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Late result: Machtpolitik 1, Magna Carta 0
The judgment in the case of Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2009] EWHC 152 (Admin) (04 Feb 2009) isn’t just another reminder of why headline writers might make court transcripts more fun. [You can read more about the case of Binyam Mohamed here.] No, it’s…
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View from the top: the life of an editor
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…
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Endowed newspapers: the Nobel strategy
I have a new business model for newspapers. Publish provocative, but premature obituaries of the super rich – and then explain how they can redeem themselves by leaving their badly-gotten billions to – yes – a newspaper. I call it the Nobel strategy, after the inventor of dynamite. When Alfred Nobel‘s brother, an oil magnate,…
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The future of journalism: from 1981
[HT: Lost Remote]