adrian monck

Category: Journalism

  • New ideas for TV news

    I don’t think television news should ever ignore new ideas on how to win back audiences. STAN: All right, we all need to come up with ideas for our show. KYLE: How about we revamp the name? Super School News sounds dry. CARTMAN: It should be Sexy News. TOKEN: Action News. STAN: Yeah, Sexy Action,…

  • Whinges from Wikileaks

    The guys at Wikileaks (a site I much admire) are not happy. And instead of bearing their unhappiness stoically, they are having a whinge. If they don’t press release stuff, it doesn’t get reported. Journalists are lazy. Bloggers are windbags. None of us escape.

  • Thoughts on the BBC rebrand

    From Press Gazette: The £550,000 question – do you need to rebrand your customer-facing side when you reorganise your back office?Peter Horrocks’ first major move, since his elevation to BBC newsroom supremo, has been to hand over half a million quid in consulting cash to Martin Lambie-Nairn.

  • Al Jazeera: more integration between Arabic and English

    My track record on industry gossip is so lamentable that I try not to pass on what little I hear. But this rumour of a personnel shift ahoy at Al Jazeera, has the ring of credibility – and it sounds like a sensible regrouping by the Middle Eastern news network. Word is that the bureau…