Tallyman

Spurred on by a post on the blog of Spot On Public Relations I was curious to find out what comparison could be made between readership figures in Ireland and the social networking site Facebook and I have to say I am surprised, even more surprised by the numbers when compared against the tabloids. Let us [...]

Social media sites have short attention spans when it comes to news items on the agenda of the mainstream media, according to a new study. The ‘New Media, Old Media’ report by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) suggests that on blogs 53 per cent of lead stories in a given [...]

One of the guest panelists at todays ‘Media, Society, Defamation – A new era?’ conference organised by Hayes Solicitors and chaired by Mr. Justice Peter Kelly, was Minister Cullen. Minister Cullen was invited to give his personal opinion on the new Defamation Act 2009 and the implications to those who suffer at the hands of [...]

The Reporters Without Borders index measures the state of press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom. The index does not take into consideration human rights violations in [...]