Tag Archives: Journalism

Theo Tait on Gordon Burn

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Dave

Nice, longish essay in the LRB this issue, by Theo Tait on Gordon Burn’s Born Yesterday which I have written about now and again. A more unified and organised book would have excluded many of Born Yesterday’s highlights: the brilliant … Continue reading →

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Flat Earth News

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Dave

I am currently reading Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, which focuses on journalism and news and how the profession is failing in its duty to protect and disseminate the truth. This isn’t, Davies claims, because of a some moral … Continue reading →

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BBC blogging

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Dave

Interesting re-post of an article that appeared in the BBC’s in-house magazine Ariel by Rory Cellan-Jones on the issues around the launch of the various blogs written by BBC journalists: It strikes me the initial concerns were twofold – that … Continue reading →

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Getting things into the open

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Dave

David Wilcox has taken the bull by the horns and created an open thread on the OpenRSA blog calling for a more collaborative approach to the discussion on jounalism being carried out on the RSA networks platform. This debate is … Continue reading →

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