#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
Love what we do? Okay. But don’t do what we do. Just don’t. Here’s why…
I often have people – young lads mostly – come up to me and stammer out:
‘Shahzad Sir, you have the best job in the world!’
Continue reading “Why you MUST NOT become a car journalist!”
‘We may be generating heat. But are we really delivering light?’
What a superb question by someone with the authority, credibility and experience to put a powerful voice to the concerns of all those who genuinely care for media, journalism and mass communication.
Helen Boaden, Former Director of BBC Radio wrote this in an incredible and fascinating analysis of the state of media and journalism today and where it’s heading in an extract of her speech in The Independent newspaper.
I’ve been struggling with the inevitable direction of journalism in this digital age for some time now, here is a voice confirming my fears from the heart of one of the last bastions of genuine journalism.
I’m about to blow my own trumpet here, so if you’re averse to brazen boasting I suggest you click off now.
There’s been quite a bit of discussion amongst media, marketing and PR professionals lately about the perceived rise of so-called social media ‘Influencers’ and the – dare I say it? – fall of journalists.
For once Last Week Tonight is not funny… because it’s depressingly true.
I’ve been wondering why the world seems to have gone stupid lately.
In fact the answer has been right under my nose the whole time. Real journalism is slowly being eradicated, and there really doesn’t appear to be a solution that can stop its decline.
It will fall victim to the new economic reality of clicks=cash as content-consumers baulk at boring ugly truths that aren’t trending.
And before you say anything, yes okay – guilty as charged. We’re all just content creators now.
Check it out! I just made this video. Hope you like it.
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There have been two articles recently, just four days apart both along similar lines suggesting that the ‘social media influencers’ bubble is about to burst.
Continue reading “End of the ‘Influencer’ is nigh – And that’s Official!”
Bitstrips gets bought for millions. Stops doing the thing it’s famous for?! What the hell?! #BringBackBitstrips
I don’t understand it but I’m on it – and much silliness is sure to ensue!
