When the reporter promises to keep a secret (“Don’t worry. That will be just between you and I”); when the industry leader paints a rosy picture (“The future of this technology is obvious although you and me may not be around to see it”); when HR sends a stern memo on expenses (“in the future,…
Daily Archives: 25 July 2007
The occupational hazards of TV journalists
Television journalism is a tough business. And a Channel 4 reporter in England, reporting on the floods in Oxford, gets a “first-hand” experience.
10 ways to become a self-taught master
There’s a wonderful story T.V.R. Shenoy, the founder-editor of The Week, narrates of life in Delhi in the 1960s and early ’70s. Of walking down from his home in Green Park along with a friend towards the Central Secretariat, and playing chess along the way. Yes, chess—not on a board, but in the mind! Shenoy…
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