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The decline of newspapers – nothing to do with journalism 3
More grist to the mill from one of my favourite reads, John Robinson. Here is Robinson, (who edits the News-Record in Greensboro, North Carolina) explaining why he missed a retired editor speaking about the good old days and proposing another old-fashioned remedy for the news industry’s ills: Doubling the size of reporting staffs would certainly…
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ITV News: now edited by everyone
I understand that today is the day ITV News moves to a system where reporters edit their own TV packages. How can you tell someone new to video editing? Well, it’s always the sound that gives it away. That, and the going to black and flash frames. Having pioneered multi-skilling in TV newsrooms what would…
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Fadel Shana and flechettes
Reuters has released a video (see below) showing what appears to be the Israeli tank firing the round that – it’s claimed – killed cameraman Fadel Shana. The first thing to note is the distance that Shana is from the tank, probably a Merkava 4 with a 105mm gun firing flechette rounds. Flechettes? Flechettes are…
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Public service broadcasting – don’t text in your votes
Funny really. The only time television has ever really cared about voting was when it offered an opportunity to drain money from audiences. When it comes to public policy, broadcasting follows the long British tradition of deferring decisions to appointed boards of scrupulously selected, upstanding gentlefolk. God forbid those board members be politicised, or lured…