Britain’s premier interviewer Jeremy Paxman, in conversation with Michael White, the Guardian‘s political editor, and blogger Paul Staines alias Guido Fawkes, who argues that the proximity of political journalists short-changes readers, listeners, and viewers. White’s response: Are we all lackeys or very naive? Isn’t it true of sports journalists, too? Link via Martin Stabe
Daily Archives: 30 March 2007
Does journalism have any power any longer?
As the eyes and ears of the paying public, the media digs, probes, investigates, asks questions, writes stinging editorials, and does all the hard work that we should do and we are expected to do. But does it amount to anything at all? It’s an uncomfortable question but somebody’s got to ask it, and Brian…
What every budding TV journo needs to do
Every bright kid now wants to do television journalism. But what are the demands of television news? How are stories edited? How are news programmes made? Britain’s Channel 4 has just launched a fantastic interactive programme called “Breaking the News” that every aspiring television journalist might like to make use of. The site allows you…
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