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Tag Archives: Journalism
Ukraine
With the news that Russia has now gone ahead and launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine, it’s hard to see when, and how, this sad state of affairs will be resolved. However, the immediate and short term impacts of … Continue reading
George Butterworth
If you happen to be in Falmouth, have a spare hour and the price of entrance to Pendennis Castle in your pocket, pop along and see the fabulous collection of original George Butterworth cartoons they have on display. Butterworth began … Continue reading
The Making of the President 1972
US political history of the last fifty years or so, is fascinating. And a thoughtful, balanced, contextualised, factual based view of past events (even if unpalatable by today’s standards), can lead to interesting and important reflections on current affairs. The … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72
Every time I think about Hunter S. Thompson, an unbidden mental picture of The History Man’s infernal Howard Kirk hoves into view, probably because Thompson, like Kirk, is inextricably linked in the general consciousness with the so called ‘counter culture’ of … Continue reading
Research, Question,Verify, Write.
I mentioned in my last post that I’d signed up to do some journalism training. Four weeks in, and I’ve learnt a lot. First up, this is hard work and requires some concentrated effort. I’ve done three interviews and all … Continue reading
A New Challenge
In my household, where things like emptying the bins and stacking the dishwasher are luxuries (because everyone is so time poor), you’d have to be a plank to go and commit yourself to a big higher education project on top … Continue reading
The Duke in his Domain
Feature writing covers a wide range of areas, but for me, profiling is probably the most interesting sub-genre. The best profiles don’t tend to focus on hard biographical data about the subject, but instead aim to present a coherent, accessible … Continue reading
Airhead
Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News is a fascinating account of key interviews undertaken by BBC journalist and Newsnight presenter, Emily Maitlis. If you’re looking for an academic work on the journalistic process, this ain’t it. But if you’re … Continue reading
£158
This week, I learnt that Boris Johnson gets paid £23,000 per month for his weekly column in Monday’s Daily Telegraph. This article gets the top slot, centre pages, opposite the newspaper’s editorial leaders. At an average of 1,250 words per … Continue reading
All The President’s Men
Why is history worth reading? An examination of the past can reveal hidden clues to who we are now. Continue reading
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