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From Haiti's Ashes
Three weekend's ago I posted about : Denis O'Brien's work over the last year to rebuild the iconic Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, invitin…
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Doctor Who finale - prayer, forgiveness and grace
I've heard worse sermons than tonight's final episode of the third (new) series of Doctor Who . Russell T. Davies isn't known for his ap…
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Tomorrow’s papers
So what will be on the front pages of tomorrow morning’s papers. There are so many stories and loose ends that the press will want to tie up and expl…
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BA map showing Stansted in the wrong place ... and the photo from November
I posted back in November about a glitch I noticed on the flight back from San Francisco. Stansted airport seemed to have moved rather far south. A…
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Midnight Man - conspiracy alert!
I’m a sucker for a good conspiracy drama. The Last Enemy was excellent stuff. The best ones seem to get cancelled early – like Channel 4’s Ghost Squ…
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BBC NI News Online 'littered with quote marks'
Why do half the titles of news articles on BBC News Online's Northern Ireland home page all use text in quotes? Is it ‘their local style’ or jus…
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How is the Fermanagh flooding being reported locally?
In the week that Fermanagh seems to have disappeared underwater after a month of rain, I flicked across to Fermanagh.tv to see what the region’s …
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Teletubbies to be given the keys to New York today
In a world were truth is stranger than fiction, New York’s mayor will this week be handing over the keys to New York to Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa …
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Radio Ulster Wallpaper! Wonder which image is most popular?
Anyone fancy putting in a Freedom of Information request to see who gets the most downloads from the BBC Radio Ulster wallpaper download page . Doe…
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Afraid of Irish? Scared of the other?
After five years of French at school, I have a GCSE, mais si vous parlez trop rapidement I’ll be lucky to even pick up the gist of what you’re sayin…
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Girls outweigh boys! At least when it comes to articulating and sharing their thoughts
As part of the BBC Trust’s review of children’s programming (CBeebies, CBBC, etc) last year, they [engaged with Kids Industries family-focussed co…
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Is the digital divide: NI’s new peace wall?
Some more observations from Ofcom’s 2005 survey of our media literacy across the UK. Maybe the figures are no surprise given the lower average weekl…
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It's confirmed ...
Sir Michael Lyons has this morning been confirmed as the new chairman of the BBC Trust .
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Watching TV on your PC?
A lot of people now have PC tuner cards, and an increasing number at using PVR software to replace their aging video recorders. Following on from the…
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Broadband and online usage
The last of a series of posts looking at the results in this year’s Ofcom Nations & Regions Communications Market Report for Northern Ireland …
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Write for your reader
Knowing your audience is a crucial part of pitching your argument and your content at the eyeballs and eardrums that will read, watch or listen to it…
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A quick DAB at Ofcom’s radio figures
Part two of a look at Ofcom’s Nations & Regions Communication’s Market Report for Northern Ireland that was launched this time last week. So …
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Snags continue to hit the News Letter; while two regional dailies run identical features in their women’s section
I had a leisurely read today through a couple of this morning’s papers and a number of oddities jumped off the pages. While verging on petty, the sna…
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The Independent bows out of Northern Ireland market
Printing national newspapers in Northern Ireland comes at a cost. Rather than using a handful of print centres to cover the whole of Great Britain an…
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Number of mobile-only homes on the increase - 3G lagging rest of UK
Mobile cropped up a lot in this year’s Nations & Regions Communications Market Report ( general overview ). Northern Ireland continues to have…
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