http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/ knowledge workers - for people paid to think for a living Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-487 How to be a taller poppy | Knowledge Workers Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:37:13 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-487 [...] stories appearing in newspapers, magazines and online or broadcast via radio and television are increasingly manufactured – many are not. Journalists often need expert sources to explain things or to put them in [...] [...] stories appearing in newspapers, magazines and online or broadcast via radio and television are increasingly manufactured – many are not. Journalists often need expert sources to explain things or to put them in [...]

]]> http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-483 Flat Earth News and the Veitch allegations | Knowledge Workers Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:39:10 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-483 [...] I haven’t the opportunity to read the book yet (it’s at the top of my reading list) but from this story in The Australian newspaper written by Miriam Cosic I understand he says news organizations have had their budgets slashed to the point where today’s journalists no longer have the time or resources to carefully gather, check and analyse their stories and are instead reduced to “churnalism”. Part of this process is an increased dependence on stories fed to them by PR professionals. You can read my earlier blog post about the Australian’s story here. [...] [...] I haven’t the opportunity to read the book yet (it’s at the top of my reading list) but from this story in The Australian newspaper written by Miriam Cosic I understand he says news organizations have had their budgets slashed to the point where today’s journalists no longer have the time or resources to carefully gather, check and analyse their stories and are instead reduced to “churnalism”. Part of this process is an increased dependence on stories fed to them by PR professionals. You can read my earlier blog post about the Australian’s story here. [...]

]]> http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-26 The winter of journalism’s content « Knowledge Workers Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:30:21 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-26 [...] Without fear or favour | The Australian [...] [...] Without fear or favour | The Australian [...]

]]> http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-25 How to be a taller poppy « Knowledge Workers Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:04:13 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-25 [...] stories appearing in newspapers, magazines and online or broadcast via radio and television are increasingly manufactured – the majority are not. Often, when something unexpected happens, a journalist needs an expert [...] [...] stories appearing in newspapers, magazines and online or broadcast via radio and television are increasingly manufactured – the majority are not. Often, when something unexpected happens, a journalist needs an expert [...]

]]> http://billbennett.co.nz/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-24 Flat Earth News and the Veitch allegations « Knowledge Workers Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:05:05 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/without-fear-or-favour-the-australian/#comment-24 [...] I haven’t the opportunity to read the book yet (it’s at the top of my reading list) but from this story in The Australian newspaper written by Miriam Cosic I understand he says news organizations have had their budgets slashed to the point where today’s journalists no longer have the time or resources to carefully gather, check and analyse their stories and are instead reduced to “churnalism”. Part of this process is an increased dependence on stories fed to them by PR professionals. You can read my earlier blog post about the Australian’s story here. [...] [...] I haven’t the opportunity to read the book yet (it’s at the top of my reading list) but from this story in The Australian newspaper written by Miriam Cosic I understand he says news organizations have had their budgets slashed to the point where today’s journalists no longer have the time or resources to carefully gather, check and analyse their stories and are instead reduced to “churnalism”. Part of this process is an increased dependence on stories fed to them by PR professionals. You can read my earlier blog post about the Australian’s story here. [...]

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