Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Breaking News – the remaking of journalism and why it matters now

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The media used to be described as one of the key features of democracy – for its ability to hold power to scrutiny. So much so it was actual...

Sunday, August 4, 2019

The State of the Fourth Estate

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Journalists, ironically, don’t tend to get a good press – not according to various polls which rate public trust in various institutions a...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Hacks? Critics? Writers?What's in a Name?

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I’ve been spending a fair amount of time these past few weeks going over the year’s posts (60) to try to give them a little bit more “shape...

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

In Praise of Journalists

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A “journalistic scrum” has become a sign of the times – reflecting globalization; the 24 hours new cycle; the merging of news-collecting w...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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