Daily review of UK and world papers, celebration of the history of photojournalism, media law and style-guide tips and global journalism stories for Thursday 27th October 2022.
Review of UK papers. Broadsheets. Times: ‘Sunak: Better education can be our silver bullet’, Guardian: ‘Fracking banned and pensions in spotlight as Truss legacy rejected’, FT: ‘Tide of anger. Iranians march to Amini’s grave’ & Telegraph: ‘Sunak reconsiders tax rises.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585565552587771904
Review of UK papers. Tabloids. Metro: ‘”Don’t be gay at the world cup”‘, Mirror: ‘Bravery of a nation. Zelensky- our pride’, Star: ‘Birds in crisis. Rise of the Zombie pigeons’, & Sun: ‘Secret behind film bust-up- Harry’s snog with Florence.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585567165821886465
Review of UK papers. Middle Markets. Last night’s Evening Standard: ‘Cabinet told. Now time to deliver’, Independent: ‘Relief as Sunak brings back ban on fracking’, Mail: ‘Rishi’s migrant crisis headache’, & Express: ‘Do you really want to scrap Pension triple lock again?’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585568156613021696
Review of world papers. Global Times: ‘”Hard for Sunak to come up with systematic China policy”‘ Jerusalem Post: ‘Lebanon & Israel to sign maritime border deal today’ Business Day SA: ‘Minister tells SOEs- get your act together’ & WSJ: ‘Meta losing streak rattles investors.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585569215251202049
Celebration of photojournalism history. George Bain news agency image of migrants arriving at Ellis Island New York in 1907. Carrying their worldly belongings in suitcases and shoulder bags. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585569837983666176
Style Tips. BBC guide from 2003 explained: ‘”..group of teenagers doused him in inflammatory liquid..”‘ Writer did not mean this. Meant- inflammable, capable of being set on fire, no inflammatory, tending to stir up trouble.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585570759682019329
Media Law Tips. Important English High Court copyright ruling in Pasternak v Prescott See: https://bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/2695.html Claim that work of historical fiction breached copyright of non fiction unsuccessful. 492 paragraph ruling over 149 pages. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1585573240063381507
‘A Canadian journalist has been charged with vandalism after a statue of a controversial Ukrainian military commander was spray-painted.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991141161063088128?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/police-charge-journalist-with-2021-vandalism-of-controversial-statue-at-edmonton-ukrainian-centre
‘Ruth Sunderland, the Group Business Editor of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, has been named Business Journalist of the Year.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991143292889354240?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://twitter.com/ruthiesun/status/1585301544718979074
North American Newspapers 27th October 2022
‘US President Joe Biden has banned companies from seeking secret injunctions to subpoena journalists phone records.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991146062367318016?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & http://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/05/politics/justice-department-leak-investigations-reporters-new-york-times/index.html
‘Court in Malta has thrown out a defamation suit filed by MediaToday’s managing director Saviour Balzon against former Times of Malta journalist Ivan Camilleri.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991147963615961088?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://theshiftnews.com/2022/10/26/maltatoday-co-owner-saviour-balzan-loses-libel-against-journalist-ivan-camilleri/
French Newspapers 27th October 2022
‘The Russian “Paris Hilton” has fled Russia for Europe as police detained a close associate and raided her home as part of a criminal case for alleged extortion.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991315588891451392?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/journalist-daughter-of-putin-mentor-flees-russia-amid-probes#xj4y7vzkg
‘Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc is the latest tech titan who reported a drop in digital advertising, reporting less than half the profit it had in the same quarter a year ago.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991323519171059712?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://news.sky.com/story/facebook-parent-meta-reports-fall-in-quarterly-revenue-but-still-beats-expectations-12730999
