Posts Tagged ‘politics’
The fallout surrounding the smear emails between Damien McBride and Derek Draper has seen much media attention being paid to the role played by Paul Staines and his Guido Fawkes blog. However some commentary has cast this shameful ploy, which was designed for the anonoymity of the internet, as problematic for politics and society.
‘Once the [...]
With Peter Mandelson, Douglas Alexander and Derek Draper featuring alongside a surprise appearance from John Prescott, LabourList’s launch was always going to be entertaining. Yesterday’s ‘Blogger’s Breakfast’ brought together those at the heart of Labour’s approach to the internet, from high-profile party officials to grass roots activists and left-leaning sympathisers.
Called ‘New Labour, New [...]
…at least according to Hunter S Thompson. If so, Martin Bright can’t be particularly adept at the practice, he’s agreed to teach our UK Politics specialism at City. As a subscriber to the New Statesman, where he is political editor, I am very pleased. It will be a great experience to learn from a [...]
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 [...]
I attended a debate on political campaigners and reporters this evening, and among others it featured Nick Robinson, Iain Dale and Peter Tatchell. I was lucky enough to be asked to cover the event for journalism.co.uk. This is the version I am going to turn in tomorrow, it’s a little longer than [...]
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