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Spurious betting game
Who will take over at the Beeb when Mark Thompson gets a call from a search firm specialising in thankless tasks and decides to call it a day? I’m not given to betting, but were I the wagering type I think I’d see what odds I could get on news boss Helen Boaden being Director-General…
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Wonkette for Westminster
Good luck to Lloyd Shepherd’s new political blog venture Westmonster. Sadie Smith takes on the Ana Marie Cox role, tasked with being Westminster’s answer to Wonkette. She’s kicking off from Bournemouth.
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Journalism’s greatest quality – availability
What do people want from the news? The folks at every CEO’s favourite consultancy have some of the answers: When asked to explain which sources of news were most useful, respondents expressed a preference for those offering convenience, comprehensiveness, or timeliness rather than quality. Specifically, they were far more likely to consider a news source…
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Roasting chestnuts: the journalist-blogger
In the course of reading Christopher Allbritton’s take on US policy towards Iran, I came across his recent post on the truth about blogging-as-journalism: When I started Back-to-Iraq, almost five years ago, I was hopeful that my brand of online journalism, supported by the public, would take off. That’s not been the case. Why? Because…