Swear words on the front pages are not uncommon, especially in the United States, but they are not usual. “BASTARDS,” screamed one American newspaper the day after 9/11. In a word the header captured the general response of incensed readers to the act that brought down the World Trade Center towers. Now, the Rocky Mountain…
Daily Archives: 23 September 2007
If your signal is weak, call the chief secretary
At the beginning of India’s liberalisation, the question a great many economists and columnists (like Tavleen Singh) asked was: should the State be running bakeries instead of looking at the big things in life? The allusion was to Modern Foods, a state-owned company that made bread. Eventually, the company was sold to Hindustan Lever. A…
‘How to get from B to A: Great minds like a think’
CHICAGO: The rise and rise of The Economist in the United States is something media analysts can’t stop speaking about. But the unapologetically elitist tone of its advertising is also a fine lesson in wordplay and branding. This one, on top of a cab near Union Station in Chicago, is a good example of both.…
MUST-WATCH: Getting a press pass is very easy
There are others, of course, but journalists should surely rank very high on the totempole of the most grumbling professionals. Grumbling about our bosses, grumbling about our pay, grumbling about the way our organisations are run, we quickly lose sight of what we are here for, and quietly of all our energy. How can we…
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