Say what?
Elections seem to have a special effect on producers. For the next 24 hours they will be working around the clock under a sort of spell which urges them to feel whatever result was achieved it will mean dramatic change. As if the rest of the problems in the rest of the world were nothing...
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...
Knox is guilty – but only according to the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is investigating how they ended up publishing a story saying Amanda Knox was guilty of murdering her former roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox’s acquittal for the murder of the British student was undoubtedly this week’s biggest story and every media organization wanted to be the first to tell the news. We were taken...
Not skinny enough to sell
Recently I went to an Amsterdam event by the Somali organization Hirda. Director Fatuma Farah travelled to her home country for the first time in 18 years. She took Dutch photographer Jan-Joseph Stok with her to portray the plight of over 1,46 million displaced people. They visited three refugee camps, where they heard from many...
Award winning journo back to school after plagiarism row
The British The Independent writer Johann Hari has handed back his George Orwell Prize and vowed to go back to journalism school after being accused of plagiarism. He is also taking an unpaid leave from the British newspaper until 2012. In his blog Hari admitted to have done “two wrong and stupid things”: one was...
Two sets of eyes too much?
I learned early on that having a second set of eyes going through my work was key to produce a balanced and clear report. Sometimes we know too much about our story and just can’t make ourselves clear for the readers/listeners. In fact when editors don’t ask me for a script beforehand for them to...
