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Can You Trust The Media? – the basic outline
In case you can’t make it to Cambridge, here is an outline of the arguments presented in Can You Trust The Media? There will be a launch event at City University on 30 April at 6.30pm. More details later. If you’d like to review the book online contact me for a pdf. But first what…
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Serious journalism – now eat your greens
Good to see that the alternative to my holiday in Cornwall (think rain, high winds, etc.) was the Berkman conference in sunny Los Angeles. But, between sneezing and shivering, think of the carbon dividend! Good too to see Brits like Charlie Beckett and Neil McIntosh grounding some of the proceedings: Serious journalism was described ……
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Selling public enlightenment – the lessons of sport
Is it journalism’s job to inform society and cheerlead for politics? I don’t think so, but a lot of people do. One of the freedoms people seem happiest to trade for material prosperity is freedom from politics. But not journalists. (Perhaps it’s our comparative lack of material prosperity.) We love it.
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Can consultants save national newspapers?
The Ernst & Young report on UK national newspapers is available here if you really want to read it. It is worth a look, BUT (…that’s a big but btw) it has the most irritating consultant-style stuff in it. I know journalists are often accused of twisting quotes, but their liberties pale in comparison to…