Daily review of UK and world papers, celebration of the history of photojournalism, media law and style-guide tips and global journalism stories for Sunday 30th October 2022.
Review of UK papers. Broadsheets. Telegraph: ‘Sunak to stamp out “woke” policing’, Sunday Times: ‘Tory green tsar attacks Sunak for COp27 snub’, Observer: ‘No 10 alarm at Boris Johnson plan to attend climate summit’, & Independent: ‘Voters’ call for election now growing.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586637509827731456
Review of UK papers. Tabloids. Sun: ‘Simon Cowell. My son saved my life’, Star: ‘Lettuce Liz hacked by mad Vlad’, and Sunday People: ’15 yrs on from Meredith Kercher murder, Reunited with Knox.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586638197538398208
Review of UK papers. Middle Markets. Sunday Express: ‘Rishi sinks “Boris” yacht’, Herald in Scotland: ‘”Malicious” arrest of Rangers’ ex-finance chief is set to cost taxpayers £72 million & Mail on Sunday: ‘Kremlin “hacked Truss’s mobile.”‘ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586639123963678720
Review of world papers. Sunday Times India: ‘Construction ban in NCR as AQI on verge of “severe”‘, Jerusalem Post: ‘Candidates head into Election Day’, Sunday Times SA: ‘On high alert’, & New York Times: ‘151 partygoers in Seoul killed in crowd crush.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586640334456496128
Appreciation of photojournalism history. Eastland disaster 1915; excursion boat overturned in Chicago River with passengers standing on upturned port side; many small boats assisting in rescue operations while crowds watch from shore close by.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586640672358006784
Style Tips. Usage and Abusage by Eric Partridge (revised by Janet Whitcut) argued that: ‘one is often used unnecessarily or, at best, verbosely, as in “If the opinion expressed is not one worth of repetition, circulation should be restricted accordingly.'” https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586641631100510209
Media Law Tips. Ruling by First Tier Tribunal in journalist Gareth Davies’ FOI challenge of Thurrock Council See: https://bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKFTT/GRC/2022/375.html Covers reliance on qualified exemptions ‘prejudice to commercial interests’ & ‘prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs.’ Victories here for journalists in exercise of public interest balancing act. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1586649170286448641
North American Newspapers 30th October 2022
‘Russian state journalist Svetlana Babaeva died on a military training grounds in Crimea, where shooting exercises were carried out on Friday.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6992418415009243136?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/29/russian-state-journalist-killed-by-stray-bullet-at-crimea-base
‘ITV head of news Amber de Botton as been appointed as the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s director of communications.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6992415122103091200?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://twitter.com/amberdebotton?lang=en-GB
French Newspapers 30th October 2022
‘Only a week ago Ian Jack wrote a column in the Guardian and sadly that will be his last after news came in that he died on Friday aged 77.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6992447104673579008?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/22/bbc-centenary-music
‘Two female journalists who were the first to report the death of Mahsa Amini have been labelled as CIA foreign agents by the Iranian regime.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6992452221703446529?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/30/Iranian-journalists-demand-release-of-colleagues-jailed-for-covering-Amini-s-death
