There are only 5 media organisations in the top 109 companies rated by their corporate responsibility. The index is compiled by Business in the Community (BITC), a charity aimed at promoting responsible business. The five are, in order of merit: Australian Broadcasting Corporation; The BBC; BSykB Pearson; and Reed Eslevier. None in the top 10 Read More
Month: March 2012
Top tip of the week on proofreading on screen
#39 Increase the font or page size; mistakes are easier to spot when the text/page is larger. Highlight each line (a bit like the ruler technique) as you read it and try reading (or mouthing) the text aloud to aid your concentration. See more top tips here. Read More
First Twitter libel in England
We’ve got the first libel case in England and Wales about Twitter. It involves cricket, allegations of cheating, New Zealand and an Indian cricket authority. So why here? Because the libel laws here are the most strict in any democracy. And the Tweet was read by between 35 to 95 people here. 24 words accuse Read More