So you want to be a journalist?

Here’s a bit of Friday fun. Media Digest imagines that this is a pretty familiar conversation journalists have to face.

“Why would I have a subscription when I can read it for free online?” probably sums up most rose-tinted journalist-wannabes’ attitude to the industry.

(Source: Xtranormal)

An advertisers take on the future

An advertisers take on the future

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Jon Stewart entertains the sane

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Alan Partridge discovers YouTube

Alan Partridge discovers YouTube

Alan Partridge looks to be getting used to this internet malarkey, as a trailer for his Mid Morning Matters show has gone up on YouTube. Continue Reading

Wikileaks undermined by civil war

Wikileaks undermined by civil war

Splits in the WikiLeaks group have emerged in the wake of its latest leak. Continue Reading

Gaffe-prone weather forecaster lined up for 5 Live job

Gaffe-prone weather forecaster lined up for 5 Live job

Tomasz Schafernaker, the weatherman infamous for pretending to itch his chin after being caught on camera giving a colleague the middle finger [see video below], is being moved off screen into a prominent role on 5 Live. Continue Reading

Alan Partridge set to return

Alan Partridge set to return

A-ha! Radio Norwich’s greatest DJ is set to return to his beloved public later in November, although he won’t be on the television. Continue Reading

Kay Burley gets her comeuppance

Kay Burley gets her comeuppance

It’s not been a great week for News International, which owns the newspaper at the heart of the phone-hacking scale, the News of the World. Could it get worse? Continue Reading

 

"You can’t photograph a flying bullet but you can capture genuine fear."


A 2007 quote from legendary war photographer Horst Faas, who died aged 79 last week.


(Source: Press Gazette)

 

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