-
Zimbabwe: War reporting vs. travel writing
Whilst journalists like the Guardian‘s Chris McGreal were reporting from inside Zimbabwe in June (Zimbabwe’s voters told: choose Mugabe or you face a bullet), others were getting a more – well – ‘considered’ view.
-
The Dutch solution to the Jonathan Ross problem
Should public service broadcasters pay vastly inflated salaries to entertainers, in opposition to every other branch of public service? Dutch culture minister Ronald Plasterk doesn’t think so. He wants to limit the cash handed over to presenters on state television. According to Hollywood Reporter, Plasterk believes:
-
links for 2008-06-30
On newspaper’s Death and Dying: It’s time for acceptance If you think of journalism as ink on paper, your paradigm is breaking apart. If you think of journalism as telling good stories the best way you can, the world is opening like a brilliantly colored Chinese fan. (tags: newspapers journalism future) Preparing the Battlefield: Iran…
-
The BBC: assisting censorship in Pakistan?
The excellent site run by Kim Andrew Elliott points to a story claiming to outline a deal cut between the BBC World Service and Pakistan‘s state censors, PEMRA.