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When smart people talk cobblers (Clay Skirky edition)
Hogarth’s Gin Lane, from the middle of the eighteenth century, has to be one of the great pieces of visual campaigning journalism. The estimable Clay Shirky uses gin to introduce a discussion of the problem of leisure, Gin, Television and Social Surplus. You can see where he’s going (although read Peter Borsay’s neat summary here…
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Good old-fashioned reporting
Good reporting, the old-fashioned way. Thanks to Mike Hills for the heads up on this video. The Chicago Tribune Guide to Newspaper Reporting (circa 1955) [KevinP1468].
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HRC vs Obama: a finger in the air
Just been hearing the results of the Thomson Reuters/World Editors Forum Newsroom barometer polls presented by John Zogby. At the end, Zogby was asked for his take on the US Presidential elections. For “entertainment value only” he offered us McCain vs Obama, with Obama by a wafer thin margin. I pass it on in the…
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NYT Pentagon piece fails to make a splash…
Pew has a piece looking at the impact of David Barstow’s epic NYT piece on the Pentagon’s tummy tickling of retired generals. The conclusion? No one really picked it up.Well, there was an issue for TV to address. But really, I remain pretty much of the view expressed here. Barstow’s work was impressive, but are…