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Alan Johnston
This just in: Hello Adrian, I work at the BBC News website … I saw your recent post about creating a blog button for Alan Johnston. It was a good idea, so we’ve launched one on the editors’ blog today. ThanksAaron_____ Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
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Will democracy collapse without journalism to provide political information?
Just blogged a post on that very subject at the End of Journalism site – more optimistic than it sounds. You can read it here, but here’s an excerpt: [D]o we need journalism to inform people’s limited choices? In the 1950s, an economist called Anthony Downs argued that the democratic system did not incentivize voters…
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The web is a 24/7 news environment…
A day after Don Imus is fired by CBS, the Guardian brings us Alexander Chancellor‘s timely take on the story: Day late, dollar short? Someone needs to reread that Alan Rusbridger 24/7 memo. OK, cheap shot over.
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Crunch Time: How Everyday Life Is Killing The Future
Was due to be in shops next week, but browsing through Waterstones in Trafalgar Square I came across a pile of copies. Yes, authorly pride got the better of me and I snapped them in all their (gulp) unsold glory. Today I’m starting the word of mouth trail on BBC Radio Kent. Yes, the journey…