically sophisticated and informative than its domestically bred competition. Good review aside, actually what’s interesting about this is the involvement of Rome Hartman and what it tells you about…