Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2013
Posts (18)
‘Jargongate’: pedants' revolt on a wet February afternoon
Curious news this week from Azerbaijan where the government has introduced a Terminology Commission with a view to regulating the use of language, including in the media.
Aid workers file stories while journalists treat the injured
The Haitian earthquake, January 2010: a man performs brain surgery on a 15 year old girl; a second writes a gripping eyewitness account for the Guardian about the dead bodies piled up on the street.
Meet the Syrian conflict ‘heroine’ of Russian TV
Anastasiya Popova has featured regularly on bulletins on official channel Rossiya 1 over the past 18 months or so, often reporting on the bloody conflict amid the sound of gunfire and detonating shells.
Art of the obituary: you’re a journalist not a funeral director
There have been thousands of warm and some surprising words written this week about the late Richard Briers: sitcom stalwart, national treasure, serial smoker and possibly the fastest Hamlet in history.
Censorship in Burma: ‘one cage opens’ but caution remains
Once infamous for locking up journalists, bloggers and poets, Burma has seen unprecedented new media freedom, but more reform is needed.
Front-line safety is a collective challenge
Stuart Hughes hears from a range of international journalists about what is happening on the ground to improve newsgathering safety in war zones, and what more could be done.
Rewards versus risks for war zone rookies
Tighter budgets and a decline in the number of staff jobs have made newsrooms more reliant on freelancers. At the same time, the dangers facing journalists are greater than ever before.
They pulled me off Mali to report on the Pope
Exactly a week ago, I happened to be scanning the wires as the news from the Italian ANSA news agency dropped via Reuters: Pope resigns. Just two words, but their significance was explosive.
Launch of Urdu TV from the BBC was sure to get them talking
The much anticipated launch of the first BBC Urdu TV programme this week was guaranteed to fire up the Twittersphere.
When false 999 calls are the story, tell it on Twitter
West Midlands Police have just tweeted around the clock to let the public and journalists know, in dramatic style, that only one in 20 of the 999 calls they receive are genuine.
