Long-form journalism provides an escape from the attention grabbing nature of modern news media. Here are my three favourite examples from the last three-to-five years, mute your phone, close Twitter and get sucked in.
Long-form journalism provides an escape from the attention grabbing nature of modern news media. Here are my three favourite examples from the last three-to-five years, mute your phone, close Twitter and get sucked in.
A podcast from the award-winning This American Life first broadcast in May, 2010, in which National Public Radio journalists buy a mortgage backed security and track down the homeowners in the toxic asset.
Martin Robbins did a great job of highlighting The Mail Online’s overt sexualisation of children in his column yesterday, but how can a regulatory body deal with parent-managed publicity of children and the media feeding frenzy that ensues?
The ‘shareholder spring’ has taken hold in minds of minority stakeholders’ and the common vernacular of journalists over the last few weeks – what are the origins of the phrase and how did this meme take hold?
The brilliant fleet street fox, Nialler9 and Jonathan Frost, editor of Wannabe Hacks, give their thoughts on how to launch and promote blogs to show case work, help build your client base and even generate additional revenue.
Last week we learnt that the Alternative Ulster is to go on hiatus after failing to win an award for Arts Council funding. Here are a few words from the editor on maintaining the website while the magazine isn't in circulation.
On the day that a 77-year-old man took his own life outside the Greek parliament, one of my contacts broke from his usual bonhomie to try and explain how daunting the situation is in his country. Here are his comments.
A decade in newspaper circulation statistics tells is it's better to be a right-leaning red top. The post looks at newspaper circulation by political alignment, sales over the last decade and the share of the population reading newspapers. Based on ABCs.
Headline puns are awesome (hat tip to the Sun's subs), but the downfall of Game Group has led to some of most lacklustre gags in business headline writing history. Five bad puns and that clip from Aliens, starring The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times. Read more inside.
As ex-Goldman Sachs man Greg Smith’s op-ed causes a splash, here's why the company is often referred to as the "vampire squid". Including examples from today’s press, Tabbi’s feature lede which first used the phrase and audio of the RS feature write and his boss saying why the metaphor is factually inaccurate.