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Roy Greenslade: Times executive to head City University journalism faculty

Brock, who joins City on 1 September, started his career at the Yorkshire Evening Press and went on in 1976 to become home affairs reporter for The Observer. In 1981, he moved to The Times where he has worked ever since in various roles, including ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, ROY GREENSLADE, Greenslade,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: World Economic Forum

Mobile phones vs. Telegrams: Journalism Morality Down the Ages

Given Nick Davies’ story alleging mass mobile phone-hacking by journalists, it might perhaps be instructive to look back at the journalistic morals of another age. Here, by way of example, is ‘Journalism and Morality’ by Silas Bent, published in 1926 ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  9 Jul 2009

Goodbye City University: @amonck reflects on four years as journalism head

Although I’ll be haunting College Building for the next week or so, today is my leaving drinks (or ‘glad you’re gone’ party as we used to call them). I’ll be keeping up a link with the place as a prof, and I’ll be trying to bash out a PhD. And I’ll ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Journalism.co.uk,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: David Lloyd,  Penny Marshall,  Flickr

Leaving

Although I’ll be haunting College Building for the next week or so, today is my leaving drinks (or “glad you’re gone” party as we used to call them) - 1700 BST in the TV studio if you can make it. I’ll be keeping up a link with the place as a prof, and ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: David Lloyd,  Penny Marshall,  Flickr

Free for all?

All those random videos on YouTube are just dandelion seeds in search of fertile ground on which to land. In a sense, we're 'wasting video' in search of better video, exploring the potential space of what the moving picture can be. If you want to ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Guardian Unlimited,  1 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Chris Anderson,  Google Inc.,  Malcolm Gladwell,  Rupert Murdoch,  Wikipedia

Newspaper subscription by algorithm

A blog about how we inform ourselves and why: journalism, the media, news, communications and information “Let there be no doubt that whatever sacrifices we journalists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrichment: they are made for you. ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  16 Jun 2009

The New York Times via the Daily Show

A blog about how we inform ourselves and why: journalism, the media, news, communications and information “Let there be no doubt that whatever sacrifices we journalists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrichment: they are made for you. ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Media vanity projects…

This short paragraph from an obit of Fleur Cowles gives you some idea of why the tastes of media connoisseurs and the general public are not necessarily in synch (and of the source of creative motivation): Flair was a short-lived, loss-making, vanity ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  11 Jun 2009

The redundant story: math and the future of journalism

I have long argued the rather unoriginal position that journalism’s mission to inform has its roots in religious ‘infotainment’ both popular and intellectual - moralising editorials replaced moralising sermons, etc. But I’ve been struggling to express ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  1 Jun 2009

Off topic: the language of advertising

In a penthouse apartment on the right side of town, a 28‐54 year old man called Dan tried to control his breathing. Someone or something was moving about downstairs. He listened intently. There it was again. In the inky dark, the sound had real ...

From ADRIAN MONCK, Adrian Monck,  21 May 2009

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