Sea change: did online campaign group force political transparency?
It’s an interesting landmark: a quickly put-together online campaign in the UK may have influenced a political reversal. Gordon Brown has cancelled proposals for MPs to protect the details of their...
View ArticleToo old to become a journalist: UK journalism courses uncovered
This blog has, so far, concentrated on the Lambeth College, National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course. There are a multitude of other courses out there, many of which offer online...
View ArticleMark Pack: Legal question raised (and published) on Telegraph story
An eagle-eyed spot from Mark Pack, head of innovations for the Liberal Democrats. It looks like the Telegraph team were sharing the editorial process a bit too much here. Probably the capitalised...
View ArticleIt’s old-fashioned journalism from the bunker and there’s more to come, says...
So who wants the films rights to MPs’ expenses? It’s on a far less grave subject, but maybe it will be like the 9/11 films; the aftermath still permeating society, when the scripts are sold and...
View ArticleComRes stats: Who’s to blame for misreported Lib Dem leap frog poll? ITV...
Earlier today [Friday] media news sites, bloggers and tweeters reported that Liberal Democrats had leap frogged Labour with supporting rising by 14 per cent in a ITV/ComRes poll, to 35 per cent. For...
View ArticlePress Gazette: Libel reform and FOI on LibCon agenda
The new Liberal-Conservative coalition government in the UK has made assurances that it will extend the scope of the Freedom of Information Act and review libel laws. Libel reform has been the subject...
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