9
2009
When TV news errors were funny
News bloopers were funny once. Now they just scare the shit out of all involved!
7
2009
Flu hysteria in the media
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It can show us how we went right and how we went wrong. It can say I told you so as well as letting us in on the human condition that is mass hysteria. Take swine flu. The international media has had a ball with this one, and as Media Watch on the ABC this week showed, everyone was on the bandwagon. See the story here via ABC’s MediaWatch website.
14
2009
It’s spreading!!!
Oh no dear god all mighty above us and all around the newsroom NO!!!!! Automation jitters have spread to the Sydney ABC newsroom and again we see the lack of staff training and.. well, let’s face it…machines taking over and replacing what humans have done fine with for ages. The ABC is slowly being eaten away by budget cut cancer, low morale, journalists editing their own stories (as well as finding the stories, producing them, [...]
19
2009
How to apply for a job
Recently a friend of mine advertised for a personal assistant on Linked In. The ad is shown here – As you can see the position calls for skills, experience and all round cleverness in the applicant wonderful enough to succeed. Dean had over 300 applications and in the end awarded the position to Lindy Waldeck, who I know and know she is the perfect person for the task. Dean did forward to me one application [...]
19
2009
Enjoying a good disaster
An interesting article from news.com.au. David Southwell offers a reply (“Not enjoying the cynic view of disasters”) to Sydney Morning Herald journo Ross Gittins’ story titled “The punters love a good disaster“. In short we, the audience are entertained by media coverage of disasters, natural or otherwise in the same was we are entertained by horror films or teary eyed romantic dramas.
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