King of the Committee: Robert Peston, Financial Journalism and the Credit Crunch

February 4, 2009 in Journalism
Tags: barber, brummer, business, fallon, finance, jenkins, Journalism, mcfall, newspapers, peston, randall, treasury select committe

There he sat, flanked by four of the finest financial minds our nation has to offer, but overshadowing them all. In fact he hardly let them get a word in edgeways. Robert Peston was such a big draw his esteemed journalistic colleagues were lucky to have the privilege of a seat near his [...]

My Online Brand Means Much To Do

December 18, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: branding, fabians, Journalism, liveblogging, marketing, Michael Haddon, Naomi Klein, newspapers, next left, No Logo, online, podcasting, qik, technology, tntj

Does anyone else remember falling under Naomi Klein’s spell after reading No Logo and deciding that brands were bad? Well that was then, and this is now.  Suddenly I’m all for branding, especially if it helps to improve my visibility and employability.  I would sell my soul to Starbucks for a job.
Despite this I haven’t put [...]

Build It Up And Knock It Down

November 17, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: berkeley, bob calo, city, david leigh, guardian, investigative, Journalism, newspapers, paul bradshaw, propublica

This was my November post for the ‘Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists‘ blogring.
The question was ‘If you had a million dollars to save journalism, what would you do?‘
So $1,000,000 or £670,765.31.
I would spend it on investigative website which would perform journalism in the public interest. Very much taking its inspiration from ProPublica, albeit with [...]

Building Bridges

October 13, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: greenslade, guardian, harding, independent, internet, Journalism, lewis, newspapers, technology, telegraph, times

I wanted to quickly develop some ideas from my post for Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists.  In response to some of the musings already submitted on the blog ring, I said:
“…there seems to be little discussion of actual publications, this may well be a pragmatic decision not to limit future job opportunities. However it seems to [...]

Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists

October 12, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: blogs, city, guardian, Journalism, newspapers, politics, technology, telegraph, tntj, westminster

This post was written for Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists, a blog ring for young journalists to debate the future of their profession. The topic was ‘What would your ideal journalism job be and why?”
Strangely only Daniel seems to have given an indication of the field he wishes to cover. I think it’s important that [...]

Weapon Of Words

October 7, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: censorship, Journalism, mbanga, newspapers, zimbabwean

I briefly, and I mean briefly, met Wilf Mbanga today – the founder, editor and publisher of the Zimbabwean. Although I didn’t even manage to shake his hand, I did get to quickly compliment him on his recent article in the British Journalism Review. It is the kind of piece that really makes you [...]

What Is Journalism For?

October 7, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: city, ethics, greenslade, Journalism, newspapers, society

“The answer is both strikingly simple and amazingly complex. First a straight-forward and surely uncontroversial argument. Journalism is about providing information to citizens of a country, region or city – even the world – in order that they can know as much as possible about what is being done to them, for them and about [...]