Daily review of UK and world papers, celebration of the history of photojournalism, media law and style-guide tips and global journalism stories for Saturday 29th October 2022.
Review of UK papers. Broadsheets. Telegraph: ‘Fears of university bias against fee-paying schools’, Times: ‘Sunak will deny King to his trip to Cop talks’, FT: ‘Musk closes deal for Twitter’ and Guardian ‘Pelosi attacker shouted “Where’s Nancy?”‘ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586364726577369089
Review of UK papers. Tabloids. Mirror: ‘OAP speaks for Britain. Pay up, PM’, Star: ‘NHS in crisis. You’re not the Tory Messiah, you’re a very naughty boy’, & Sun: ‘Tyson Fury. My baby’s brave fight inspired to win mine.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586365501093031936
Review of UK papers. Middle Markets. Evening Standard: ‘You’re fired! Musk’s Twitter takeover’, i weekend: ‘Sunak allies call for purge of Tory right as truce ends’, Express: ‘Breakthrough deal in migrant crisis’, & Mail: ‘Navy probes submarine sex pest scandal.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586366272635392000
Review of world papers. Le Monde: ‘France’s climate facing new extremes’, New York Times: ‘Day of upheaval on Musk takes the rains on Twitter’, Times of India: ‘PM cautions against global “inimical forces”‘, Saturday Citizen SA: ‘”I won’t back down.”‘ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586367182988279808
Celebration of history of photojournalism. Early 20th century George Bain news agency photograph of worried Italian Americans queuing up outside a suspended bank during financial crisis. A lone police officer in the foreground. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586367731623809025
Style Tips. New York Times: ‘Partner- suitable term for unmarried companion of same sex or opposite one. But if context allows misreading to mean a business partnership, use companion instead. As a verb- it’s an established ballet term. Avoid for business. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586368464721416194
Media Law Tips. Important Northern Ireland ruling on protection of sources in PhD thesis. See: https://bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/nie/cases/Misc/2022/NICoroner6.html Coroner’s inquest wants research information in thesis effectively embargoed until 2066, held securely by university & author’s solicitors. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586370931185754112
North American Newspapers 29th October 2022
Guido Fawkes reports: ‘Amber De Botton is Rishi’s Pick for Director of Communications.’ See: https://order-order.com/2022/10/29/amber-de-botton-is-rishis-pick-for-director-of-communications/
Dennis Reed argues in Express: ‘BBC should suspend prosecutions for TV licence non-payment.’ See: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1689131/bbc-prosecutions-tv-licence-non-payment-pensioners-triple-lock-cost-living
Guardian reports: “Twitter could split into strands allowing users to stage rows, Elon Musk says. The billionaire owner suggests the platform could have different video game-style modes, including a ‘player versus player.’” See: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/29/twitter-elon-musk-pvp-row-strands
French Newspapers 29th October 2022
Guardian reports: ‘Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira remembered in Lancaster exhibition. Exhibition at Halton Mill is part of a month of activities about the Amazon commemorating Phillips and Pereira.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/29/dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira-remembered-in-lancaster-exhibition
John Naughton writes for the Observer: ‘LinkedIn has a fake profile problem – can it fix this blot on its CV? Bogus users claiming to work for Apple and Amazon are doing serious reputational damage to the online service.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/29/linkedin-has-a-fake-profile-problem-can-it-fix-this-blot-on-its-cv
