A selection of my latest bookmarks. Richard Herring.com: Warming up – Herring responds to out-of-context quotes in Guardian piece. “To have those contentious lines quoted out of context, with absolutely no explanation of what else takes place can have no other effect than to make the casual (and even the quite careful) reader assume that [...]
Words Dept.
The personal weblog of Manchester journalist David Quinn
Bookmarks from 15 July to 18 July
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Independent: Will La Liga soon be bigger than the Premier League? – Spanish league plans to switch some kick-offs to weekend lunchtimes to please Asian markets; top players staying in Spain Noel Gallagher: Manchester City should not buy Chelsea’s John Terry – “He’s got funny eyes and he’s a [...]
Bookmarks from 6 July to 10 July
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Guardian: U2 criticised for world tour carbon footprint – 44 dates have equivalent carbon footprint of a return flight to Mars. TNTJ: Have you fallen out of love with blogging? – More blog anxiety. Genuine trend? MediaGuardian: Trinity Mirror plans 66 more job cuts in north-east England – Yet [...]
Bookmarks from 29 June to 1 July
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Journalism.co.uk: Trinity Mirror confirms proposed closure of Midlands weeklies Playing the game (real adventures in journalism) – Anonymous blog about newpaper journalism
Bookmarks from 24 June to 26 June
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Betty's Utility Room: Knickerless – A daft take on the departure of "Conor McKnickerless" (or is it George Lamb?) as editor of NME. Very funny. Guardian: Blogging: the long and short of it "Writing a blog [...]
Bookmarks from 30 April to 5 May
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Bloggers dispute Silvio Berlusconi party pictures – Italian PM allegedly airbrushed into photos of an 18-year-old model's birthday party, although no-one knows why. Jeff Jarvis: I'm not the only doomsayer On newspapers: "The insane response to [...]
Bookmarks from 13 April to 15 April
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Video: Hilaire Bollock – BBC regional presenter makes testicle goof. Media Guardian: MEN Media and NUJ settle dispute – Strike ballot called off. Less redundancies than originally planned but local offices will still shut. Radio 4 [...]
Bookmarks from 3 April to 9 April
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Journalism.co.uk: The social effects of disappearing regional newspapers "That loss is something people won't necessarily be fighting for because they don't know they're losing it. We as journalists – that's our job – it's for us [...]
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