Tied up in tackiness
Thursday, August 14, 2008
OUR WESTERN MEDIA’S EYES were fixed so firmly – and in NBC’s case focused with such damaging exclusivity – on China, that Russia’s attack on neighboring Georgia completely wrong-footed just about everyone. more >>
Only a game ...
Thursday, August 7, 2008
TO BORROW A PHRASE from the sportswriters ... How about those Olympics, huh? As the gaudy opening ceremony finally arrives tomorrow, the constantly shifting global image of China ever since this Olympiad's locale was first chosen, so controversially, might just about come to some kind of rest. more >>
Evoking the aftermath
Thursday, July 31, 2008
SOME OF THE IMAGES were so searing that my eyes felt stung with acrid air from the scene. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but this week's news seemed dominated even more than usual by the murderous bombing of civilians. more >>
David Tereshchuk has written for many US publications including The New York Times, and am New York, where he began "THE MEDIA BEAT" as a weekly column. He has also contributed to The Guardian, The Observer, and the New Statesman in London.
On television he has reported and made documentaries for American and British networks from many countries around the world, and he has acted as a media adviser to corporations, non-profit organizations and the United Nations. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + THE MEDIA BEAT is now featured every Friday on ROBIN HOOD RADIO - podcasts available here. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE now lists THE MEDIA BEAT as recommended reading in its essential tool-kit for journalists. And the journalism trade's own news-forum ROMENESKO names DT among its recommended "Media People". + + + + + + + + + + + + + E-mail DAVID TERESHCHUK at DT@tereshchuk.com