Peter Preston puts forward the idea of a broadband licence fee to pay for jouralism in his Observer column today. Whatever the initial reactions — mine is favourable — it is something which deserves extensive debate.
How to pay for journalism in the future in the UK has become mired in the similar but different debate [...]
The news today makes sorry reading for everyone in Britain who believes in freedom of information and that includes journalists.
There is the case of the German father and son tourists ordered by police to delete photographs of a a London bus station from their camera because photographing anything to do with transport is “strictly forbidden“.
A [...]
Labour spinners for a start. Damian McBride and Derek Draper were certainly foolish to even consider their plan for a blog to spread smears about Tories (Sunday Times et al) but completely mad to discuss the plot in emails. It does not take much brain to understand that emails are just about the worst medium [...]
I have come across some strange work creation schemes but the picture of a policeman with “medic” across his back and his truncheon raised takes the prize. Pity I can’t find it among the Guardian’s web coverage of the aftermath of the G20 protests.
But you can read on line an interesting piece about the way [...]
An excellent piece in the Guardian’s G2 section on the future of local newspapers by Stephen Moss last Friday set me marshalling developing thoughts on a way forward.
By throwing off the baggage of the past, in the minds of journalists as well as in the physical printing presses and distribution some sort of misty vision [...]
Mary C Rush is upset by the slimming-down of her local newspaper, the Mansfield News-Journal in Ohio and has written to the editor with a question:
Just who is it that is responsible for placing the contents of newspapers on the Internet every day? It’s enough to boggle one’s mind how this occurs.
Why can’t newspapers have [...]
The end of the Press Gazette is sad but not unexpected. Back in November 2006 when it closed previously I wrote: “Perhaps the title will survive in some form.” A future on the web looked like the best chance it had
But then it was bought out of receivership by Wilmington who continued the print edition. [...]
As part of the updating and tidying of Wordblog it is now available in a mobile phone friendly format. Mobile devices are automatically detected so the url is still simply wordblog.co.uk.
Having got a a BT Broadband Anywhere phone I realised it was something I wanted even if no one else uses it.
Andy Dickinson who teaches journalism at the University of Central Lancashire has decided to end the regular blogging I have followed and enjoyed.
He explains his decision in this post. I don’t want to summarise because I would surely misrepresent him. But I understand his feelings. In recent months I too have felt I was falling [...]
The folly of believing that newspapers can be successful on a sea of debt is further demonstrated by the situation of David Montgomery’s Mecom business which has gained a further extension, until April 30, for discussions with its lenders.
The Telegraph refers to the “spectre of possible insolvency” in its report. Before the recent sale of [...]
