Allotment

Here are the pictures of the allotment. It is pretty overgrown and there is a lot of rubbish on it, like doors and similar. Today Micah planted a gooseberry and pruned the blackberries, hedges and other wild shrubberies and bushes, he also dug up the whole light brown plant bed. There is a fox which seems to live around the bushes and hedges. I have made a start with one plant bed which had old rotting leaks in, and basically pulled out lots of weeds and nettles by hand, took stones out, and planted a red currant and a little bush to mark the corners.

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MOVIEMail

I just make a quick note of moviemail as they sell political videos and BFI ones. Also I am trying to collect all my previous writing, audio, video and academic research on a new website. Am not sure how it will look like and how to structure, so am comparing with other similar websites. I still like the really simple websites [Ana, Robert Bullard | Andrea Wren ] of authors who actually put their whole articles online for the benefit of everybody, but I also like simple Blog websites used for porfolio purposes [Chris Alden], which seem to be userfriendly enough.

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Panorama

Panorama Article to be accompanied by a fact box of about 200 -300 words: Name coined from the fantastic view out of the office window at the BBC headquarters at Alexandra Palace. The first episode was broadcast on 11th of November 1953 and was a disaster as the audio tape of a brainwashed spy was played backwards. Longest running current affairs program worldwide. Its founder was Dennis Barton. Some of the most famous presenters were Richard and David Dimbleby . Jeremy Paxman was a Panorama reporter, Michael Buerk, Peter Snow, Gavin Hewitt, Robert Harris and the boss of Channel 4, Mark Thompson worked there as well.

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Critically assess the value of objectivity as the dominant professional perspective in journalism.

Objectivity can induce both: better and worse journalism. Of course, if it would encourage better coverage of events it should be the dominant value in future journalism, but, on the contrary, if it would cause flawed coverage then it should not. Objectivity can hinder analysis, the question why, background research and interpretation of events and reduce news to plain events reporting. It can even bring about untruthful reporting if the psychological impact on the reporter and the humanitarian side of disasters, crisis and wars is suppressed. Subjective reporting can empower people, make them passionate about issues and encourage activity and involvement in their communities as well as in decision-making and politics.

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A TV programme I just can’t get out of my head

Last Friday, for some strange reason I ended up watching Channel4’s Adopt me, I am a teenager. I can’t just get it out of my head. On the website it says: “Justine and Lakeisha are two teenagers desperate to be adopted. They live in America, where a radical approach to adoption has been pioneered. In an attempt to find a new home they’ll be marketed American-style at adoption parties and on TV shows. This film follows their search to find a mum and dad, but unfortunately things don’t always go according to plan.” I just found it so sad to watch.

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