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What are the political parties tweeting about?
Word clouds made from official party twitter feeds reveal what the politicians are trying to get across to the electorate.
The death of the documentary?
Long form documentaries are being usurped by shorter films that are easier and cheaper to make. Is artistry being sacrificed for the sake of brevity?
SNAP: decision
Every picture tells a story, but what about the story the picture doesn’t tell? Three controversial photographs explained.
Cover feature: Are sports journalists the new war correspondents?
Security will be a key issue for those reporting on this summer’s World Cup in South Africa. But do we really need to treat our sports journalists like war correspondents?
Cover feature: journalism training for South Africa
There are many training courses out there to prepare journalists for their time in South Africa this summer. Here are just a few.
Print out and play election Top Trumps
Whose tweet will blow the election off course? Will Webcameron win the hand? Which blog will rally the grassroots? Play new media election top trumps and find out.
What are you looking at? The first disfigured news reader
Television is a notoriously superficial arena, with only the young and the beautiful making it into our living rooms on a regular basis. But the winds of change are blowing, or so Channel 5 would have us believe.
Interviewing the interviewers:
Who “wiped the floor” with Humphrys?
John Humphrys eats politicians for breakfast, but is there anyone who puts him off his cornflakes? He tells us about his most intimidating interviewees.
