Category Archives: Journalism

John Terry vs Chris Huhne, Fred Goodwin vs Johann Hari: why it pays to wait

Posted on February 9, 2012 by rob

TweetI can’t help thinking about four recent falls from grace. In essence, two are about awards, the other two about pre-emptive punishment. In all cases, we could benefit from being less hasty. I’ll explain why. Let’s start with pre-emptive punishment. … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street: how quick were the media on the uptake?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rob

TweetThe Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading and sprawling, into different countries and encompassing many issues. But how fast did it take for the news media to catch on? This is possible to quantify using two things – Factiva to … Continue reading →

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How Georgia rules the newspaper web fonts

Posted on September 23, 2011 by rob

TweetWhat have the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT and Independent got in common (aside from being UK newspapers)? Politically? Not much. Ownership? Couldn’t be more different. Style? Now you are getting somewhere. If you’ve ever surfed a few news websites and … Continue reading →

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The lazy journalism of citing Facebook and Twitter

Posted on June 3, 2011 by rob

TweetI’m getting very annoyed with the phrase “such as…” in journalism. It’s becoming a lazy substitute for not having concrete facts, and is used especially to write about websites and  social networks where the writer usually has no idea what … Continue reading →

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