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News Shopper, Homophobia & Criticism Paid Members Public
I’ve been following Darryl of 853’s blogging for years now under his various guises, and once in a while, he comes out with some absolute corkers. This has been one of those weeks. Yesterday he posted a great dissection of the, uh, [questionable choice that the News Shopper,
Could Local Newspapers Make Money From Snow? Paid Members Public
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/01/4265878930_a465e45807_b-1557.html) Laura has a thoughtful post up on her blog on the sort of[ app she’d
On Public Interest Journalism Special Pleading Paid Members Public
I love Alison Gow’s blog, Headlines & Deadlines, because every few months she puts up a post that really nails an issue, and becomes essential reference for journalists from then on. Here’s another one [http://headlinesanddedlines.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-local-newspapers-court-and-council.html] : > I read a brief from
What Will Media Look Like in Digital Britain? Paid Members Public
Ah, the fuss around Digital Britain is growing, isn’t it? And I don’t just mean the report – I mean how Britain looks in a digital future. Events like a judge giving The Times approval to reveal the identity of an anonymous police blogger [http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Hard News Journalism Paid Members Public
I know the guy had been drinking, but this is really quite shocking: And we wonder why journalism is in trouble? (via MarkMedia [http://markmedia.blogs.com/markmedia/2008/11/how-journalism-works.html]) Update: the drunk journalist in question is Adam Smith of the Birmingham Mail [https://web.archive.org/web/
Local Newspapers are Doomed Paid Members Public
Or so said professor of journalism and Guardian blogger, Roy Greenslade [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/] on Today this morning. You can catch him predicting the death of local newspapers [http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/newsid_7591000/7591404.stm] online still.
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