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Bribing Arab journalists?
Interesting post via Rebecca M, on the efficacy of shipping Jordanian journalists back to the US on the State Department’s dime. The post is headlined Are the Americans bribing Arab journalists? which gives you some idea of how the author views American hospitality. Being the guest of a government whose policies you find offensive is…
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Guest-reviewed my local BBC news last night. Interesting to see what they’re up to. Local news is still popular – despite relatively low investment and zero marketing. And despite the fact that TV regions in the UK bear no relation to any meaningful political divide…
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Publicly-funded journalism in the United States?
Yesterday, Wall Street wiz Steve Rattner used the unlikely platform of the Wall Street Journal to appeal for publicly-funded journalism in the United States: We could create a pool of money (possibly from a license fee similar to how the BBC is funded). News organizations with an expensive but important project in mind could apply…
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Blogging and the future of journalism 2
In response to Lucas Grindley‘s comment on my gnomic post Blogging and the future of journalism, I should perhaps unpack my thoughts better. Lucas: From what I can glean, your point is that the numbers from the Zogby poll must be wrong because although people say blogging is important, they don’t understand the importance of…