Falmouth robberies- UPDATE December 23, 2008

It was revealed last Monday that there is to be an armed police response unit in Falmouth, following the robberies that took place last month.  You can read more about  what Inspector John Trott and his oppossers,  had to say on this on This Is Plymouth.

armed robbery- a Falmouth anomaly December 23, 2008

CCTV image of the armed robbery that took place Sunday 23rd November 2008 at the Spar on Albany rd., Falmouth…the logical thing, was to try and find out what is going on. This led me to making a short package on serious crime and media manipulation.

Baby’s first piece of investigative journalism November 26, 2008

I have mentioned my journo skills lecture in the past, as a force I had to contend with. Something that sparked an internal struggle in me to accept why blogging is the right tool to convey my stories. I was just not convinced that tip-tapping on my laptop and speculating about what he-said, she-said, was the best way to learn the skills I [...]

A Simple Blogging Phillipic (Or I Was Lyndon Johnsoned Into Susbmission) November 6, 2008

Aaah the blog… After last week’s musing on blogging and my apparent realisation that blogging wasn’t actually all that bad, that it offered the hopeful ideal of democratic journalism that I had been searching for- I have lapsed. The contention is one of interest. Whose interest is it in that I blog? My want to feed the public news? [...]

receiving transmission… October 30, 2008

I was asked to write this blog. At first I was against writing it. In fact, I think I pretty much, still am.  Our journalism skills lecture today, however, cornered me into having to think about blogs and why people blog. I think my main issue with blogging perhaps, is that in a virtual world of Twitters, Technorati and [...]