hackbash

Sorry, I know, I know, it’s about the BBC again, but I’ve just realised that there’s an increasing vogue on BBC News for bunging up a bit of video without sound, or without any commentary, detail or analysis.
Hell, even I can do that (I wouldn’t bother watching this, incidentally: it’s not that interesting)

And, while I’m […]

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Kind of a note-to-self: editorial process is a Good Thing. And although blogging is all conversational and flexible and 2.0, it’s sometimes handy to ask a friend (or, what the hell, journalistic colleague) to cast their eagle eye over your draft. Especially when you’re planning to post at the end of the day.
So, Handolio: if […]

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OK, so you might have noticed we’ve moved.
This pretty much started out as me thinking out loud, so we ended up with an address based on my user name, a blog name that was the first thing to come into my head (and which sounded more pretentious with each repetition), and the first pretty picture […]

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Right blogging powerhouse I’m turning out to be. What’s this, five posts in a month? Anyway, I’ve opened this up to my colleague Charlie, aka the Bird Man of Firle. I hope he’ll offer something more insightful than my usual carping about BBC News.
I’d invite other journalists I’ve worked with, but they all work for […]

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