Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.
Weekend Round-Up: Digital Hierarchy, Media and COVID-19
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Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! Did the Media Pass the COVID-19 Lockdown Test?On March 23, 2020, then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked down the barrel of a camera and uttered the words: From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction - you must stay at home. The UK’s first full COVID-19 lockdown had begun. Five years on, many of us have tried to move on from the misery of that period. I know I certainly have. But we are getting to a point where we can, perhaps, analyse what happened. Don’t worry, I am not going to offer medical or scientific comment. I don’t even particularly want to relitigate whether or not lockdowns and vaccines were right or wrong. (For what it’s worth, I was quickly worried we had no exit plan from the former and was hugely supportive of the latter. I'm also not convinced we are fully discussing the consequences of lockdown, whatever your view on whether or not it was necessary.) The key question for The Addition is whether or not the media rose to the moment. Even with the benefit of a few years of hindsight, I’m not sure it did.
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Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! The Under-Discussed Strength of Channel 5 Channel 5 often gets lost in the debate about streaming and British public...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! At the BBC HQ up in Salford there was a wall adorned with images of such luminaires as a Rolf Harris and… Jimmy Savile. For some time they remained in place, next to the Religion and Ethics desk. Others who featured weren’t exactly happy with the company...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription. By doing so, you get extra stories and support the growth of independent media. The Super Bowl is usually a major opportunity for media of all kinds to bring in serious ad revenue. However, Reach, the company that publishes the Daily Mirror, amongst others, seem to have somewhat limited themselves. Ahead of the game, Jack Benjamin at...