Posted by chrysadag | Sep 4, 2009 | International Director's Column |
Amidst the talk of journalism’s decline, bankruptcy and loss of purpose, I sense a fightback. Journalism is rediscovering the serious role it must play in an open society. On the really big issues — war, the facts of...
Read MorePosted by chrysadag | Jun 15, 2009 | Commentaries |
By Nicholas Jones Almost lost amid the United Kingdom’s minimal news coverage of the election campaign for the European Parliament and the English county councils were some significant developments within the British media...
Read MorePosted by chrysadag | May 26, 2009 | International Director's Column |
The Daily Telegraph’s multiple scoop about British MPs expenses claims may not quite have the political explosive power of the Watergate or the Pentagon Papers stories. But it has led to what’s been nicely dubbed a...
Read MoreSunday 3rd May was the World Press Freedom Day 2009, and journalists in Britain chose a very special way to celebrate their “independence”. While Bastille Day or the 4th of July are all fireworks, representatives of the media...
Read MorePosted by chrysadag | Apr 14, 2009 | International Director's Column |
The spectre of a global economic crash may have motivated world leaders at the G20 summit in London to seek new rules to replace a postwar system that failed. What about the great information system built by the world’s...
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