CNN’s Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs, Octavia Nasr, has supposedly resigned from her job after an unfortunate tweet that came back to her like a boomerang. Nasr tweeted about her regrets regarding the death of one of the Hezbollah leaders, Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, credited as one of ... Read more
What we know by now: newspapers are losing audience, sales are going down, internet is growing, it’s a financial crisis, so advertising revenues are falling just as well for the print industry, advertisers go for special projects and online campaigns. Everyone is focusing on efficiency. What is going to happen? Where does the future of media stands? Where are the opportunities in growing your audience? One idea: now it’s the right time to focus on consumer oriented subjects. ... Read more
When it comes to journalism, we all know that every reporter working for a newspaper has to follow a set of rules in order to publish an article. You might heard of the “inverted pyramid” model, as well as you may know about some of the basic rules of journalism. ... Read more
I work in media for six years. I learned all about news reporting in a town with 100.000 people. I learned how to do an investigation. I learned how a killer looks like. I learned how parents suffer when their children are taken away by waters. I’ve seen crime scenes, I’ve talked to criminals, I’ve seen how a place looks like after natural calamities. I tried to understand what people want to read, what’s news and what’s crap. And there’s the Iran matter. ... Read more