press gaffes

Daily Express, Daily Star issue front page apologies, pay damages

Today was a historic day for newspaper apologies. A sad, shameful, embarrassingly historic day.
Two UK papers controlled by the same owner (Express Newspapers) issued front page apologies to a British couple, Kate and Gerry McCann. The apologies will be repeated in the related Sunday editions of [...]

…from Press think

Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality
The important thing is to show integrity– not to be a neuter, politically. And having good facts that hold up is a bigger advantage than claiming to reflect all sides equally well.
It is rare that a single article advances American press think. In [...]

roy greenslade on china and tibet coverage

China launches attack on Tibet coverage

March 25, 2008 7:57 AM

China has sharply criticised foreign reporters over coverage of the riots in Tibet, accusing them of biased reporting. The front page of the weekend edition of China Daily, the English-language newspaper, said: “Riot reports show media bas in west.” Its website carried a report headlined Chinese [...]

Interesting documentary on Iraq and how America can f**k up a whole nation.

 
http://iraq.reuters.com/

Soccer Stewards.(For WSC/ Observer)

Journalism Portfolio 2 (proposed article for WSC/ Observer Sport Monthly.)
Observer Sport Monthly/WSC:
  

Editor: Andy Lyons
Address:
17a Perseverance Works
38 Kingsland Road
London
E2 8DD
Tel: 0207 729 1110
Email: editorial@wsc.co.uk

 “STEWARD’S SOCCER”
When I say the word football steward, an image that will instantaneously come up in your head would be of a gentleman in a high visibility-uniform shielding the fans from an overexcited footballer, [...]

4 Wall (Zappata’s Art projects):

 4 Wall web 
CONTACT:
4WALL is keen to hear from anyone who has an interest in buying, commissioning, exhibiting, or submitting work. Whatever questions you have, please do not hesitate to ask. We promise to get back to you personally and promptly.
Please contact:
claire@4wall.co.uk 
07789 888876
 4 Wall deals with contemporary artists and illustrators. They have offices in Bermondsey, Farringdon and [...]

More “Little White Lies” information.

 The CNET TV feature of “Little White Lies” magazine
Danny Miller and Matthew Bonchenski conceived “Little White Lies” when they were 17 years old.
Little white lies contacts
Editor: matt@littlewhitelies.co.uk
danny@littlewhitelies.co.uk
The Church of London Publishing Ltd. Studio 209, Curtain House, 134-146 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AR (map). Tel: +44 (0) 207 7293675.

The Guardian’s review of alternative film magazines.

Why the British film
industry is
constitutionally flawed
Toby Manhire
Wednesday July 20, 2005
The Guardian
Just as independent and arthouse cinema can offer a refreshing alternative to the studio blockbusters, there is a strain of film magazines that stands outside the mainstream of the commercially minded gloss.Sight & Sound, published by the British Film Institute, has for more than seven [...]

Little white lies: movie magazine

from The Guardian 
 Publishing
A film magazine less ordinary
“If you line up most film magazines side by side you’ll see that, really, they’re basically the same magazine – same covers, same features, even the same marks for each film review,” says Danny Miller, editor of Little White Lies – a new, underground film quarterly. “When I was [...]