Top 10 most read journalism posts of 2011 on this blog

When I first started this blog, I was determined that it wouldn’t just be my opinion on stuff, or rants about stuff, either.
I’m not sure how well I’ve done in achieving that aim – but going through the most read posts of 2011 (I’ve done a separate list of FOI posts here):

The rise and rise of journalistic churlishism

We all know about churnalism, but I’m getting a little fed up of churlishism. What’s that, then? Well, to me it’s the so-called ‘analysis’ and ‘opinion’ of other journalists passing judgement on aspects of the news media. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against people having their say on what we do. In fact, over

FOI Friday: Speed cameras, fines in a free car park, under-aged sex and naughty BBC employees

1. Fun with speed cameras Authorities such as councils and police forces have been very reluctant to divulge information about speed cameras in recent times. For example, West Midands Police refused to reveal which cameras made the most cash for fear of vigilante attacks on the cameras involved. But Wales on Sunday managed to get