Journalists tend to become journalists because they have a natural ability to express complex ideas in the sort of language that everyone can understand. It is a constant source of bewilderment to journalists when highly intelligent and successful people find it impossible to do the same. It’s literally a non-meeting of minds, and can usually lead to conflict – neither side can understand the other’s point of view and both assume, usually wrongly, that they are being deliberately awkward.
This morning’s Today programme on Radio 4 was a perfect example. Read the rest of this entry »
The Times’ paywall has sparked fierce debate into the very fundamentals of what it means to be a newspaper. It all feels so aggressive. Newspapers are supposed to be for the people, sharing information that matters and is in the public interest, accessible to all!
Forgive me for playing devil’s advocate here, but what’s the big problem with paying for a product? Are we so used to free online content at the cost of being bombarded with advertisements? And anyway, we’ve all been paying for BBC content for years!
