This was originally submitted to Roy Greenslade as part of my MA assessment in Journalism & Society (a module on media history, structure and ethics). Jake Lynch believes that the media’s coverage of conflict fuels further violence and makes peaceful resolution harder to achieve. To that end he argues that journalists should adopt a “peace journalism” approach in order to …
The Man Without A Face (Masha Gessen)
A review I published for We Love This Book – originally published here on 28th February, 2012. Masha Gessen is almost over-qualified to write this biography. In fact, as a journalist, she must’ve been upset to know that the book was nearly off to the printers during the December protests, which have been hurriedly tacked on as an epilogue. It’s …
Should the News of the World hacking scandal and Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB takeover bid have been connected?
This was originally submitted to Roy Greenslade as part of my MA assessment in Journalism & Society (a module on media history, structure and ethics). Through News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch is the world’s leading newspaper proprietor. His company is also the largest pay TV owner and stood to grow larger still if its bid for BSkyB had been approved. That …
Small Man In A Book (Rob Brydon)
Another review for We Love This Book. Rob Brydon visited Guildford in December for a book signing. That’s right, the comic impresario came to a sleepy Home County to promote his life story. But why am I telling you this? Well, where he’s been and who he’s met is a crucial part of Small Man In A Book. Because everyone …
Martin Amis: The Biography (Richard Bradford)
A review I published for We Love This Book – originally published here on 9th November, 2011. If you’ve read Martin Amis’ novels, then the density of this critical biography won’t be lost on you. Amis’ life is structured like most of his works, crammed with excess and disinterest (à la Money), before giving way to post-modern despair and far-reaching …
Civil Sin
With 20,000 words left to write for April 26th and having just handed in my dissertation about six hours earlier, I should be either celebrating or furiously scribbling away the last double-spaced, footnoted pages of my degree. However, like the aspiring journalist I so crave to be defined as, instead I sat down in front of BBC One’s See You …
Crossover
This was originally posted with my application for MA Broadcast Journalism at City University, London as an original critique on a television programme within a 200-word limit, along with another one on a radio programme, on 14th March 2011. Wish me luck! Panorama: Smoking and the Bandits Date: March 7, 2011 Length: 29:00 First broadcast on BBC One, then made …
Perfect Stranger
This was originally posted with my application for MA Broadcast Journalism at City University, London as an original critique on a radio programme within a 200-word limit, along with another one on a television programme, on 14th March 2011. Wish me luck! From Our Own Correspondent (FOOC) Date: March 10, 2011 Length: 28:18 First broadcast on Radio 4, then made …
Students’ Union announces £11,000 loss days after controversial dismissal of longest serving staff members
This was originally posted, along with my Scott Trust Bursary application (for MA Broadcast Journalism at City University, London) as an original article within a 200-word limit on 28th February 2011. Wish me luck! SURHUL’s Commercial Services Department has declared a deficit of £11,000 in just six weeks of trading. Details of the dramatic loss, which were sent in an …
Tomorrow: don’t go out before you’ve read the paper (I’ll let you read it online)
This was originally posted on August 19th 2010, in the Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists blog-ring after I was asked to contribute to journalism.co.uk’s August Debate. As I sit in my dressing-gown at my laptop at midday, with umpteen tabs open in Firefox, I often find myself the brunt of my housemates’ ridicule. Who am I? Am I some sort of …
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