Media Voices: Future's Rock titles Editor in Chief Scott Rowley on covering rockstar deaths
This week Scott Rowley, Editor in Chief of Future's rock titles, takes us through how his magazines responded to death of Tom Petty in real time, and why he believes reporting on rock star deaths is devolving into a "bun fight". In the news round-up, the gang discuss Glamour magazine moving to a bi-annual publishing schedule, whether Google and Facebook failed in the wake of the Las Vegas shootings, and whether Rupert Murdoch is really publishing's White Knight (no). Esther imitates a sheep. We're reading: - Why objective journalism is a misleading and dangerous illusion: https://thecorrespondent.com/6138/why-objective-journalism-is-a-misleading-and-dangerous-illusion/157316940-eb6c348e -Is 'guerrilla war' being waged on news broadcasters?:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41412758 -If journalists take sides, who will speak truth to power?:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/06/journalists-takes-sides-truth-to-power-activists