From EastSouthWestNorth Rebecca Mackinnon of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre in Hong Kong does a great job of looking at how Chinese are increasingly skeptical of Western news agencies’ perceived bias about what has happened in Tibet: Hopefully most of China’s netizens will draw the obvious conclusion: that in the end you shouldn’t trust … Read more
screenshot from CNN’s website It’s the one area where old-style journalism hasn’t really made the strides it could. I can understand why: Journalism is a very, very conservative profession. But The Journalism Iconoclast, written by Patrick Thornton, makes a telling point when he points to a nice new feature of CNN.com’s website — the … Read more
Thoughtprovoking stuff from John Lloyd of Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford, who thinks news is a universal thing, like human rights. I know I do stuff for the BBC World Service but I’m with Daya Thussu on this: news reflects the values of the people who report it. They may be … Read more
Here’s a piece I did for the BBC World Service on the Demise of the Considered Response. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/2604_considered_response.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Another BBC World Service recording. This one’s about getting connected in hotels. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1204_hotel_access.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download