Review of UK and world papers, celebration of the history of photojournalism, media law and style-guide tips and global journalism stories for Saturday 31st December 2022
Journalism is the first draft of history and these daily reports seek to provide an online briefing of the history of journalism for each day featured.
Review of UK papers Sat 31st Dec 2022. Broadsheets. FT: ‘Markets lose more than $30tn in worst year since financial crisis’ Guardian: ‘Sunak in new U-turn on China Covid tests’, Telegraph: ‘4 Lionesses on honours list’ & Times: ‘Pandemic blamed for increase in heart deaths.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609260454601424896
Review of UK papers Sat 31st Dec 2022. Middle Markets. Indy: ‘Trump’s tax returns made public’, i: ‘UK orders all visitors from China to undergo Covid tests’, Express: ‘Jail scandal. Criminals free to prowl streets’, & Mail: ‘Rishi orders Covid tests on arrivals from China.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609261469262282753
Review of UK papers Sat 31st Dec 2022. Tabloids. Daily Record Scotland: ‘SickTok- Shockingly violent social media video trend is sweeping Scotland’, Mirror: ‘King’s New year gongs list- Queen’s Honour’, Star: ‘Big January freeze- Polar Brrrr’, & Sun: ‘King knights Queen.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609262330147110912
Review of world papers Sat 31st Dec 2022. Gulf News: ‘Russia and China pledge to deepen bilateral cooperation’, Indian Express: ‘Pant injured after his car rams into highway divider’, New York Times: ‘Africa’s allegiance to Putin’ & Times of India: ‘Heeraba..passes away.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609263574421233664
Celebration of photojournalism history. Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm, journalist, activist, and Civil War nurse. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Swisshelm Image taken circa 1865 by Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), (1822-1886). https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609264253097099265
Style Tips. Jon Smith Essential Reporting (2007) words on fairness. Peter Barron former editor of Northern Echo: ‘Make sure everything you write is balanced- & that doesn’t mean adding a paragraph of denial on the end of 14 paragraphs of claims & accusations.’ https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609266835131871232
Media Law Tips. Another block to FOI requests to the BBC due to exemption stating- ‘information you requested is held for the purposes of ‘art, journalism or literature’. See: https://bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKFTT/GRC/2022/460.html Requester was BBC Scotland’s former media lawyer. https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1609272806209904640
North American Newspapers Saturday 31st December 2022
Mail Online: ‘Legendary US TV journalist Barbara Walters dies at the age of 93.’ See: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11365843/Groundbreaking-TV-journalist-Barbara-Walters-died-93.html
Mail Online reports: ‘Wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will request leave from Belmarsh prison so he can attend friend Vivienne Westwood’s funeral.’ See: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11587667/Julian-Assange-request-leave-Belmarsh-prison-attend-friend-Vivienne-Westwoods-funeral.html
Times reports (behind paywall) ‘Barbara Walters, trailblazing news anchor and interviewer, dies aged 93.’ See: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/barbara-walters-dies-x7rpv6z2p
‘Former Ham&High editor Matthew Levin has died aged 78.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7014972327784251392?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23215669.obituary-former-ham-high-editor-matthew-lewin/
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: ‘In more than 50 years on television, US journalist Barbara Walters interviewed everyone from heads of state to Hollywood glitterati and along the way turned into an icon herself.’ See: https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7014974135994843136?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop & https://www.nme.com/news/tv/barbara-walters-legendary-us-tv-journalist-dies-aged-93-3372752
Guardian reports: ‘Barbara Walters, pioneering US TV news anchor, dies at 93. First female network news anchor in US achieved a celebrity status on par with the rulers, royalty and entertainers she interviewed.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/31/barbara-walters-dies-pioneering-us-tv-news-anchor-abc-nbc
French Newspapers Saturday 31st December 2022
Guardian obituary by Ewen MacAskill: ‘Barbara Walters. Journalist who made US television history as the first female co-anchor of a network evening news show.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/31/barbara-walters-obituary
Guardian reports: ‘Why did the US just ban TikTok from government-issued cellphones? Trump tried to impose a total ban on the China-based app and some states have already prohibited its use on official devices.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/30/explainer-us-congress-tiktok-ban
Rebecca Solnit writes for Guardian: ‘Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history.’ See: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/31/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-tweet
Arab News reports: ‘Al-Nassr FC gains more than 2.5 million Instagram users in less than 24 hrs of signing Cristiano Ronaldo.’ See: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2224621/media
Arab News and AFP report: ‘Israeli press gives Netanyahu government critical reception.’ See: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2224351/media
Arab News and AFP report: ‘Influencer Andrew Tate held in Romania for human trafficking.’ See: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2224341/media
Hold The Front Page feature: ‘Recovery on hold: The year in regional journalism 2022.’ See: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2022/news/recovery-on-hold-the-year-in-regional-journalism-2022/
Hold The Front Page feature: ‘Fond farewells: Remembering the journalists we lost in 2022.’ See: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2022/news/fond-farewells-remembering-the-journalists-we-lost-in-2022/
New York Times reports (behind paywall) ‘How Barbara Walters Went From ‘Today Girl’ to Pioneering Media Star. The first woman to co-anchor the evening news, she endured the scorn of her male counterparts. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/business/media/barbara-walters-appraisal.html
New York Times reports (behind paywall) ‘Tony Vaccaro, 100, Dies; Photographed War From a Soldier’s Perspective.’ See: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/arts/tony-vaccaro-dead.html
