Thursday, February 14, 2008

Microwave Spray Paint

boundaries of politics and who does

We write Sergio Civati \u200b\u200b , the question is what role can have in the magazine those who - like him - also have administrative duties and / or political. Here is the text.

dear all

Tuesday 'porssimo not be there (the city council .. i) .. but maybe for you this may be a good opportunity ...
Let me explain: the need for a magazine in the area, I mentioned my positive, despite having put there big issues in the last match (Monza-Brianza, periodicity and online, professional and volunteer)

last meeting I caught more people the "inconvenience" of being able to play in the "company" people who make policy on this .. and I'll be frank and explicit, so that on Tuesday they may reflect.

L ', if any, of the "out of the politicians out .." I am highly puzzled and disappointed ..
Beyond my person, what you do not agree with is the idea that the independence of a journal must be the result of an "image" to give (but it was not we content? ..) And not determined by the content in its container, commitment and professionalism of the people who belong.

These days, now we "so-called political" or we are seen as "caste" or (in this case) "fever ".... (This statement is a bit 'strong but the idea ..)

After much blathered that "all politics", the professional politicians. etc. .. I'm one of the evils of the people who make it .. in fact, with these possible choices, the people who confine themselves to political office to only one ... and are not seen as citizens first and foremost (as I believe it is), people who have their own social identity, cultural and personal first even political
People who are then able to hold separate functions and roles in other places (which seems to have demonstrated in london town ..) I do not want that in addition to politicians, at this rate it turn cuts out " policy that hurts .. ". (It already seen a movie lately ..) I think this
reductive, if any, discriminatory and culturally conservative than the policy itself that we all want to renew

I had already given orally to treat space availability Antonio-book about the world of youth (it is was my job until a few months ago) and on politics as plural comparison and analysis about the issues that cross it (democracy, citizenship, participation, institutions etc.)..

I refer to you on the proposals and decisions, one thing must be clear (for as I have been made), if I were to participate in this adventure I would do with equal dignity and not as a "guest" tolerated.

With frankness and friendship, good job for Tuesday '!
sergio Civati \u200b\u200b

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Condolences Thank You Wording

New meeting: Tuesday, February 19. The definitive way?

For the second meeting "offline" I'll see you on Tuesday, 19 to 21. We will be guests of "The Wastrel" being Borgazzi 105 ( map here). A lot of irons in the fire: the formation of the cultural, the working groups, the statute ... As always, open to all ... nuisance and jinx except

Fireplace, Heat Grate

and printing, beauty

between information and fastfood ufficistampa disguised as editors, reliability and quality of information is revealed for what it is in a much acclaimed research into everyday English "by quality ". Just imagine what would be out doing an investigation on our own newspapers. From lsdi.it
A search for 'Cardiff University found that' s 80% of articles in newspapers as the UK are predominantly made recycling agency news or press releases - and that some journalists now produce at least three times more material than they did 20 years ago


From journalism to "churnalism, mass production of ignorance

Almost 's 80 % of articles published in national quality newspapers in the UK are largely made of recycled news agency or press releases. And 'one of the results of a recent survey conducted by the Department of Journalism' s University of Cardiff, that - among the 'other - some of Fleet Street journalists currently producing at least three times more than they did 20 years ago.

Research - said an article on Press.gazette.com - noted that most of the services contained in the British national newspapers are made mostly with materials supplied by Press offices or agencies. In particular, these proportions would be: The Times, 69 percent, The Daily Telegraph, 68 per cent, Daily Mail, 66, The Independent, 65, and The Guardian, 52 per percent.

excoriate what he calls "churnalism *, Nik Davies, an expert on the media Guardian, says:" Now more than ever, we are involved in a mass production of ignorance because the corporations and the directors cut the workforce, increased our pace of work and we have definitely stuck to our desk. "


The Telegraph, Guardian and Times did not want to comment on the research, while PressGazette sought reactions in the editorial offices of the Daily Mail 's Independent that however, reports on Nicolas Kayser-Bril' Observatoire des médias were like, 'Ah, but we do not, we do not like that, maybe others. "

The "bit of journalism that makes the press," said Kaiser still-Bril, "is derived from the strong increase in the number of articles that the journalist has to produce. Result: qualified staff gets paid to do copy-and-paste and produce mediocre products. So we all lose: the journalists, who no longer have the time to do their real work and publishers who find themselves with tons of unsold goods. "

Once again this example shows that the problem of the press is not limited to the Internet. The web has simply put an end to 'oligopoly that policyholders undue profit margins. 'S arrival in the online competition puts the traditional media in front of their contradictions. The content they produce is simply not competitive.

Only problem: to change the model and mentality (something that seems to take long, according to this testimony by Howard Owens ) it takes money. A lot of money. The British newspapers still do a little ', given that profit rates are still close to 10%. In France - concluded Kaiser-Bril - the task promises to be more difficult. And we in Italy?

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* From "churn out ", "produce in large quantity ". See also "Churnalism" in Freeman, and "The Difference Between Journalism and churnalism" (Guardian).

- Research (eng) can be downloaded here : http://www.cf.ac.uk/jomec/library/doc_lib/Quality_Independence_British_Journalism.pdf