‘Newspapers from 1930s Contain Same Old Rubbish’ Shock 
Have you ever wondered what the newspapers in the 1930s were like?
Neither had I however, according to these pictures they contain a similar amount of made up rubbish, fictional health stories and sensational jibber jabber.
Go and have a browse of the complete Flickr set if you get a chance.
These are taken from a Flickr set by Sonny_Jim_Pin http://www.flickr.com/photos/60736230@N02/5537130535
Whether you are a public relations professional, a journalist, or just downright nosy, this guide into digital media for journalists has some interesting findings and recommendations. It was created by the Society of Professional Journalists, which is an American organisation, so some of the content is irrelevant for Europeans.
Society of Professional Journalists Digital Media Handbook, Part I
The demonstration yesterday in Trafalgar Square, London, against the ill-conceived anti-terrorism laws has resulted – ironically – in some really great images.
The law aims gives police powers to ban photographers from taking pictures in public, as they could supposedly present a terrorism threat.
Public relations and especially media relations are brought to life with great photography. I’ve already posted on this event and here is more excellent imagery, which will change over time depending on what is uploaded to Flickr.
I would add that although there are some excellent examples of photography here, the resulting press coverage wasn’t that impressive, especially as the media has a vested interest in stopping this law. Maybe these photographers should have enlisted a few public relations professionals to help out?
I love MetaFilter as much for the blogs as the comments and debate the postings create. This blog (click here) discussing ‘whether satire is journalism’ is a case in point.
Anyone who knows that satire goes back as far as the Ramesside period of ancient Egypt, is either really bloody clever or is a smug user or Google. Either way, I’m enjoying this post.
Satire isn’t journalism. It is satire isn’t it? Private Eye’s Ian Hislop calls himself a satirist, not a journalist after all, and that journal is the king of satire.
Here is the original post in case you can’t be bothered in following the link (although the original link has all the comments):
Satire has long been part of discourse, with written records going back to the Ramesside Period of Ancient Egypt, and two primary classifications of satire originate with the Roman satirists Horace and Juvenal. Other notable historic figures have also been authors of significant satire, but not always with much appreciation. News satire furthers the awkward stance with public, as the public may read satire as an outrageous truth, and be angered instead of amused. The Daily Show, and Jon Stewart in specific, ranks well in the fractured world of current news programming, and the show was noted in the New York Times as “a genuine cultural and political force” (previously), but you don’t have take their word for it. Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism studied the content of The Daily Show for an entire year (2007), providing interesting (if slightly dated) details on the show. That year included their much-viewed coverage fo the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. And in poll results published July 24, 2009, Jon Stewart was voted America’s most trusted newscaster, apparently filling the position previously held by Walter Cronkite. But is it because Stewart is one of the few journalists willing to ask the hard questions or has America been won over by “cheap laughs”?