Category Archives: Media Reviews
I’ve been a reporter in the Australian market place for ten years including time as a news editor and presenter, in courts and briefly in politics reporting. There are dozens of ways my colleagues will review and search for possible stories, and time and time again there are clear paths to broadcast or print. What [...]
This is a review of the book ‘Here comes everybody’ by communication academic and professor at NYU Clay Shirky. ‘Here comes everybody’ was last updated in 2009. In the fast changing landscape of social media that’s a long time ago. I’ve reviewed the book because there’s a fundamental message in it which remains important [...]
I shouldn’t write this– I really shouldn’t. When you go to see a Hollywood blockbuster about the end of the world, you really should just let the storyline wash over — a little like the Tsunamis swamping innocent victims in the film itself. But I couldn’t help but wonder whether there was more to [...]