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How to use data to make government less open
Most people would agree that the interpretation and presentation of data is crucial to the future of journalism online and off. And among the world’s biggest generators of data are democracies. So how should a democratic government make its data available to journalists? And in what form? Should it take the opportunity to bypass the…
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Back to the future for cartoonists?
Aside from cartooning, Matt Buck keeps an excellent blog. He’s been asking what the future holds for political cartoonists, given the parlous state of the print media, and he invokes the spirit of James Gillray:
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The White House Press Corps: when enough is too much
Things we won’t miss about declining political coverage c/o John Robinson: From the front page of the New York Times today: President Obama’s order freezing the salaries of his senior aides and the pen he used to sign it. Doug Mills/The New York Times Answering the burning question, how many news photographers does it take…
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What is public service broadcasting?
As a professor with a background in public service broadcasting (PSB), I’m often asked – What exactly is public service broadcasting? Take a popular programme like Neighbours. From 1986 to 2008 it appeared on the BBC and was an important piece of PSB, popular with viewers, and valued for its airing of gritty but universal…