Thursday, March 25, 2010

How news worked

Oh dear, Prezza won't like this. The Editor of the BBC's College of Journalism, Kevin Marsh, as a by-the-by in a piece about the departure of Ian Watmore from the FA, offers this anecdote.

"Years ago, in our World at One morning meetings, some wag would usually break a stumped silence with: "Maybe we can get someone to call for John Prescott's resignation." It was code for: 'We haven't got a clue how to develop this story.' And finding someone to call for John Prescott's resignation was never very difficult."

Expect "new media" John will be posting soon.

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