November 2006
Monthly Archive
EUseless (and other such rubbish puns)
Posted on Nov 30 2006 | Tagged as: Politics
The School of Journalism yesterday was graced with the presence of some people from the European Commission, whose names I instantly committed to oblivion.
The purpose of their visit was to convince us all of the wonderful job they do. The irony of them trying to convince us that they’re not simply pen-pushing beaureucratic moneywasters by […]
Press Conference guerilla-style, or: The magazine diploma goes Viz for a day
Posted on Nov 30 2006 | Tagged as: Work
Between James taking a phone call at the start of the conference; James getting up and walking out, only to wander back in again ten minutes later; Jon setting his phone alarm and chucking it under someone’s chair, the alarm being a looped recording of Alan Partridge exclaiming, “I am hung like a donkey”; my […]
The immortal magazine
Posted on Nov 30 2006 | Tagged as: Media
I’m not much of a one for aphorisms, despite having one rather permanently drawn on my arm, but that old cliche “knowledge is power” is pretty accurate.
Today we had the privilege of Kim Hollamby, the man in charge of IPC Media’s electronic delivery. One of the many, many things he told us was that their […]
Praise indeed
Posted on Nov 26 2006 | Tagged as: Work, Praise
I’ve been reliably informed that one of the lecturers in the journalism department, organising this press conference exercise that got me all confused the other day, described gair rhydd’s three-page coverage of the Stern Review, including my article, as among the best coverage (s)he’s read.
Pretty chuffed.
McDonald’s and the Macdonalds: I’m *really* not loving it
Posted on Nov 26 2006 | Tagged as: Business, TV, Comedy, Advertising
Though I did watch a bit of last night’s X-Factor, I can’t remember if the god-awful MacDonald brother are still in it. If they are, then it can’t possibly be on talent. There’s more chance of somebody buying Oranjeboom because they actually like it, and the best thing about Oranjeboom is you don’t have to […]
Busy week
Posted on Nov 26 2006 | Tagged as: Work, Media
This is probably not the best thing to admit on a blog that might possibly, potentially be seen by a possible, potential future employer (Nor is it a good way to start a post - (H)e(a)d) but I’m monumentally disorganised.
That’s how last monday I found myself working from 6.30 am to just before 9pm, with […]
Play nice now
Posted on Nov 26 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
One of the only rules of the “blogosphere” is that we have a sort of obligation to carry on what are effectively chain letters but without the pseudo-supernatural threats of “bad luck” and bogeymen.I’ve been passed a meme from the mighty Yellow Duck. I have to name 10 things I would never do, and then […]
Boris wades in
Posted on Nov 23 2006 | Tagged as: Media
As I’ve mentioned, as part of the feature that forms part of the online module’s assessment, I’m writing about bloggers’ effect(s) on “proper” newspaper columnists.This is one I hadn’t expected: Boris Johnson joining in that popular internet passtime, fisking Polly Toynbee.
Are you local?
Posted on Nov 23 2006 | Tagged as: Media
We’ve just had a guest lecture from Sarah Radford, a journalist on the Newbury Weekly News’s online wing, Newbury Today.
The site is updated daily, and they don’t hold back news for the newspaper. (I’m sceptical to be honest: the Guardian claimed to do the same - and it was quite big news apparently, even warranting […]
Curiousity caused by Cat
Posted on Nov 20 2006 | Tagged as: Yours truly, Work
This here journalism combines two things:
a need to know everything, and
the desire to be heard, to imagine, however fleetingly, that people are actually paying attention to what I’ve been saying, positively or negatively
Naturally, I’d prefer positively.
So when this afternoon Cat found a photocopy - a photocopy! - of my piece on the Stern report, with […]