Society Matters http://societymatters.org How the National Geographic Society could create a new blueprint for journalism Sat, 25 May 2013 01:32:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 SocietyMattershttp://feedburner.google.com Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/-pHzemBi6n0/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/24/father-forgive-them-for-they-do-not-know-what-they-do-divine-intervention-national-geographic/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 01:03:22 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17716 Then again, maybe they do know.
{ How can they not? }

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Jenny Daly, president of T Group (quoted above), includes the following TV shows on her production credits: “Fashionista Diaries” for Soapnet, “Night Club Confessions” for Fox Reality and “Pageant Mom’s Unleashed” for E! Entertainment.  Also: “Love is in the Heir”, “Fight For Fame”, “Last Bride Standing”, “Starveillance,” “Diary of an Affair,” “Fake-A-Date,” “Friend or Foe,” and “Party Crashers.”

Given that resumé, Ms. Daly seems like the obvious choice to handle a six-part National Geographic series about faith-based communities.

Credits News Corp NGS

How many people of faith will these four men
be able to offend in six hours?
Stay tuned…

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]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/22/who-is-a-journalist/feed/ 2 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/22/who-is-a-journalist/ Unsustainable http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/nukRa93WS78/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/18/unsustainable/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 17:47:53 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17666 As National Geographic’s content converges
on a single digital device,
John Fahey will discover that his grand Brand strategy —
high road in the Magazine, low road on TV —
is dishonest and unsustainable.

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]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/18/unsustainable/feed/ 2 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/18/unsustainable/ Physician, heal thyself http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/jKPhsPmymLM/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/17/physician-heal-thyself/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:32 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17650 What we say:

{ click to enlarge }message on photo manipulation ngm

Read the full message here.

What we do:

James Cameron NGM June 2013

]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/17/physician-heal-thyself/feed/ 0 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/17/physician-heal-thyself/ Sinking to new depths http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/58rXRFI9Og4/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/16/sinking-to-new-depths/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:11:54 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17632 The latest cover of National Geographic 
featuring James Cameron 
is
(a) Photoshopped
&
(b) beyond depressing:

James Cameron NGM June 2013

James Cameron on China balloon

James Cameron, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Read the whole interview here.

Hey… here’s an idea:
Why don’t we put this sad, soulless man
on the cover of the Magazine
and pretend that his values are ones
our Society — and society — should embrace?

(If James Cameron is the new face of National Geographic,
then our Society is in bigger trouble than I had imagined.)

 

]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/16/sinking-to-new-depths/feed/ 8 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/16/sinking-to-new-depths/ If only he cared more about cheetahs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/DZuAqCLjJLY/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/15/if-only-he-cared-more-about-cheetahs/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:38:26 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17603 Chen Guangcheng Oslo Freedom Forum

Meanwhile, at our Society:
NGM China Chris Terry shakehands

Chris Johns & Terry Adamson shake hands with our new publishing partners in the People’s Republic of China (2007).

China ChrisandTerry dinner cartoon2

Chris Johns & Terry Adamson celebrate NGM’s new publishing partnership in the People’s Republic of China. (2007)

_____
More than 20 years ago in National Geographic magazine
(long before any local language editions were launched):

 

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Posted at The Missoulian on May 2,2013.
Read the whole story by reporter Rob Chaney here.

]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/09/mike-parfit-its-a-cynical-pursuit-of-financial-stability/feed/ 0 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/09/mike-parfit-its-a-cynical-pursuit-of-financial-stability/ Life imitates parody http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/IyPF_1RtahI/ http://societymatters.org/2013/05/06/life-imitates-parody/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:26:20 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17553 Which is the parody?
This…

national geographic cosmopolitan

 

… or this?

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]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/05/06/life-imitates-parody/feed/ 0 http://societymatters.org/2013/05/06/life-imitates-parody/ Fear as a business model http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/g4Mud98qUhY/ http://societymatters.org/2013/04/29/fear-as-a-business-model/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:06:59 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17515 First, you scare the audience:

doomsday preppers

Then you sell them products to reduce their fears:

Survival shelter ad ngchannel

Rinse & repeat
with another season of shows:

doomsday preppers ngchannel new season web

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John Fahey National Geographic

 

]]> http://societymatters.org/2013/04/29/fear-as-a-business-model/feed/ 1 http://societymatters.org/2013/04/29/fear-as-a-business-model/ Why John Fahey’s decision to do business in China was a huge mistake for the National Geographic Society http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocietyMatters/~3/Bq27VxI3f18/ http://societymatters.org/2013/04/26/why-john-faheys-decision-to-do-business-in-china-was-a-huge-mistake-for-the-national-geographic-society/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:53:18 +0000 Alan Mairson http://societymatters.org/?p=17508 Gigaom China NYTimes Bloomberg censorship

Meanwhile:

NGM China Chris Terry with team

Chris Johns & Terry Adamson stand tall with our new publishing partners in the People’s Republic of China (2007).

NGM China Chris Terry shakehands

Chris & Terry shake hands with our new partners.

China ChrisandTerry dinner cartoon2

Chris Johns & Terry Adamson celebrate NGM’s new publishing partnership in the People’s Republic of China. (2007)

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