I’ve just learned that, surprisingly rapidly, my article ‘The journalistic field and the city: some practical and organizational tales about the Toronto Star’s New Deal for Cities’ has been published in the urban sociology journal City and Community. When I say rapidly, I mean from the point of acceptance. Otherwise, it has been a long … Continue Reading
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Video of The Politics of War Reporting critical symposium
Above you can view the video of the critical symposium held last month to mark the launch of Tim Markham’s new book The Politics of War Reporting: Authority, Authenticity and Morality (Manchester University Press), which I chaired and helped organise. The panelists, who brought forth some great and critical points for debate and discussion, were: … Continue Reading
The Politics of War Reporting: A Critical Symposium
In about a month’s time I will be chairing the below event, a sort of AAG-style ‘author-meets-critics’ type of twist on the book launch. The idea being, basically, a sort of ‘thou shall be subjected to criticisms and debate prior to any wine or celebration’. Tim, it so happens, was very receptive to this idea. … Continue Reading