Category Archives: Journalism debate
Gearing up for a Reiss in social media
I don’t know if it owed to happenstance or deliberate scheduling by our crafty tutors, but last week, Cardiff JOMEC saw two guest-lecturers who were poles apart. First was web-wizard, pioneer of the new cyber-journo age, and Web Development Editor, … Continue reading
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Let’s not outgrow those size 10′s just yet…
With the weekly flow of top-notch industry leaders power-pointing their hearts out for us, the Cardiff School of Journalism, it’s easy to get complacent. Although asking a room full of budding hacks not to be too critical is a bit … Continue reading
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Must the (slide) show go on? Really?
AGE has recently overtaken all other discontents and become the main shaper of my acerbically-bitter and sarcastic self. Believe me, the competition is strong. OK, this appraisal is a little heafty; entering my mid-twenties isn’t as bad as some would … Continue reading
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The lady may not be for turning, but this lad is
It’s 1980. Britain is the nation-state equivalent of a fetid sack of feces. Margaret Thatcher is under immense pressure — not least from those inside her own government; two-million are unemployed as a result of her harsh economic policies. Oblivious … Continue reading
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The twit has hit the fan
I think God — or Allah/Buddah/Wodan/etc depending on your brand of delusion — needs to come up with an animal more stubborn than a mule; if only so we can coin a new proverb for people far more stubborn than … Continue reading
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It’s journalism, Jim, but not as we know it
This week, I (along with everyone else studying postgraduate journalism at Cardiff University) was presented with an interesting microcosm of perhaps the most pertinent debate in the media right now — the relationship between online and print. Now as far … Continue reading
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