Adapting in the new media landscape
15 August 2008
There has probably never been a time in the past century when the journalism industry was not under siege from commercial pressures and new media (from radio to high-speed broadband).
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Police's PR spend is not making friends
8 August 2008
Many journalists feel that the police now see us as the enemy. Journalists such as veteran crime reporter Nigel Green – who claims that despite increased spending on PR the flow of information from police forces has worsened in recent ...
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Mosley verdict means a less open society
1 August 2008
Watching Formula One boss Max Mosley tear into the News of the World from the secure footing of the moral high ground outside the High Court on Thursday was reminscent of witnessing Jonathan Aitken’s famous “sword of truth and trusty ...
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Self-regulation: abuse it and lose it
25 July 2008
Newspaper journalists are in a privileged position. While broadcasters have all manner of statutory curbs placed upon them – and the risk of huge fines from government regulator Ofcom – newspaper journalists operate in a free market. ...
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Flawed libels are a danger to us all
18 July 2008
Composer Keith Burstein tried to paint himself as the victim this week after he was bankrupted by Associated Newspapers. But the truth is that if he was to succeed in his ongoing libel action against the Evening Standard he would ...
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A choice of futures awaits journalism
11 July 2008
That the only future for print media is online was the proposal put in a special debate in the House of Commons this week. Many a hoary old argument was wheeled out: you can’t read a computer on the toilet or in the bath; newspapers ...
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Malik ruling is a disservice to all
4 July 2008
Lord Justice Dyson gave campaigning investigative journalist Shiv Malik short shrift on Thursday when he appeared in the High Court to defend the right of all journalists to keep their sources secret.
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Brave investment will bring rewards
27 June 2008
Most journalists working in print will have lived with circulation decline throughout most of their careers. So for many, the experience of seeing readership charts rocket skywards in the frenetic race to achieve poll position will ...
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Local journalism is in excellent hands
20 June 2008
It’s a great shame that the short-sellers and hedge fund speculators who are currently talking down media shares could not all have been invited to the Regional Press Awards on Friday. Far from seeing an industry in decline, they ...
