PinnedStranger things: How to re-think journalism’s future says Knight Batten Award Winning JournalistIn the recess of his mind Drew was lock picking the future. He saw something a whole industry, second in financial muscle to defence…Jun 10, 2022A response icon1Jun 10, 2022A response icon1
PinnedYou are not my audience, but you could be: Content creation, Gen Z and Universities.At a relatively young age they knew they‘d left the curriculum behind them. It’s not that they were being schooled more, or that they were…Feb 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022
Great Art and Journalism — how the two merge into a different practice.What have exemplary artists like Cézanne got in common with great scientist like Einstein? In one of the most profound books on human…Oct 20Oct 20
The Psychological Cost of News: Media’s Unintended TollDead cats, Ad Hominem Attacks, Flooding the Zone, Gaslighting, Whataboutism, “Straw Man”, Non apologies? What’s going on?Aug 29Aug 29
The Insolence of AI: who’s going to tell it?Prepping for a way to engage the next generation of journalists, I compose a table of characteristics between a journalist, writer and…Aug 23Aug 23
An Uncomfortable Truth: Journalists Need to Get Their Heads Out of the Newsroom and into Theory…Emily Maitlis presenting to the Edinburgh TV Festival on Populism, Journalism, & Power is a favourite of mine to students and professionals…Aug 18Aug 18
The AI Paradox: How We’re Preparing for Jobs That Don’t ExistBefore flying back from India to London where I spoke at Talk Journalism, I had the opportunity to sit down to a podcast interview with one…Aug 17Aug 17
How AI Will Transform Storytelling: Skills for the Future of JournalismThe next generation of journalists and conference producers won’t just report stories — they’ll be hybrid creators, mastering Gen AI to…Aug 17Aug 17
How Journalism Will Survive ChatGPT (Gen AI)Journalists and news analysts look set to enjoy their remaining days in the sun, before it sets. Microsoft‘s recently reported list of jobs…Aug 9A response icon1Aug 9A response icon1
A Forgotten TV Series Paints a Future Picture of a United Africa NetworkA bold idea. An unprecedented collaboration. In the mid-90s, the dream of a United States of Africa broadcast network was a hot topic. It…Aug 7Aug 7