The unofficial rulebook for lazy EU journalism. 20 invaluable tips for your career in EU journalism. 1. Not sure how the EU works or what institutions are involved? –> Just write “Brussels”. 2. Germany is generally seen as important in EU politics and journalists know how to frame it: If Germany is active in a [...]
A very simplistic theory*: 1. Most people do not understand economics, monetary politics or EU politics – including journalists. 2. A lot of investors and market participants don’t understand politics – let alone EU decision-making. (hint: it is a long process…) 3. The media system has a tendency to simplify and sensationalize – both: economics [...]
A small step for the EU institutions… - or a small step for bloggers? (sorry for this piece of plagiarism) Anyway, it was a world premiere: The first time ever that bloggers were accredited (as bloggers!) to an official EU institution! OK, it was just a pilot project but nevertheless a very interesting endeavour – [...]
In December 2010, the mysterious Brusselsleaks website appeared. The idea was simple: Think of wikileaks in a EU/Brussels context. Now BrusselsLeaks is back with a new website and a new logo! Well, the logo is rather basic and it looks like the Ukrainian flag turned upside down. A couple of weeks ago we wrote a lenghty [...]
We bloggers tend to criticise EU media coverage (and with good reasons!). But we should not forget to “honor excellence in reporting on the European Union” and show the rest of the media how to do it properly! You can now nominate outstanding pieces of journalistic work (print, radio, TV, online, blogs,…) to be considered [...]
The OpenLeaks website is finally online! (Not a huge surprise after the “leaks” a couple of days ago) There is also a “draft video”: OpenLeaks 101 from openleaks on Vimeo. The OpenLeaks website is finally online! (Not a huge surprise after the "leaks" a couple of days ago) There is also a "draft video": OpenLeaks [...]
And the story of OpenLeaks begins… with a leak of the website content. You could not make it up. Probably the website will go live rather soon. Anyway, check it out if you can’t wait anymore. It is a good summary of what openleaks is about, what it intends to do and how it differs [...]
It was a indeed a “bad start” for the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council: First the fierce criticism about the media law by the international media (see my #Censorban post here) followed by a carpet row and last weeks’ MEP protests in the European Parliament. And it is not even February… In the meantime the [...]
Andrew Marr: A lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed, young men sitting in their mother’s basements and ranting.They are very angry people. OK – the country is full of very angry people. Many of us are angry people at times. Some of us are angry and drunk. [...]
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kosmopolit @ twitter- kosmopolit: @Lionelsola that is also misleading as the post is not about FT's opinion - but a summary of a eurobarometer poll cc @spignal @ringrda February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: [being a EU Commissioner]"is about as high as an official can climb in the eurocracy."-> misleading opening by @spignal http://t.co/vy5omNuv February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: @wettach Oh - Interessant, mit oder ohne US? Irgendwelche Erfahrungen mit Zeitungsabos? February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: RT @ECFRheadlines: What's your take on Europe's foreign policy? Do you disagree with our grading? http://t.co/jgwPTmRO Blog it & let us ... February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: @wettach Idee des Artikels war doch eher zu zeigen dass die AGBs suboptimal fur Endnutzer sind. Stimmt, Problem ist DRM im ebook Markt... February 2, 2012
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