Well, that’s the Olympics in London all but over. Hazel made me miss the opening ceremony by choosing to be born just after it, and she’s made me miss the closing ceremony by dint of being reluctant to sleep.
Ah, well. Sometimes living your own life has to take precedence over watching fit people do sporty things.
Expect exactly no commentary at all on the media coverage of this Olympics… 😉
Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.
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> Social media first undermined the media’s and institutions’ credibility, and now
their own.
Peter Bihr
[https://thewavingcat.com/2018/03/01/welcome-to-the-post-social-media-era/]
Last week was a bloody awful one for intelligent, in-depth coverage of the
media. First came the news that Fortune has laid off Mathew Ingram, one of my
favourite writers on the modern media scene:
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