Blog posts by year and monthAugust 2012
Posts (10)
Harry, the public interest, and the internet argument
Why did the rest of the British media decline to follow the Sun in publishing the unexpurgated pictures of Prince Harry frolicking in Las Vegas?
The contrasting fortunes of three Arab Twitter users
Traditional media in Arab Gulf states predominantly consists of government-controlled broadcasters and newspapers with government-appointed editors.
The future of iPhone journalism: from Edinburgh to the WSJ’s new WorldStream
The sheer range of smartphones is of itself a large part of the problem, making consistency of training problematic when devices have such differing specifications, hardware etc.
How Leveson came to the crunch on press regulation
When David Cameron announced a full public inquiry into the press following the phone-hacking affair, he said he believed its regulation should be under a new system entirely.
Charting a course through the digital world
How should we adapt our personal and professional lives to the new tools of digital communication?
What the press coverage of Prince Harry tells us
The UK press has declined to print pictures of Prince Harry naked in a Las Vegas hotel room. What does this say about British media in the midst of the Leveson Inquiry?
Great political theatre, but Leveson was a missed opportunity
Having spent most of my career as an industrial and political reporter working in competition with the Murdoch press, I found the public hearings of the Leveson Inquiry a disappointment.
Who’s following you? Twitter makes it easy to find out
As the College of Journalism Twitter account heads inexorably towards its ten-thousandth follower (will we get there before Facebook reaches its billionth user?), I’ve been finding out about the intelligent, discriminating people who follow us.
After the Olympic highs, has normal media service been resumed?
After 17 days of Olympic-induced euphoria and goodwill, the afterglow has almost faded.
An injection of entrepreneurial energy
All good journalists need something of the entrepreneur about them. So if you find yourself working in an overly relaxed post-Olympics or post-holiday mood
