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Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide

Nieman Journalism Lab 

The real divide in newsrooms isn’t between editorial and advertising — it’s between left-brain (math, logic) and right-brain (creativity, intuition) functions. Hidden left-brained infrastructure underpins modern media businesses. It enables editors, product managers, brand strategists, developers, and sales teams to focus on higher-order, right-brain problems. In print publishing, this hidden infrastructure manages printing, sales, and...

John Dobson- Im old school. When the Stormers fire me Im done in coaching - Champions Cup

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Stormers head coach on his Cape Town connection and putting up a fight at Harlequins in the Champions Cup Rugby union still produces some fascinating individuals and John Dobson, the head honcho at the DHL Stormers, is very much one of them. To say Dobbo is not your average coach is self-evident from his CV. In addition to degrees in law and business administration from the University of Cape Town there is surely no other

Northampton ambush Bulls on the road to extend perfect Champions Cup start - Champions Cup

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Pool 3: Bulls 21-30 Northampton Furbank injury mars hard-fought away victory The English champions have not been able to triumph on the road in defence of their title this season, but they choose Pretoria, of all places, the most inhospitable of venues, home of the most abrasive of teams, to notch up a first away win. They do so with a bonus point to complete the opening two matches of their Champions Cup campaign with a

Champions Cup reboot- no pools, FA Cup-style and play it after Christmas - Champions Cup

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

The global calendar remains a mess and rugbys powerbrokers need to get a grip after a controversial weekend It is still in there somewhere. The kernel of a great competition, albeit visible only in fleeting glimpses. The shimmering class of Toulouses Antoine Dupont, a gripping win for Northampton in Pretoria, the celebrations at the final whistle in Italy after Benetton had downed the English league leaders Bath, the supe

Dont treat players like robots- Sharks coach hits out after Leicester thrashing - Champions Cup

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Pool 1: Leicester 56-17 Sharks Tigers run in eight tries against depleted team The Sharks head coach, John Plumtree, accused rugbys administrators of treating South African players like robots after he fielded a drastically weakened team in this crushing defeat. Already severely depleted by injury, the Sharks options were further limited by Plumtrees decision to leave stellar names such as Siya Kolisi, Andre Esterhuizen a

Antoine Dupont orchestrates Toulouses Champions Cup thrashing of Exeter - Champions Cup

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Pool 1: Exeter 21-64 Toulouse Lebel and Barassi score twice as visitors run in 10 tries Another lop-sided pool game and a further reminder of lifes fluctuating fortunes. Five years ago Exeter were beating Toulouse en route to winning the Champions Cup and putting the seal on one of English team sports great Cinderella tales. These days the gap between the teams is such a yawning chasm that the French visitors had a bonus

Championship rugby union match abandoned after referee is struck by ball - Championship

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Ampthill v Hartpury called off after clearance hits official Thomas was taken off on a stretcher following incident The RFU Championship rugby union match between Ampthill and Hartpury was abandoned on Saturday after the referee, Alex Thomas, was struck by the ball. Thomas, who has officiated games in the mens and womens Premierships, was hit by a clearing kick from Hartpurys Harry Bazalgette in the 28th minute of the gam

Phil Vickery- Im not angry, Im not bitter but I will need help - Phil Vickery

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The former England captain on CTE, legal action and 2003 World Cup winners reunion for Unbreakable documentary Phil Vickery sighs. His cheeks are red, his eyes are wet. Im quite emotional, always have been, he says. I dont know why. Maybe its my upbringing, middle child, the-forgotten-about-one, I dont know. No one ever gave me anything. I used to argue with the sports psychologist, they always told you: Emotion clouds ju

Police searching for missing rugby player Tom Voyce find body in river - Rugby union

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Former England players car had been found in River Aln Body not formally identified but next-of-kin informed Specialist officers searching for the missing former England rugby player Tom Voyce have found a body close to where he was swept away while trying to drive across a flood-swollen river, police have said. Concerns were raised for the 43-year-old on Sunday after he failed to return home after being out with friends

Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment

Nieman Journalism Lab 

2025 presents journalism with its Kobayashi Maru moment — an impossible scenario created by two converging forces. First, the 2024 U.S. election exposed how traditional media has lost its position as the primary information source for many Americans. While mainstream news invested heavily in conventional election coverage, audiences turned to alternative sources — from subject-matter-expert...

News faces its final unbundling

Nieman Journalism Lab 

The coming year will reveal the final phase in the long unbundling of the news industry. The industry will have to confront the growing class of podcasters, influencers, and Substackers, combined with the waning reach on social media, that has separated those that build knowledge through reporting from the voices that help make sense of...

There will be no second Trump Bump

Nieman Journalism Lab 

The last Trump presidency catalyzed a movement around the importance of journalism. Billionaire-led newspapers crafted bold, public-facing mission statements like “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Budgets soared. So did pageviews. When I told people what I did for a living at a party, I’d get a nod and a “So important.” And journalism organizations, for the...

'Incredibly motivated'- Aussie former world No.32, No.20 among Open wildcards

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Tennis Australia will back Ajla Tomljanovic to return to her best after handing her a wildcard for the Australian Open, along with 2014 mens champion Stan Wawrinka. Nine players were on Friday awarded wildcards across the mens and womens draws, with TA flagging there were more to come. Wawrinka and Tomljanovic were joined by Daria []

Followers stop following

Nieman Journalism Lab 

Over the past decade (often in this annual roundup!), we’ve heard a lot about journalist-influencers and journalists who go independent through services like Patreon and Substack. But we seldom hear about the people reading these independent newsletters or listening to these podcasts or viewing journalistic social media content. My prediction is that many of these...