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Social media posts made by members of the public are fair game for journalists, a representative with the island’s media council has confirmed. Don Burgess, executive officer of the Media Council of Bermuda, said that there was a misconception that p...

What if Donald Trump decided one day that every one of his asinine tweets that has been recycled for the benefit of the media and wider public consumption was his personal, intellectual property, and that he wished to be compensated for their reuse w...

“It is time. #deletefacebook.” That declaration came from Brian Acton, co-founder of the messaging service WhatsApp — itself a Facebook property, sold to the company for $19 billion in 2014 — in a tweet after news of the social network’s Cambridge An...

“The pen is mightier than the sword”, a metonymic adage coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839. A concept that communication can be a more effective tool than direct violence. I stopped using Facebook and social media generally, and re...

Dear Sir, According to section 26 of the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968 it clearly states: There shall be a Legislature for Bermuda which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Assembly. On ZBM’s main 7pm television news on Monday, re...

It seems like only yesterday that journalism faced existential challenges from technology platforms that helped anyone publish whatever they wanted, took over the distribution of news, and usurped the advertising market with promises of precise targe...

Rupert Murdoch could scarcely have imagined Britain’s top trustbuster would be so constructive in its criticism of his plans to buy all of Sky plc. It’s no surprise the Competition and Markets Authority does not like a deal that would result in Sky b...

Ever wondered what goes on in a newsroom? How a news organisation prioritises the stories that it does? What stories go on the front page and why? How the Page 1 photograph is determined? Who are the drivers behind daily editorial policy at the “big ...

A purported online news site ran a fake news report yesterday claiming that David Burt, the Premier, had died. The hoax story also claimed that the news had come from The Royal Gazette. The site, which calls itself Houston News, has been implicated b...

“Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” This was a saying taught to me by the late W.A. “Toppy” Cowen. This lesson came after I had made comments about the local traditional media via social media in 2012. Essentially, his point was tha...

Fake social media counts in the name of Government Ministers have appeared online, according to Government. A spokeswoman this afternoon confirmed that Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of the Cabinet Office, has become the subject of a fake account. “To e...

French film-maker Emmanuel Itier has returned to the island to film two new documentaries. Mr Itier, whose previous films looked at God and women in politics, has now turned his attention to economics and health, interviewing local figures alongside ...