The Press Complaints Commission (PCc) last week [29/3/2010] censured columnist Rod Liddle for saying that Afro-Caribbean men were responsible for the “overwhelming majority” of violent crime in London. Continue reading
Media
IFNC: indefensibly funded news consortia
Press Gazette reports that the government has appointed the organisations who’ll be running three so-called “independently funded news consortia” (IFNC) in Scotland, Wales and the Tyne Tees/Border region. Continue reading
Going digital
Best way to make the move from print to digital? Don’t wear a suit to your interview, according to Greg Coleman, president of the Huffington Post, in this piece from Advertising Age. Continue reading
Need to know design
This is a terrific restatement of basic design principles,* and especially timely in what the author describes (rightly, I’d say) as “the instant design age”. Continue reading
What we can learn from schools in Harlem
There was an inspiring report on the Today Programme this morning [18/03/2010] from Kevin Connolly about how people in Harlem, New York are turning their own schools around, with the aim of “giving poor kids everything that rich kids expect”. Continue reading
Going digitally native
Generation Y, the digital natives, the generation born between 1980 and 2000 are different, we’re told, because they grew up with the internet as part of their lives almost from birth. Continue reading
BNP ban bid binned
The government won’t be banning members of the British National Party from getting jobs as teachers. Continue reading
Domming down
There was a terrific piece from the BBC about the scandal of people who are resident in the UK but not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes – the non-doms. Continue reading
BBC cutback shock horror
Reported plans by the BBC to cut back its massive share of UK broadcasting and online output have caused shock and horror throughout the land. Continue reading
Slasher Thompson takes axe to BBC?
The Times reports that BBC Director-General Mark “Slasher” Thompson is to start hacking down the ever-expanding BBC. Continue reading