By Daniel Saunders on
February 10, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Chris Huhne, Ed Lester, Ed Miliband, Fred Goodwin, Harry Redknapp, John Terry, media round up, Stephen Hester, Syria, TOWIE, William Hague |
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The mysterious Honours Forfeiture Committee made an unlikely foray into the public sphere following its decision to revoke the knighthood bestowed upon Fred Goodwin.
His award for services to banking was rescinded in response to his role in the demise of RBS and its subsequent part-nationalisation.
Another RBS banker – current CEO Stephen Hester - continued to make the headlines with the story about his curbed bonus rolling over from last week.
But in a photo finish in the race for lead story of the week, the news of John Terry losing the captaincy of the national side edged ahead by a single article. The Football Association’s decision to strip Terry of the armband followed the announcement of a July trial where he faces charges of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand
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By Daniel Saunders on
February 2, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Alex, David Cameron, Davos, Harry Redknapp, Iain Duncan Smith, media round up, Mitt Romney, news, Newt Gingrich, Nick Clegg, RBS, Salmond, Stephen Hester, TOWIE, Vince Cable |
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Public pressure mounted on RBS CEO Stephen Hester and the decision by the bank’s board to award him a £1m bonus on Thursday.
After a wave of negative sentiment, and facing the prospect of a Commons vote, about him receiving 3.6 million of the bank’s shares he bowed to pressure and relinquished his bonus.
David Cameron bolstered his Air Miles account with his journey to another economic summit, this time in Davos, tasked with stimulating growth and ensuring global stability.
During his address to the World Economic Forum the prime minister emphasised the need for Europe to be ‘bolder’ in order move away from its economic troubles. Read more …
By Daniel Saunders on
January 26, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Boris Johnson, Costa Concordia, Croatia, Ed Miliband, Ken Livingstone, media round up, Michael Gove, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, wikipedia |
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The ongoing saga of the Costa Concordia capsize rolled over from last week with much of the media attention shifting towards the vessel’s captain, Francesco Schettino, who found himself in hot water over a number claims relating his questionable conduct during the disaster.
Currently under house arrest, the captain has been accused of leaving the vessel before its evacuation was complete and has been labelled with the title of “Captain Coward” by many outlets. His reputation was further dented by the release of a radio conversation between him and the coastguard, during which he was ordered to get back onto the ship with the words “vada a bordo, cazzo” which opened the floodgates to a range of parodies and related memorabilia. Read more …
By Daniel Saunders on
January 19, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Bannockburn, Big Brother, Costa Concordia, High Speed 2, Holyrood, Justin Bieber, leveson inquiry, media round up, Mitt Romney, NHS, Scottish independence, Westminster |
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A war of words erupted between Westminster and Holyrood this week with the battle lines being drawn over a referendum on Scottish independence. Having already agreed on the principle of holding a vote, the debate was focused on many of the key details and terms behind it.
Timing has emerged as a major sticking point with the coalition government looking for a decision to be reached within 18 months. This contrasts the SNP who are focused on an Autumn 2014 vote, a date that happens to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn – a historic Scottish victory.
Mitt Romney took another step forward in securing the Republican Party’s nomination after winning the New Hampshire primary by a comfortable margin and joining an elite group of candidates to win their first two contests not as an incumbent. His victory speech took the tone of a man challenging the White House rather than his own party rivals, indicative of his commanding position in the contest.
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By Daniel Saunders on
January 16, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Big Brother, Diane Abbott, Ed Miliband, media round up, Mitt Romney, Republican nomination, Stephen Lawrence, Steven Hawking, William Hague |
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Convictions, concern and controversy lead the way this week with much of the press’ focus on Gary Dobson and David Norris being found guilty of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993.
Internationally, concern continued to grow about the safety of medical implants made by the French firm Poly Implant Prothèse. The issue was lead in the UK with a debate over who would be responsible for the removal silicone implants. Many representatives from the private sector, responsible for 95 per cent of the affected procedures, asserted that the responsibility for resolving any subsequent medical issues relating to the implants did not lay at their door.
In the US, the race to become the Republican Party’s presidential candidate began in earnest this week with the Iowa caucuses. These concluded with the former governor for Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, emerging victorious by a margin of only eight votes. Despite this narrow result Romney is widely expected to win the overall nomination to face the incumbent, Barack Obama, on November 6th. Read more …
By Daniel Saunders on
January 6, 2012 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: 2011, 2012, Arab League, Duke of Edinburgh, Kim Jong-un, Lorraine Kelly, media round up, New Year Honours, North Korea, Ronnie Corbett, Salford, Syria |
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As 2011 trudged away into the annals of time, 2012, and the entire pyrotechnic stocks of western Europe, burst onto the scene.
Much of the excitement surrounding this transition highlighted that some individuals seem unable to mention 2012 without linking it to a small sporting event scheduled to take place this summer (549 articles) or eschatological fears about the world ending in December (54 articles).
This can of course be attributed to the fact that this week marked an extreme case of national news dormancy which was described by some as being invented solely for the purpose of giving people time to “break in” their new slippers.
Despite this there were some signs to indicate the world had totally switched its attention away from footwear with the news of Kim Jong-un acquiring further positions of power over the secretive state of North Korea leading the way ahead of the customary announcement of New Year honours.
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By Daniel Saunders on
December 31, 2011 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: 2011, Andy Murray, Arab spring, Eurozone, Gaddafi, leveson inquiry, media round up, Osama bin Laden, phone hacking, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs, Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor |
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As the sun sets on another year, Journalista takes a step back and looks at the stories that have well and truly pitched their tents and occupied the headlines in 2011.
In a year of revolution, comings, goings and the inevitable controversies, it will be interesting to see which of the stories that dominated the media agenda will go on to define 2011 in years to come and which ones fall by the wayside.
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By Daniel Saunders on
December 16, 2011 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Coronation Street, David Cameron, EU, Japan, Kolkata, Leveson, leveson inquiry, media round up, Nick Clegg, Republican, Republican nomination, Russia, USA, weather, X Factor |
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The winds of change swept through this week’s media agenda in a number of ways. After a number of media storms it was a meteorological one which made the headlines with gales peaking at 165 mph causing substantial amount damage and destruction in Scotland.
In Russia, widespread demonstrations broke out over concerns about the transparency of the 4th December legislative elections, with many commentators branding the protests as the beginning of a ‘Russian Spring’… in the winter.
A post-dinner discussion in Belgium was the unlikely setting for this week’s leading story with prime minister David Cameron opposing EU treaty changes that were tabled in a response to the eurozone crisis. Despite its timing at the end of the week the sheer scale of coverage guaranteed the issue wasn’t caught short in its attempts to reach the top spot.
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By Daniel Saunders on
December 8, 2011 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Autumn statement, British Embassy, Budget, Gary Speed, George Osbourne, Iran, Jeremy Clarkson, Leveson, pandas, Robbie Savage, SPOTY, strikes |
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Economic concerns led this week’s news agenda, initially with chancellor George Osbourne downgrading the UK’s growth prospects for 2012 to 0.7 per cent in his autumn budget statement as well as admitting the deficit will take longer to eradicate. In addition to these concerns, Wednesday played host to the largest public sector strikes for over 35 years as staff walked out over a dispute relating to pension reforms.
A fascinating side-effect of the strikes was a media storm relating to comments made by the controversial broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson who asserted that the individuals involved should be “lined up and shot”. In a completely unrelated story, sales of this year’s Top Gear book and Mr Clarkson’s own DVD have skyrocked.
Despite these widely covered topics, the most frequent articles of the week were tributes of the former professional footballer and Wales manager Gary Speed, who tragically took his own life on Sunday. Read more …
By Daniel Saunders on
November 30, 2011 |
Category: Blog |
Tags: Arcadia, Chris Huhne, Danny Alexander, Duchess of Cornwall, Hugh Grant, International Emmy Awards, Journalisted, leveson inquiry, media round up, Rugby World Cup, Tahir Square |
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Testimonies from the first witnesses to appear in the Leveson Inquiry stole last week’s media show with the large number of stories being fuelled by the diverse range of individuals involved in proceedings at the High Court. Notable examples include the coverage of Hugh John Mungo Grant, Bob and Sally Dowler and Carine Patry Hoskins, a lawyer in the inquiry who was the subject of the somewhat sexist twitter hashtag #womanontheleft during Mr Grant’s questioning. Journalista wonders whether a male lawyer might have been afforded the same humiliating treatment.
Elsewhere, coverage of the violent Tahir Square protests was up 440% in the build up to nationwide elections in Egypt and a report into the conduct of the England Rugby World Cup squad is leaked.
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