Comments on: Is journalism good enough to save democracy? The Ditchley Park Report

By: Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Media Literacy: it’s more than media studies or training, it’s democracy

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:23 +0000

[...] One of the key messages for me that came out of the Ditchley conference on media and democracy was the importance of an enhanced understanding of media literacy. This is more than just understanding how the media works, or understanding how to create some journaism yourself. It is about developing a creative and critical knowledge about how media (especially new media) plays a part in democracy and civil society. [...]

By: Journalist test at Jonathan Watson

Journalist test at Jonathan Watson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:43:31 +0000

[...] Hadn’t heard this one before: The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said that you could always identify a journalist by one simple test. A journalist will be unable to distinguish between the significance of the start of a world war and a bicycle accident. [...]

By: You take me up « Talking about the EU

You take me up « Talking about the EU — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:35 +0000

[...] Update 2: It’s like when you hear a song for the first time and then hear it every where you go: got an e-mail from the LSE just now with this gem in it. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)What it’s all aboutCh. 11 beats Ch. 4 to lead in water storyGeese Poop + WPXI =Where from Here? [...]