Friday Reading S06E06
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Social and New Formats Editor Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as an email newsletter – sign up here. “Fake news is a…
Friday Reading S06E05
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as an email newsletter – sign up here. I wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian…
When the White House itself is spreading #FakeNews, how can journalists respond?
I wrote a piece for the Guardian’s opinion section yesterday about how the media must adapt to the tactics that Donald Trump and his White House team are employing. “What the Trump administration’s error-strewn list does is push journalists on…
Friday Reading S06E04
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. It is also available as a frequently badly-formatted email. “It’s not just teenagers. Chase Haverick, a 30-year-old development communications manager…
“That’s the wrong bloody TARDIS mate!”
Always good to be reminded how niche your specialist knowledge is. On Wednesday morning in the Guardian we had a spread looking at who might be the next Doctor Who, illustrated with a picture of the TARDIS. But not Peter…
Friday Readng S06E03
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. “The new rules more explicitly restrict publishers from posting questionable pictures on Discover that do not have news or editorial…
Friday Reading S06E02
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. Some dreadful news that my friend and former colleague at both the BBC and the Guardian Joanna Witt died suddenly…
Friday Reading S06E01
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. “People often say that online behavior would improve if every comment system forced people to use their real names. It…
I interviewed Peter Capaldi for the Guardian and here’s the rest of the transcript…
Regular readers may know that I am slightly a fan of Doctor Who, so it has been a great pleasure over the last few weeks to have had the chance to both interview and meet Peter Capaldi as part of…
Friday Reading S05E06
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from journalist and designer Martin Belam covering journalism, media and technology. Fascinating list of “52 things I learned in 2016” from the ever-interesting Tom Whitwell which includes some great business lessons…