by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I sub-edited Journalism in Troubled Times for the IFJ a few years ago. It’s a sad fact that journalism is not a safe career choice in many countries and that people who cover war zones and other areas also put themselves at risk (I believe that this week another...
by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yes, that’s the terribly tacky name for the next session where Michael Elliot, International Editor and Deputy Managing Editor of TIME magazine is talking to us about all the TIME branded products. Finally, someone’s talking about magazines.Bite-sized,...
by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interestingly, the session this morning on “digital natives”, the people who are already embracing the future, features three women. Cinnamon Pollard — woman behind thevine.com.au for Fairfax to try and get younger people online; Rebekah Horne...
by phoenix | May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
The luminaries of the Australian media scene swan in and out of the conference. Eric Beecher, youngest editor of the SMH ever then founder of Text Media (and hence once my ex-big boss) and now of course owner of Crikey; Mike van Niekerk, online chief at Fairfax (and...
by phoenix | May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Jay Rosen this morning used a fascinating metaphor for the situation of journalist in the new media world: we are migrants crossing the sea to a new land, some scared to leave, some excited, all imagining what the new world will be like without having been there yet....
