Category Archives: Journalism

I just learned that my Worm’s eye column has been shot with immediate effect. It’s a great shame. That was one of the two or three most enjoyable jobs I’ve had in journalism — another was the long Saturday Review … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sometimes a caption is worth a thousand pictures … from the Svenska Dagbladet RSS feed I take this one, to a story about a power cut: “The cat in the picture is not the same cat as entered the electricity … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Interesting and thoughtful piece from Scott Rosenberg about the difference between facts and stories. He talks about the way in which newspapers need to supply both and will always rely on humans for stories even though the access to facts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I note that I haven’t blogged, or wanted to, about big stories for a while. In particular, the war in Iraq and the Anglican schism (which does, absurd though it seems, actually matter) have both seemed subjects actively repulsive. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A chillingly matter-of-fact piece in Salon today about what could get you killed in the inner cities of America twenty years ago — wearing anything that made you look rich or successful. Today, however, you will get killed and they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was reading his autobiography for an intro to Quinn’s Prank (column to come) and came across this: Writing for the press, cannot be recommended as a permanent resource to any one qualified to accomplish anything in the higher departments … Continue reading → Continue reading →

An interesting article in the UK Press Gazette on the ramifications of the recent arrest of the News of the World’s royal editor on charges of reading the voicemail of members of the royal household. Right down at the end, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a piece in Salon yesterday, which may have drawn more feedback than I saw, since the boilerplate at the foot of the article points to an address I shut down years ago because of the spam. The letters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There was a terrible moment in Saturday’s Guardian, to which I cannot link because it involved something that was not there. The Tamara Drewe strip, done by Posy Simmonds, had suddenly vanished after 80 episodes as the story approached its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Right — how many mistakes can you find in this paragraph from the Times? Parishes throughout the country use Visual Liturgy, a Church of England website1 containing information on hymns, prayers and forms of service, as a useful tool for … Continue reading → Continue reading →