I had the privilege to meet New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof this past weekend, as he was inaugurating the school he and his family donated in Prey Veng province. (Full disclosure: the school… more →
The J junkieTrinny wrote 2 weeks ago: A: When I was in Joburg I used to hang out a dodgy pool bar that was full of journos. T: Was it The … more →
captainjako wrote 1 month ago: Harry’s Place reports that the IDF is taking inspiration from anti-semitic images to bite Isra … more →
captainjako wrote 1 month ago: Interesting article in today’s Guardian. I think we’ll have to try harder to use the exp … more →
captainjako wrote 1 month ago: No, not my neighbour Boris, but the newly elected Mayor of Doncaster, Peter Davies. Peter Davies sto … more →
captainjako wrote 1 month ago: Unity is strength. I therefore don’t want to get too sneery about Unite Against Fascism. Howev … more →
KaushiK™ wrote 2 months ago: The media channel in question is STAR ANANDA, a subsidiary of STAR NEWS group. It is a Bangla/Benga … more →
captainjako wrote 4 months ago: More bashing of the left from Nick Cohen, once one of my favourite polemicists. It is always worth r … more →
BNK24x7 wrote 4 months ago: I am just back from an interesting discussion at Media Rushes 2009 – the BMM students’ fest at SIES … more →
thefivethings wrote 4 months ago: Much has been made of the demise of the newsroom and the perilous future for newspapers big and smal … more →
Isabelle Roughol wrote 6 months ago: I had the privilege to meet New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof this past weekend, as he was i … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 9 months ago: Not really a true commentary from me, but rather links to two particularly interesting articles in r … more →
mugas wrote 10 months ago: Frank Mugabi Mobile Journalism. The term sounds as new as the concept o … more →
Isabelle Roughol wrote 11 months ago: Thanks to Poynter, I found out about Jody Rosen’s discovery that her article (and many others … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 12 months ago: Another book that I found a bit tricky to review in full. I think I’ve managed to summarise m … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 year ago: The fourth and final review of the Penguin Press editions of selected writings by George Orwell, fol … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 year ago: Continuing from the previous post on Orwell in Spain and Orwell and the Dispossessed, this post look … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 year ago: I’m finding it a bit rough going after a holiday weekend, but I think this review will suffice … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 year ago: A few years ago, Penguin Press released a series of four books that each take one of George Orwell … more →
tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 year ago: For additional reading that presents a slightly more critical view of today’s book review subj … more →