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Thursday, 22 April 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
Here comes the Summer...
The other week, I was one of 70,000 or so people who parted with £180 for a ticket to the Leeds music festival. A lot of money, but it's the main event of my Summer sorted out. Though it seems ridiculous to have a ticket for an event that's - at the time of writing - 129 days away, I suppose I can at least be grateful that Britain's major festivals aren't now, in the midst of the Eyjafjallajokull (a good word for Scrabble) ash cloud troubles.
So, anyway, the big news for Leeds festival is that The Libertines are reuniting to play it, and I have to join all the people who are proclaiming what a brilliant event this is. Obviously I'm too young to have properly appreciated them the first time round, but I've followed all members' separate projects, and have wanted it to happen for so long. It's a shame it has to happen on such a big stage, where the crowd is so far away from the band that there's not much of a connection, but I suppose that's the way it was always going to be - a band with as big a following as The Libertines would never be able to just play the tiny, illegal shows that they were known for back in the day. Though saying that, it's really not that long since they split up, and that's perhaps why it can work - it's long enough after the fall out for the hard feelings to dissipate, but close enough to it for the band to still be relevant.
So, anyway, the big news for Leeds festival is that The Libertines are reuniting to play it, and I have to join all the people who are proclaiming what a brilliant event this is. Obviously I'm too young to have properly appreciated them the first time round, but I've followed all members' separate projects, and have wanted it to happen for so long. It's a shame it has to happen on such a big stage, where the crowd is so far away from the band that there's not much of a connection, but I suppose that's the way it was always going to be - a band with as big a following as The Libertines would never be able to just play the tiny, illegal shows that they were known for back in the day. Though saying that, it's really not that long since they split up, and that's perhaps why it can work - it's long enough after the fall out for the hard feelings to dissipate, but close enough to it for the band to still be relevant.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
The Future of Journalism is...
What the future of journalism will be is a question that no one can answer confidently. Journalism is usually a volatile profession to be in, but recently it has seemed ever more unstable, due to the rise of the online media.
It seems obvious that the media needs to harness the power of online journalism better, and there is a chance that this may be done through the use of ‘pay walls’.
A pay wall is when a reader is required to pay to access online newspaper content – currently most newspaper articles published online are free to view. The introduction of pay walls would change this, and may make the online media more profitable.
It also may discourage people from reading articles online, which would bring readers back to the print medium. The idea of pay walls is –obviously – quite unpopular with readers, so if they become more widely used by newspapers on their websites, the use of online media may decrease.
Also, it seems inevitable that convergence will be an important part in the future of journalism. Online media could be seen as the medium where convergence works best, as it features print journalism and elements of broadcast: videos and audio podcasts.
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