G20 protestor: evidence mounts against police

Posted by Mark Sheerin on 9 April 2009 at 15:20
Tags: Journalism, Newspapers, Online

Millions, claim the Guardian, have now watched G20 protestor Ian Tomlinson get on the wrong side of the law.

Among those to have now watched the video are the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the Crown Prosecution Service, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson.

Not forgetting the territorial support group officer who stars in the film. Despite taking off his shoulder number and donning a balaclava, he’s now revealed his identity to managers.

The point at which he strikes Tomlinson, who tragically died shortly after being attacked, is now also revealed in new footage taken from a broken Channel 4 camera.

There is also new evidence to suggest that Tomlinson was attacked by police three times in total, the first of these an hour before his death.

Guardian video shows attack on Ian Tomlinson

Posted by Mark Sheerin on 8 April 2009 at 12:28
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

Several papers are running with the story, but it was the Guardian who obtained footage of Ian Tomlinson’s clash with police.

Moments before his fatal heart attack, the G20 protestor appears to be in the vicinity of a riot officer’s lunge.

The Guardian has compiled a dossier on the incident which it handed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) last night.

The full story makes the paper’s front page and is supported with spreads given over to video analysis and eyewitness accounts, plus a lengthy comment piece by Duncan Campbell.

On its website the Guardian reports how the piece has sparked outrage online and calls for a criminal inquiry.

Picture editor snaps up a milestone

Posted by Mark Sheerin on 7 April 2009 at 13:27
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers, Newspapers, People, Photography

A picture editor who worked 50 years for the Daily Mirror turned 100 yesterday. His former paper reports that Bernard Coster celebrated with a party and a card from the Queen.

Mr Coster joined the Mirror staff in 1924 and covered Charles Lindburgh’s historic transatlantic flight in 1927. During the Blitz he passed pictures of suspected German boats to the MoD.

He retired reluctantly in 1974 and tells the Mirror: “I really didn’t want to give up work, but I’d reached 65.”

Life at Marie Claire without the gloss

Posted by Mark Sheerin on 7 April 2009 at 13:26
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, People, Television

A new reality TV show takes the viewer behind the scenes at the US Marie Claire.

Starring as editor-in-chief is British journalist Joanna Coles, who revealed to the Evening Standard why she agreed to be involved: “I grew up with the BBC and the ITV in the 1970s and those incredible fly-on-the-wall documentaries, and I really wanted some of that.”

As a result, Coles often appears without make up, looking exhausted. She said: “There’s quite a lot of reality in there.”

Running in Heels starts at 10pm tonight on The Style Network (Sky channel 253).

Parkinson scorn for Jade Goody funeral coverage

Posted by Mark Sheerin on 7 April 2009 at 12:24
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines

Within days of her funeral, Michael Parkinson has attacked Jade Goody on the pages of Radio Times.

He criticised the dead star for representing the “paltry and wretched” side of British life. Her death, he told the magazine, was “not the passing of a martyr or a saint or, God help us, Princess Di.”

Sir Michael had even less kind words to say about the industry which made Goody famous. Sky News reports him saying: ”I have been a journalist for 60 years and I am appalled by what’s happened to my profession. She was exploited mercilessly by the media.”

But The Sun reports that Parky once wanted to interview Jade himself saying: “She has a fascinating back story.”