Sarah Palin this week mistakenly called a democratically-elected president of a foreign state a dictator. In response, Hugo Chavez, who was in 2006 re-elected by a convincing 60% of voters, evoked Jesus, remarking, “Forgive her, for she knows not what she says.”. So now you know the story: Chavez is not a dictator, he’s the [...]

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There are lots of ways to tell a story these days: websites, comicbooks, videogames, movies are but a few… So if you’ve got a great story to tell, which should you choose? Increasingly, the answer is “as many as make sense”… Welcome to transmedia storytelling. The Matrix is an example of Transmedia storytelling, as there [...]

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The Sydney Morning Herald has posted an article that purports to list 21 rules for covering the Olympics. Presumably these are written for Chinese journalists, but the article doesn’t actually explain the document, it just publishes it… The items (listed below) provide an insight into the international/domestic stories the Propaganda unit have anticipated in the [...]

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ABC News (USA) is preparing for what may be their most important ever newscast – and they’re accepting submissions from citizen journalists around the world. Our biosphere is offering us multiple signals indicating the systems on which we rely are under stress. There are hopeful signs that there is a willingness in the world for [...]

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Ever shared information with others via email, text messaging and other social media? According to Mark Pesce, this behaviour “dates from the time when sharing information ensured our survival.” The three F’s of “finding, filtering and forwarding” information allow us to reaffirm our place in social networks, and reminds recipients that we’re still there and [...]

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