Tag: journalism
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It’s Journalism wot lost it
I follow politics keenly but come the election being called, the only coverage consists of polls, gaffes and photo opportunities. Every. Single. Time. Certainly the last week’s coverage has been the most boring ever: let’s talk about the gaffe again and again and again. Although this week we won’t talk about the other gaffe. Oh…
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Death Knock : The Name Has Just Been Released
It’s like it happened in the next room a few moments ago. That is how clear the memory is. I’m ten or eleven. My dad is the editor of the local paper : the Kiama Independent. We’re (five children and two parents) living on top of each other in a three bedroom house. Which left everybody…
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I Grew Up A NewspaperMan
I grew up a newspaperman. My dad was the editor of the Canowindra Star, the local paper in Canowindra New South Wales. He wasn’t the grizzled editor from central casting : think of Perry White in Superman or Benjamin Bradlee in All the Presidents Men. No, he was my Dad (Kevin Whalan) : as he describes…
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Journalism After Murdoch : What Now?
Amazing! My inbox changed again! That hadn’t happened for at least 45 seconds. But this time the email was actually interesting. In the first place, it wasn’t spam and secondly, it concerned a subject of interest to me: journalism. While not a journalist, I’m a writer, and my keen interest came from a close observation…
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The Dad Interview
It started as I’m the family blog expert. My sister wanted my Dad, Kevin Whalan to create a blog and record his memories. So I took it on and found that the blog had been started. But there was no content. So I tidied it up and passed it on to Dad. And he added…
Andrew James Whalan 