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Why local news will always matter

Published in January 8th, 2010
Posted by Louise in Journalism, Media, News
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Tweet At risk of stating the obvious, we’ve had a lot of snow this week. News coverage of the cold snap generally has been at saturation levels, often at the expense of more important stories such as the Robinson scandal – I’m surely not the only person fed up of news footage of people telling […]

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Dacre – out of touch, out of order

Published in November 10th, 2008
Posted by Louise in Journalism, Media, News
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Tweet Early this morning I read the transcript of Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre’s speech to the annual conference of the Society of Editors. What has captured my attention is his views on privacy. On his own admission, Dacre knows that “sensation sells papers”. That has clearly been the basis for his particular brand of […]

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How reporting can endanger the disabled

Published in August 2nd, 2008
Posted by Louise in Journalism, News
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Tweet Following Barry George’s acquittal for the murder of Jill Dando, today’s papers are awash with lengthy analysis of the case and profiles of George himself. My own opinion is that I think it highly unlikely that George “did it”, based on reports of his low IQ and other mental and physical problems. Why on […]

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