Posts by Russell Brown
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The Madison was oddly compelling. What seemed to be chaos gradually manifested as a contest. And thanks for the background -- I just knew the race would have it roots in cash money.
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Clifton should read Flat Earth News to get a handle on what newspapers in the UK are like ... Helen Sissons at AUT School of Journalism is doing similar research here - it's going to be interesting to see the parallels.
They'll be there for sure. A poorly-sourced story can very easily flash around the world and wind up in our papers. Medical research is the ostensible topic of many of them.
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__This is the same woman who ran the "the SIS are spying on teh maaaris" story with such gay abandon and never mind the facts.__
Was she not also the woman that oversaw the "Labour party are pro-pedophile" around the time of the review of age of consent laws?
Which I actually regard as the greater editorial crime. The SIS 'Operation Leaf' story was the work of a dedicated fabulist -- which isn't to say they shouldn't have rumbled it -- and it's the kind of thing every journalist dreads.
The age of consent story was just a big, cynical lie.
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If you've got a spare eight minutes, check out gorgeous Russian pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva as she attempts to break her own world record, shortly after taking Gold in the event.
You're telling me I missed the women's pole vault?
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Also, it seems worth noting this part:
At the recent National Party conference, Labour activist Clinton Brown was refused accreditation – and the right even to enter the venue – but National activist David Farrar was happily installed at the official media bench. It was the National Party’s call, obviously, but some Gallery journalists were sniffy about Farrar being able to behave as though he was one of them – a discomfort compounded by the banning of Brown from doing likewise.
I think she's referring to Clinton Smith of The Standard, who iirc says he doesn't vote Labour.
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This just in:
**CATE BRETT ACCEPTS LAW COMISSION APPOINTMENT**
Cate Honore Brett has resigned from the editorship of the Sunday Star-Times to take up a role with the Law Commission.
Brett, who has a long-standing interest in media law, has been hired as a senior policy and media adviser to assist the commission on a range of projects including the review of aspects of New Zealand privacy law and the review of the regulatory framework for the sale and supply of liquor.
Fairfax Media chief executive officer Joan Withers said: “Cate has been an outstanding leader for the Sunday Star-Times at a time of intense competition.
“She achieved much during her editorship and her recent refresh of the newspaper is now paying dividends in terms of readership growth.
“On a personal level I have found her excellent to work with and I have great respect for her integrity and talent.
“She leaves with our best wishes. This new role is an opportunity for her to further develop her considerable skills and we hope she will return to the company one day.”
The editorship of the Sunday Star-Times will be advertised and applications will be sought from both within and beyond Fairfax Media.
Law Commission President Sir Geoffrey Palmer said the commission was increasingly asked to tackle projects which required a multi-disciplinary approach and he was delighted to have someone with Brett’s skill set on staff.
“We have a trio of projects that require the skills that Cate Brett has – the review of privacy law, the review of name suppression law and the sale of liquor project. This involves extensive community consultation.”
Sir Geoffrey said projects such as the review of the liquor laws crossed the boundaries of several portfolios and would involve a significant degree of public consultation.
“As Sir Ivor Richardson, the retired President of the Court of Appeal once said ‘the Law Commission is the statutory equivalent of a semi-permanent Royal Commission with a roving function’.”
He said Brett’s 20 year journalistic experience combined with her understanding of media law will provide the commission with a vital new dimension.
A former editor of The Weekend Press and deputy editor of The Press, Brett was appointed editor of the Star-Times in 2003. The paper has been awarded Best Weekly Newspaper at the Qantas Media Awards three times in that period.
Brett is currently researching the impact of new media on free speech, including suppression and contempt of court.
She will join the commission in November.
ENDS
Craig? I'm waiting ...
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Because most bloggers are doing it for free, on the side of their day job. The reaction is not unlike the reaction of people who make a living out of photography getting pissed off at the number of people happy to give away photography for free. It could well ruin their careers.
I'm loving this discussion.
Oddly enough, the signs are from the US that getting paid: (a) isn't the determinant of whether or not you're a blogger, and (b) doesn't mean you get to eat.
There's quite a trend towards major publishers taking on bloggers as bloggers. But while I'm sure Andrew Sullivan is being well looked after by The Atlantic, there are a whole bunch of pro-bloggers being run like galley slaves, especially by some tech publications. There's a genuine phenomenon of quite serious health problems amongst people who can't leave their keyboards, even if they want to.
Personally, I'm more vexed about the freelance paid market here being filled up with part-timers who'll work for peanuts than I am about bloggers.
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So she's a kind of reporter I would say, even if she doesn't break stories.
And credit where due: she does sometimes do very good factual analysis.
But I'm not really down with the idea the only reporters qualify as journalists. Commentary and analysis are also journalistic skills, and I'm a long-term fiend for great editorialising.
It's funny though: some quite competent feature writers lose the plot completely when they're asked to write opinion, and news reporters can make awful feature writers. And sub-editors are journalists too.
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that the late lamented Keith Ng
I can confirm that he's not dead.
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That's what happens when you pretend to offer a space of discussion, whereas in fact all you can do in such a space is rant, since the authors of the pieces themselves wouldn't be caught dead interacting with their readers.
Huge point, that one. It's where the Guardian's Comment is Free blog venture most often falls down -- because those fancy public-school-educated Guardian journalists very rarely get themselves mucky by joining in their own discussions.
It would be remiss not to praise Colin Espiner for his willingness to debate with his commenters.
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