BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COMBlogging a journalist's travels in Northern Iraq and his subsequent rehabilitation following a landmine accident in which he lost his foot.It's an Athens Olympics broadcasting bonanza -- an...- August 3, 2004 It's an Athens Olympics broadcasting bonanza -- and while our colleagues at NBC are stocking up with coffee, we'll be weighed down with teabags.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/its-athens-olympics-broadcasting.html Returning to this posting -- and for anyone else w...- August 3, 2004 Returning to this posting -- and for anyone else worried about the imminent collapse of civilisation -- Alex recommends this website.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/returning-to-this-posting-and-for.html It's not just the sporting powerhouses who are get...- August 3, 2004 It's not just the sporting powerhouses who are getting excited about the Olympics.BBC News Online reports on the preparations of one of the smallest Olympic nations -- the Pacific nation of Kiribati.The website of the Kiribati National Olympic Committee is here.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/its-not-just-sporting-powerhouses-who.html I need help! A number of people have e-mailed m...- August 3, 2004 I need help!A number of people have e-mailed me over the past few days asking why I haven't got the comments feature enabled.It's because the template was written for me -- and I don't know how to include a comments option (although I do have a discussion board.)If anyone has the necessary HTML skills to incorporate comments, please drop me a line and I'll send you the current template code.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/i-need-help-number-of-people-have-e.html Alleged child murderer Sion Jenkins is released fr...- August 2, 2004 Alleged child murderer Sion Jenkins is released from Belmarsh Prison ahead of his re-trial -- on the condition that he live in Aberystwyth.Belmarsh seems tempting.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/alleged-child-murderer-sion-jenkins-is.html "Political Blogs -- Craze or Convention" is the q...- August 2, 2004 "Political Blogs -- Craze or Convention" is the question raised in a Hansard Society report that landed on my doormat this morning.The authors asked a "citizen jury" to monitor eight political blogs for a month -- and then discuss whether they felt the blogs enhanced their sense of involvement in the political process.While recognising the potential of blogs as a "new media resource that can increase the transparency and accessibility of parliamentarians," the report's conclusions will make...http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/political-blogs-craze-or-convention-is.html IT BLEEDS -- BUT IT DOESN'T LEAD On tonight's m...- August 1, 2004 IT BLEEDS -- BUT IT DOESN'T LEADOn tonight's main evening TV news, a story about an unmarried secretary having affairs with two unmarried men led the bulletin over a despatch from the Chad-Sudan border on the mass murder and displacement taking place in Darfur.Miserable news judgement.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/it-bleeds-but-it-doesnt-lead-on.html The New York Times analyses the debate surrounding...- August 1, 2004 The New York Times analyses the debate surrounding the transmission by news broadcasters of terrorist kidnap videos.However, the central question raised by the article -- "At what point does a media organization become a tool of war" -- is a naive one.Media organizations have always been tools of war, subject to manipulation both overt and covert by all sides.One quote, by CNN boss Chris Cramer, stands out however -- and highlights the fickle nature of modern broadcast news.Even videos of...http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/new-york-times-analyses-debate.html Floridian columnist Dave Taylor watches British te...- August 1, 2004 Floridian columnist Dave Taylor watches British television news -- and likes what he sees. "It was a rather refreshing way to watch the news and reminded me of the old days when news organizations just delivered the news and the talking heads were kept to a minimum," he says.http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/2004/08/floridian-columnist-dave-taylor.html |