The fake drama of finance
Why is the language used by journalists and financiers so dramatic, and why is it borrowed from nuclear physics, asks Gillian Tett in the FT: “Meltdown” and “fallout” have been used more than 2,000...
View ArticleWhat’s The Pre-Story?
One of life’s under rated pleasures is spotting the pre-story. For this reason, I liked this description in Gavin Esler’s book, Lessons from the Top: Before (Bill) Clinton could change his party, he...
View ArticleNews Doesn’t Emerge, It’s Bloody Hard Work
Charlie Sale makes a good point about news attribution in the Daily Mail (Charles Sale’s Sports Agenda). Sky Sports News are celebrating their 15th anniversary this week with an orgy of cringeworthy...
View ArticleWorth your time: Paul Hayward on journalism
Paul Hayward on what makes a good journalist. Worth putting on the fridge for anyone in the content game. Notice things and avoid the ‘excessive drift towards automatic opinion’. I think a good...
View ArticleThings journalists notice about tone of voice
Journalists notice tone of voice Pull out a voice recorder and people change They become a version of themselves Turn off the recorder and they go back to ‘normal’ A Linkedin voice is an odd thing,...
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