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The ‘newshole’
I love the Project for Excellence in Journalism – I just wish they would find another name for…the ‘newshole’.
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The future of advertising…
I have seen the future of advertising. It sucks. Perhaps it slurps and burps too. Anheuser-Busch has created a dedicated TV channel for Budweiser. It’s betting that lovers of the gassy brew will not want to watch TV sports, internet pornography and Jon Stewart. Instead they’ll watch three attractive young women perform makeovers on the…
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Cake monkey
The Guardian‘s Media Monkey was equally unimpressed with Jon Manel‘s cake activity: With the judging process about to begin for this year’s Sony awards, Monkey’s attention turns to Today reporter Jon Manel’s effort last week, in which he illustrated a piece about the NHS budgetary “cake” … with a cake. In Manel’s defence, he has…
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Rogue Mail
“It’s a cultural landmark, but as readers drift away, is there room for more than one celebrity on Paul’s Daily Mail?”There’s much for the professional journalist to admire in the Daily Mail, and much for the professional human being to despise. Michael Leapman‘s snide piece on page 15, laying into Kirsty Young falls squarely into…