I’m surprised by how little reaction to this story has cropped up amongst the social spaces I inhabit online:
> I didn’t, but I explained I was a journalist for [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/ "The Independent") looking to speak to a man at an address in the area, who was standing as a candidate in the local elections, about allegations of postal vote fraud. “Can we see your note pad,” the boy asked.
>
> I declined and then the first punch came – landing straight on my nose, sending blood and tears streaming down my face. Then another. Then another.
> Isn’t trying to learn the truth about things, sometimes naively and foolishly, going where people who already know it all are too wise to venture, what journalism is all about?
*Yes*. And that’s why I think this might be a more important story than many that have washed over the media in this election campaign.
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Good stuff I’ve read recently, haven’t linked to yet, but don’t have much to add
to right now:
* The Nichepaper Manifesto
[http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/the_nichepaper_manifesto.html]
– an articulate and well argued guide to how niche publishing might looks
going forwards.
* Media
I wasn’t the only one to get attention, it seems:
bethlet.net: Blog
[http://web.archive.org/web/20061207001847/http://bethlet.net/catacombs/000758.html]
:
> Second, everyone pick up a copy of the USA Today tomorrow. I was interviewed by
Mark Memmott today about the bombings and how that
Some Good Reading About The Future of News Paid Members Public
Good stuff I’ve read recently, haven’t linked to yet, but don’t have much to add to right now: * The Nichepaper Manifesto [http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/the_nichepaper_manifesto.html] – an articulate and well argued guide to how niche publishing might looks going forwards. * Media