Blogging
"I think that everyone who works in industry, journalism or academia needs to blog to stay relevant and informed these days.... There is enormous value in blogging - as a source of ideas, content, comment, criticism, and contacts. It can also - and I think this comes as a
Media
Benkow admits faking interviews with Bill Gates and other celebrities "to survive". The 66 year old Norwegian freelance journalist, who's recently been accused of fabricating interviews with notabilities such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Schumacher and Bill Gates, writes in a press release: "What has been
Blogging
Blogs are increasingly used by mainstream media (MSM), e.g. to cover conferences and trials, and as a blog by its nature is different from a newspaper, whether it's on paper or online, blogging is slowly changing the way news are being covered. I recently blogged about Frank
Blogging
The journalist-versus-blogger debate has been coined an objectivity debate, but JP Rangaswami has another interesting take on it. The post is well-worth reading in full, but here's my favourite quote: "The journalist-versus-blogger debates are all about trust. Trust used to be something that bound small groups together.
Blogging
Are bloggers journalists? The debate rages on despite how recent research has showed that the majority of bloggers focus on relating their personal experiences to a limited audience. As a trained journalist who blogs, I must admit I don't see my blogging as journalism. Blogging is just for
Media
Bin Laden announces he is quitting terrorism and seeking asylum in the US, Fidel Castro denounces he is a dictator and Elvis says the rumours of his death are greatly exaggerated – all in 'exclusive' interviews with Björn Benkow, the Norwegian freelance journalist accused of fabricating interviews with notabilities
Blogging
Millionaire author Jeffrey Archer has a blog! The disgraced UK Conservative politcian, who served time for prejury and obstructing the course of justice during his 1987 libel trial with the Daily Star, blogs about art, cricket, writing books and other things here. I was gobsmacked to read the news via
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Is Norway about to get its very own Jayson Blair? Earlier this week Bill Gates denied that he had ever been on the flight where Norwegian freelance journalist Björn Benkow claims he met and interviewed the Microsoft founder – an interview he later sold to Aftonbladet and Mann. Then Michael Schumacher’
Personal
Many of you will be familiar with how my dog saved my life. I would not have been here today if Tajo had not intervened and found help after a hit-and-run driver had left me to die next to a deserted forest road almost 13 years ago. Yesterday I had
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The Harbour - Stavern
Media
Wordblog wrote a few says ago about how manipulated newspics led to diminishing trust in photographs. However, some editors take any form of picture manipulation very seriously. The Charlotte Observer promptly fired a photographer who repeatedly altered the colours in his photos to make them more aesthetic. "Accuracy is
Blogging
I wrote a while back about how much I enjoyed The Guardian's blog coverage of this years' NUJ conference and how reading it almost made me feel as if I was there. The Washington Post's Frank Ahren has an interesting article about covering the Enron