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Kevin: My esteemed colleague Roy Greenslade opens the doors at the Guardian as we discuss 24/7 working. Note this figure: About 12% of Guardian revenue comes from web advertising and it’s growing at 50% a year. That’s a tipping point.
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Kevin: UK political blogger Guide Fawkes takes the political journalism establishment to task. What do journalists give up for access? Well worth watching. Curious what would happen if this were made in Washington. My old patch.
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Kevin: Richard Sambrook, head of the Global News Division at the BBC, talks about how the artifice in TV news production may come under pressure as raw, unfiltered video make those TV tricks seem out-dated.
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Kevin: Here is the blog post on the BBC Newsnight blog about Guido Fawkes and his accusations against political journalism. Fascinating comments. I like the feature that highlights when the blog’s authors from the BBC contribute.
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Kevin: Just to cover the record on this. UK political blogger apologises and corrects the record. He had said that the BBC’s Nick Robinson was a source for one of his stories.
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Kevin: Ira Glass of This American Life talks about story telling on YouTube. Suw and I are huge This American Life fans, and we just saw the first episode of the new TV show as well. Thanks to Mindy McAdams for the notes. Ira is a great story teller.