Aldate

  Strange.  They manage not to print the same page twice on the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People, Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Racing Post, Laif, RecordPM, Sunday Sun, Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, Sunday Mercury, Coventry Telegraph, Polish Express, Echo, Daily Post, Examiner, Evening Gazette, Chronicle, Citylife, Newslanka, FTN, Catholic Times, The Nation, Gair Rhydd, The Courier, Islamic Times, The Universe, The Door, East End Life, Eastern Eye or North West Angler.   Conspiracy? 

Only two issues to go...   What did it for you this week?   OxStu: Cheaper teachers don't teach as well; Poorer colleges can't spend as much on teaching. Cherwell: Boatie banter   Update: Apologies if you were expecting the full monty.  Just amuse yourself with more Aldate fallout .

Aldate has been thinking a little more about the podcast thing.   All it takes to get quotes on news stories is a quick phone call, and cutting them into useful chunks doesn't take too long at all.  So maybe the Oxide news team should think about a weekly news podcast, speaking to the people involved in the stories that the papers have covered.   Given that the OxStu are in the room next door, getting the contact details needn't be a huge problem either.   A quick response to a comment in the liveblog post:   Having carefully read Aldate's advice, it seems to me that he'd have us scrap Oxide as a live medium  True.   and use it for podcasting only; Also true.   (although he doesn't think anyone will actually listen to the podcasts Wrong.  Aldate said "not many people would listen to them unless they were rea

Once, twice, three times a fuck up.   Aldate extends his sincere thanks to HK. Michelmas' listings brought back happy memories of when OxStu could observe the basic rule of printing the right things on the right pages..   Still, at least you're not Oxide.

Aldate liveblogged a day in the life of Oxide radio, angering a lot of people in the process.  It is archived after the jump.    

Aldate intimated in his first post this term that nobody listens to Oxide, the student union's radio station.  OUSU's esteemed VP (Finance) nobly defended his DJs and DJettes in his first week report :   "Oxide is performing well; continuing the strides forward in professionalism and reform of the station. Who knows, perhaps the claims of its irrelevance made by Cherwell's new gossip columnist, Saint Aldate, is actually securing the station's place in the minds of both his readers... "   Continuing the strides forward in professionalism?  Not what Aldate experienced at the time that report was written, but this open-minded saint only thinks it fair that the station be given another chance.   What sort of strides forward could have been taken?  A package of beds, jingles, stagers and sweepers to give the station a strong brand identity, perc

So scrumptious you can enjoy it twice... twice. 

Aldate is somewhat averse, in a personal capacity at least, to arty-farty illustrated glossies.  Nonetheless, it would be unfair to leave the new editors' first effort unmarked.   So first, please offer your thoughts on the new issue of Isis in the comments below.  Aldate is sure you will have many enlightening points to make without drawing gratuitous attention to ex-editor/current editor romance.    Second, help keep OSPL afloat by attending the Isis launch party at Baby Love Bar, 9pm.  £1 entry means even the editors of the OUSU Access Guide can get in.   Oh, and there will be music from the Action Station DJs to drown out conversation from Isis types.

Aldate found Nick Davies to be a captivating speaker, even if it took him a while to admit that he really has no plausible solutions to what is a very serious problem. A point that he emphasised was that a journo's most precious possession is time - rehashing a press release or previous reportage (eg. Sufiah Yusof) can be done in a matter of seconds, while a proper investigation can take days, weeks or months. Somewhat appropriate, then, that both papers ran with investigations on the front page this week. Full breakdown after the jump.

Author of Flat Earth News speaks today at 1.30 in the Union.   Churnalists beware. 

So delicious they printed it twice.

One commenter has had cause to question Aldate's independence.  Be assured that this blogger maintains a professional distance from all Oxford media outlets... unlike some.   Word reaches Aldate that Martin McCluskey and his in-house newspaper are getting a little too close for comfort. It would seem that the OUSU President is a regular attendee at OxStu weekly meetings, 'just for fun,' and a recent sneaky peek at his mobile revealed his inbox to be full of texts from:   - Holehouse - Holehouse - Holehouse - Mum - Holehouse - Holehouse - Holehouse - Mum Let's hope the Stu's star reporter isn't being influenced by those in need of some positive PR.

Full breakdown and comments after the jump.   OxStu still don't send Aldate their front page, so here's another artist's impression.   Aldate was most disappointed not to be invited to HK's house party last night.  Here's hoping she went easier on the juice than she did at last term's "Tell us what you know" party...   Front pages:   Aldate would argue that bursars searching rooms is more interesting than Proctors, on the basis that everyone within two light years of Carfax has been invited to McCluskey's Facebook group.   Both go for the obvious Langham pic, although "Union cancels Langham" invite is a little snappier than "Union courts more controversy as charity condemns invite to convicted sex offender Langham" (and take a breath).  Bad luck for the Stu with the cancellation timing though.   OxStu animal testing puff is very effective an

More contemplative readers might take a break from salivating over this week's Cherwell centrespread to consider the fate of that tasty-looking Chercake. Now we know what the Chief's on about when he mentions news feeds.