As we enter the new decade, this week’s post features not one, but three ‘mini’ case studies. This podcast will guide you through the top three moments of the previous decade (2010-2019) that have arguably changed the journalism world and the way in which it now operates. Please remember that these choices are opinion based and are not the ‘official’ or ‘confirmed’ top three moments of the decade. However, a lot of time was spent researching into each one and justifications will be given throughout the podcast as to why they were chosen.
Podcast Outline
0:00 – 1:10 Introduction and a warm welcome into the New Year
1:11 – 2:54 Number Three: The Death of Whitney Houston, 2012
2:55 – 6:23 Number Two: The Rise of the Me Too Movement, 2017
6:24 – 9:13 Number One: The Phone Hacking Scandal, 2011
9:14 – 10:27 Conclusion and sign off
Read up on the false claim about The Queen’s death here.
Read up on the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault allegations here.
Music: On My Way by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech)
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Martinson, J., 2015. The phone-hacking scandal is over. So what’s changed? [online]. London: The Guardian. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/dec/11/the-phone-hacking-scandal-is-over-so-whats-changed [Accessed 1 December 2019].
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