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Today I was interviewed by Gemma Pritchard, the editor of the Inquirer -- City University's independent student paper. She was preparing a piece of coursework about ...
A few media commentators have used the Brand/Ross fall out to take swipes at the BBC licence fee. I fear it's a debate that will ...
Wowzers. Take a look at this list of stories on the Russell Brand fiasco, all taken from Media Guardian. There's 49 in total -- and ...
Trust in the media is something we talk about on a grand scale. The Queen having a strop, for instance, or the uproar over You ...
I've just seen this on the Journobiz forum. Sadly, someone out there will do this for them. In some ways, it sums up everything that ...
Yesterday's shocking events in Finland brought the debate about media censorship to the fore once again. Peter Horrocks, head of the BBC newsroom, has gone on ...
As I said in my post yesterday, colleague Queenie Rikihana set my mind at rest over the 'sitting on a table' incident. Anyway, she added ...
I've just got back from seeing Adrian Monck give a very thought provoking talk at Cambridge WordFest. The previous 'fest' I'd attended was BurgerFest, hosted by ...
As part of my dissertation research, I got in touch with Nick Davies, the author of the utterly brilliant book, Flat Earth News. Or, as ...
What a week. Monday saw my first ever lecture. Kristine Lowe explained to the students why we should all blogging. The 'Do's and Don't's of Blogging' ...
Today I met Andrew Gilligan. I'd contacted him last month about interviewing him about his role in the David Kelly saga, and to my delight, ...
It's a catchphrase that Bruce Forsyth would envy, but he's got it spot on. Jonathan Charles, a BBC foreign correspondent, was tonight the latest in a ...
Well that was a success, I guess! The other day I asked for a few suggestions for questions I could put to Andrew Gilligan, who ...
I mentioned in a post a week or so ago that I'm doing some research on the Hutton Inquiry for my dissertation on anonymous sources ...
A little while ago I was scoulded -- rightly, I'll add -- for offering to do a job for free. There are hundreds of reasons why ...
To quote a housemate: "It's all kicking off!" Well not really, but for me things are getting interesting. Issue 6 of The Linc has been sent ...
Welcome to tonight's award ceremony. There's only one category. And only one nominee. The winner of the 2007 Ridiculous Comment of the Year Award goes to ...
A few more responses have cropped up from around the blogosphere. Most notably from Roy Greenslade. More on Roy's comments later, but first, I'll turn my ...
My response comes from this post yesterday. Thought I'd give it a bit more prominence. Thanks, everyone, for your comments. Linda Jones: Dave, so a man ...
"Print journalists should just do print." Who said that? Phillip Knightley. The room practically exploded. Is this man serious? Knightley's guest lecture tonight (at the University of ...
Sometimes it takes an angry, manic-like comment on a blog to make you see things differently. All this week, I've been worried about the state of ...
[Steph Senyszyn] New NME design: "Poor efforts by the work experience kids." A fellow Lincoln Uni journalism student is less than pleased with the new-look NME. ...
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Reports of her death are greatly exaggerated
Without wanting to seem flippant over this tragic story, I couldn't help notice something very strange on on the Daily Mail site today. Headline: Miss World ...
0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 9:47 am.
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