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Al Jazeera English – online unpleasantness
As if to demonstrate the fact that freedom of communication can also mean freedom to bitch mercilessly, someone drew my attention to a forum on Al Jazeera, called (surprisingly when you come to read it) – Friends of Al Jazeera. It features a poster called haroldlloyd who seems to be surfing a wave of Angosturan…
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Does she mean us?
Here’s Deborah Howell, the Washington Post‘s ombudsman: Journalism tends to draw to its ranks those who are idealistic, who want to right society’s ills and who look upon their work as a calling. They look at journalism less as a job with a business than as a calling to public service, which can put them…
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EasyJet and Today 2
The Evening Standard ran a short par on the post on EasyJet and Today. My ‘journalism’ point is that CEOs now have huge resources to devote to preparing interviews on company results and communications – writers, trainers etc. Journalists don’t.
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Every angle | Every side
Al Jazeera English. First impression – I like it. Easy to watch. Few visual and presentational barriers to contend with. The stings are nice. Graphics: silver and orange and light blue – traditional blend, cleanly executed.Anchors: Lauren Taylor looking good. Stephen Cole and Felicity Barr are more polished than some of the packages and reporters…