Archive for March, 2006
Inaugural Irish Blog Awards a success
Monday, March 13th, 2006Congratulations are in order for Damien & Co. as the first annual Irish Blog Awards ended as a complete success. I say “first annual” because I’m sure the event will return even if nothing official has been agreed just yet.
You can have a look at a flickr slideshow if you’re interested; there’s also a rough […]
The art of the Vox-Pop
Sunday, March 12th, 2006Vox-pops have to be one of the most frustrating aspects of modern media. In my opinion, they have a limited place in journalism but are over-used by numerous outlets as a cheap and easy way to ‘reach out’ to the audience. For me, the purpose of a news broadcast is to tell the public something […]
Labour’s dilemma
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006Also posted in:
In the latest issue of an ongoing poll conducted by the Sunday Business Post/Red C it was suggested that neither the current coalition parties nor the opposition in its present formation would be capable of holding a majority in Government. The Progressive Democrats and Fianna Fail would fall well short of the 83 […]
Blog News
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006Just to point out a few updates made to the site which are detailed on the news page.
The Wordpress upgrade should see put a few new tools at my disposal for the blog and has already allowed for the easy import from blogger, something I was unable to do manually for some reason.
I would also […]
What to expect from the new (quasi-national) Newstalk
Monday, March 6th, 2006Newstalk 106 has been a reasonable success story since its creation only 4 years ago. Starting out in Dublin as a speech-based radio station seemed like suicide or at the very least a mis-guided step but with a mix of strong advertising, high quality hosts and persistance the station has now moved up to a […]
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