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BBC reports on Alexander Litvinenko
A tale of two journalisms. First there’s Julian O’Halloran‘s excellent report for BBC Radio 4 on File on 4. Then there’s John Sweeney‘s half hour on Panorama – introduced by Jeremy Vine as “Russian poison in a very British cuppa” – yes, you couldn’t hear the question mark…
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Making a difference: a reflection from Pakistan
The News in Pakistan is celebrating sixteen years in production. One of its writers, Ghazi Salahuddin, reflects on the changes in that short time, and the hopes of the launch team. It’s a thoughtful piece, and shows – if we needed confirmation – how much journalists around the world hold in common. In Pakistan, The…
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Blog-sultancy
Richard Sambrook calls the blog-sultants… enough of bloggers (many of whom make their living from consulting with big organisations) saying big media doesn’t “get it” and only they have insight (which for a daily rate they can share…), insight, enough of big media agonising over how to respond to the huge disruption the internet has…