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Hatchet Job Of The Year Award
Hatchet Job of the Year was a British journalism award given annually from 2012 to 2014 to "the writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months". It was awarded by ''The Omnivore'', a review aggregator website, with the aim to "raise the profile of professional critics and to promote integrity and wit in literary journalism". The prize was a year's supply of Potted shrimps, potted shrimp. Awards 2012 Winner: * Adam Mars-Jones on ''By Nightfall'' by Michael Cunningham (''The Observer'') Shortlist: * Mary Beard (classicist), Mary Beard on ''Rome (book), Rome'' by Robert Hughes (critic), Robert Hughes (''The Guardian'') * Geoff Dyer on ''The Sense of an Ending'' by Julian Barnes (''The New York Times'') * Camilla Long on ''With the Kisses of His Mouth'' by Monique Roffey (''The Sunday Times'') * Lachlan Mackinnon on ''Clavics'' by Geoffrey Hill (''The Independent'') * Leo Robson on ''Martin Amis: The Biography'' by Richard Bradford (author), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journalist, occupation (professional or not), the methods of gathering information, and the organizing literary styles. The appropriate role for journalism varies from country to country, as do perceptions of the profession, and the resulting status. In some nations, the news media are controlled by government and are not independent. In others, news media are independent of the government and operate as private industry. In addition, countries may have differing implementations of laws handling the freedom of speech, freedom of the press as well as slander and Libel, libel cases. The proliferation of the Internet and smartphones has brought significant changes to the media landscape since the turn of the 21st century. This has created a shif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
