national newspapers
Why did journalism never go gonzo? Paid Members Public
Kevin Anderson pointed out [http://charman-anderson.com/2012/07/20/us-humourist-skewers-newspaper-industry/] this interview with humorist and newspaper columnist Dave Berry [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Newsletter/Columns/Syndicates--Dave-Barry-On-Winning-The-NSNC-Lifetime-Achievement-Award] , in which he makes a pretty damning assessment of the newspaper business: > So what role did newspapers play in the decline of
Online publishing is not necessarily the next home of traditional publishers Paid Members Public
Matthew Ingram has written a typically thoughtful and insightful piece about the bind newspaper publishers find themselves in [http://gigaom.com/2012/04/03/why-digital-native-media-will-almost-always-win/], all inspired by this graph from LinkedIn [http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/03/08/economic-report/]: [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/
Don't feed the Daily Troll Paid Members Public
David Hepworth [http://whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/how-daily-mail-fishes-in-new.html] : > But I mostly hear about the Daily Mail from the people who disapprove of it most. It’s the daily drum beat of Twitter – what have they gone and done now? These people can’t wait to tell
Sunday Newspapers on the iPad Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/03/0f69fe2070e711e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg] It’s Sunday, and I’m on holiday – or as on holiday as an under-employed freelance consultant can be – and so my thoughts turn to those most vital components of a relaxing Sunday: coffee and the
National news media? Yeah, right. Paid Members Public
So, today the (allegedly) British media goes into its annual frenzy of exam-results celebration, in predictable style. First we have the pretty girls celebrating [http://sexyalevels.tumblr.com/]. Tomorrow, inevitably, it’ll be all about how A-levels have been dumbed down But that’s not what’s really irritating me.
Jon Snow on phone-hacking and the decline of the press Paid Members Public
Fascinating post from Jon Snow on the whole Politics/Press/Broadcast issue [http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/britains-watergate-mea-culpa] thrown up by the phone-hacking saga: > The relationship between print and broadcasting has always been tense. We both resent and depend upon each other ‘out on the street’. But these days,
The falls of the houses of Phillips and Hari Paid Members Public
I suspect many of us labouring in the less glamorous trenches of journalism will be feeling a little schadenfreude at the moment. First came the sudden departure of Melanie Phillips [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Phillips] from The Spectator, as explained by Prof Greenslade [http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The BBC Social Media Summit: storms in teacups and cultural divides Paid Members Public
My, oh, my. I can’t remember the last time a small journalism event with only 30 attendees created such a fuss. But today’s first leg of the BBC Social Media Summit has done just that, with particularly strident criticism from Jeff Jarvis [http://www.buzzmachine.com/] on the
