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The real world of British local newspapers
With the BBC Trust throwing a lifeline to Britain’s local newspapers, will they reinvent themselves pronto? The sounds from the underground are not good. Here’s Tonbridge blogger on why he’s no longing writing for the Kent Courier (part of DMGT‘s Northcliffe). Read it and weep: Are the senior people at the Courier group so divorced…
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Medical journalism: doctors warn of conflicting interests
The British Medical Journal has a piece out – Who’s Watching The Watchdogs?* – about conflicts of interest between medical journalists and big pharma. Yes, medical journalism is not travel journalism. The article begins: Doctors should be wary of the increasing entanglement of medical journalists and the drug industry, warn Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, and…
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Unrequired Reading {21.11.08 to 22.11.08}
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life:
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Unrequired Reading {20.11.08 to 21.11.08}
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: