Yesterday must have been interesting if you’re a follower of both football and the media. A couple of news stories appeared that were both concerning footballers trying to gag the media with an injunction, or a ‘super injunction’, to stop them from releasing details about their private lives. Story #1, as reported by the Press [...]
Entries from January 2010
26/01/2010
Moneygeddon officially over, except it isn’t really
From the Guardian: Britain’s economy finally clawed its way out of its deepest recession since the 1930s in the fourth quarter of 2008, but it only managed to expand by a much weaker-than-expected 0.1%. The keenly awaited figure compared with the average City forecast of 0.4% expansion. It brings to an end six consecutive quarters [...]
25/01/2010
Dissertation: done
Well, I say done, what I mean is that the first draft is finished. Tomorrow is going to be spent going over it and tidying up some stuff and then Wednesday and Thursday will be spent dressing it up with the usual academic conventions. Either way, the end is very much in sight now and [...]
24/01/2010
Millions
Last night I watched Millons on Film4. I know it is such a lame and unoriginal thing to say but it was really is Shallow Grave for kids. Having said that, it does have a certain charm about it in its child characters that make it very appealing. The themes of consumerism and religion are [...]
23/01/2010
Local media and the 2010 election (Part 1)
I was going to do this as one post but I think that I’m going to split it into two. The second will look at new media styles of reporting (read: hyperlocal), but this part looks at how the traditional local media might cover the local elections. That said, upon reading back, it serves more [...]
