Who are you Jackie?!
A recent controversy between the Dutch glossy magazine Jackie and singer Rihanna has raised once more, in my opinion, a rather important question: how much of a statement should journalism make? Jackie’s most recent issue featured an article about how to dress like Rihanna. It was titled ‘De Niggabitch’. The Barbadian music star wasn’t amused and took it to...
voxpops vs journalism
Most radio journalists will have done it: voxpops. It’s this dreadful thing where you walk to strangers in the middle of the street and ask them about whatever topic you are working on: Should Greece leave the euro? Who will win the next election? Should the royal family pay taxes? Of course, as a producer...
Three sides to every story
Everyone has heard the expression: there’s three sides to every story – yours, mine and the truth. I recently came across this photo and claims of how it had been misused. It’s been suggested that Al-Jazeera and CNN cropped it to their liking with Al Jazeera making use of the first part of the picture...
