October
2009
Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Nick Davies
Nick Davies has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. Hundreds of journalists have attended his masterclass on the techniques of investigative reporting. He has been a journalist since 1976 and is currently a freelance, working regularly as special correspondent for The Guardian. He was the first winner of the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools and recently won the award for European Journalism for his work on drugs policy. Flat Earth News was published as a hardback in February 2008 and won the first Bristol Festival of Ideas book award.
Here he discusses his views on whether world journalism is in crisis.
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Extraordinary.
Speakers the calibre of Davies and not one hard news story out of the entire lot.
Congratulations, sort of, to The Guardian for being the only mainstream media to carry anything from the debate. A dismissive and derisory opinion piece, but something, at least.
World journalism in crisis?
Way beyond that, mateys.
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