How can journalism respond to The News Of the World Saga?
The only media story this week is the demise of The News of The World. What does this mean for the wider issues of probity in journalism? Is this a waterhed moment – and how should the newspaper industry respond to the outrage amongst the reading public? In my column for www,themediabriefing.com this week I imagine two letters from the world or journalism to the world of readers. Which, if either is the more honest? http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-07-11/two-open-letters-from-british-journalism-to-its-readers
About Neil Thackray
Neil Thackray
Neil Thackray is Co Founder of Briefing Media Ltd, a business to business solution that combines expert content with semantic search technology. The site for media professionals is here, www.themediabriefing.com. He has worked in business media for more than 25 years and on digital projects since 1996. He began his career at Reed Business Information acting as publishing director of numerous magazines and trade shows. He went on to be divisional Managing Director at Miller Freeman, before leaving to head up the launch of The Industry Standard in Europe. That gig was famously shortlived as the dot com bubble burst.
After the The Standard Neil joined Quantum Business Media as CEO. After three years he sold the business, which was private equity backed and moved to Nexus Business Media also as CEO.
In addition to his full time roles Neil acts as Non Executive Chair of Osney Media, ia a past director of the AEO, has been a member of the PPA Business Media Committee and undertaken numerous consulting roles on a confidential basis.
Contact me: neil.thackray@briefingmedia.com
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