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MI6 and Sean Langan
Some interesting details – if true – in the Sunday Times on the UK intelligence service and Sean Langan‘s disappearance.
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Journalistic competition – the good old days
This reminder from Kevin Cullen of what journalistic competition was like. Back in the dying days of the pre-mobile, pre-online era.
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The Judgement of Len Downie
I always thought one of the responsibilities of exercising judgment included an attempt to see the other side, or sides; to recognise your prejudices; weigh them, perhaps; and mitigate them. Self awareness was – and remains, I believe – the best remedy to journalistic (and blogging) hubris. Len Downie, Exec Editor of the Washington Post,…
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Interns. Selecting out the news?
The New Republic on the problems of internship in journalism: [T]he internship culture … rewards young people who know exactly what they want to do and immediately begin strategizing about how to get there…