newsletters
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
newsletters
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
data journalism
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/photo-3631.html] Allison Schrager has a problem with data journalism [http://qz.com/189703/the-problem-with-data-journalism/]: > But I worry that data give commentary a false sense of authority since data analysis is inherently prone to bias. The author’s priors, what
data journalism
Kevin Anderson: > Yes, we’re now going to have to suffer through lots of ill-informed speculation from columnists. Brace yourself yet again as they take out their favourite axe from the kitchen cupboard and grind away on it just a bit more until the head is gone and they’
Blogging
OK. I’m irritated now. Perhaps it was inevitable that the media response to the launch of Huffington Post UK [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/] today would be dominated by the fact that the majority of the content contributors don’t get paid [http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2011/
journalist
A couple of blog posts that have been hanging around in tabs for a few days now, and which deserve some linkage: Kristine Lowe posted a thoughtful look at how the rise of social media is reshaping our [expectations of what journalism looks like](http://kristinelowe.blogs.com/kristine_lowe/
Journalism
Possibly the finest moment from Yes, Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister]: Any journalist about to write about opinion polls should be forced to sit down and watch this.
Journalists
At a meeting this morning, I told a prospective newbie blogger that intentional controversy was often a massively over-rated virtue. In the light of this, I couldn’t help but find myself nodding vigorously in agreement with this piece by Umair Haque [http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/12/why_
Blogging
Once in a while, I come across a post that perfectly expresses something that I’ve been struggling to articulate. In particular, of late I’ve been trying to explain concisely why I find the “oh, blogs are just people ranting on the internet” view I get from so many