Charlie Beckett: PoliticsHome resignations – the story so far
September 23rd, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Social media and blogging
Numerous contributors to PoliticsHome, including editor-in-chief, Andrew Rawnsley, have resigned from the news aggregator and polling website in a row over its new owner – Michael Ashcroft, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.
Charlie Beckett’s post on the POLIS blog tells the story so far, with some comment thrown in:
“It’s interesting because of what it says about political journalism ethics. It is also interesting because of what it implies about the profitability of quality ‘balanced’ online political media.”
Tags: andrew rawnsley, Charlie Beckett, Conservative party, deputy chairman, editor-in-chief, michael ashcroft, political media, politicshome
