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Nick Davies is a British investigative journalist, writer and documentary maker.

Davies has written extensively as a freelancer, as well as for The Guardian and The Observer, and been named Reporter of the Year ^[1] Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards.^[2] He was the winner of the first Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in 1999.^[3]

Davies has made documentaries for ITV's World in Action, and written numerous books on the subject of politics and journalism, including Flat Earth News, which attracted considerable controversy as an exposé of journalistic malpractice in the UK and across the globe.^[4] As a reporter for The Guardian, Davies was responsible for uncovering the News of the World phone hacking affair, including the July 2011 revelations of hacking into the mobile phone voicemail of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, for which he received the Paul Foot Award 2011.^[5]

Career in journalism[link]

Davies gained a PPE degree from Oxford University in 1974,^[6] and started his journalism career in 1976, working as a trainee for The Mirror Group in Plymouth. He then moved to London initially to work for the Sunday People and spent a year working for The Evening Standard before becoming a news reporter at The Guardian in July 1979. Since then he has worked as home affairs correspondent at The Observer; chief feature writer at London Daily News in 1986 and on-screen reporter for World in Action. After the London Daily News folded he moved to the USA for a year, where he wrote White Lies, about the wrongful conviction of black janitor, Clarence Brandley, for the murder of a white girl.^[6] Since 1989 Davies has been a freelance reporter for The Guardian, for which he continues to contribute articles as of 2009,^[7] working from his home in Lewes.

Following the publication of Flat Earth News and a Guardian story co-authored by Davies claiming that News of the World journalists tapped private mobile phones to get stories,^[8] on 14 July 2009 Davies told the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that the Metropolitan Police Service had done too little to investigate the claims.^[9] The Guardian coverage also led to calls from high-profile MPs for the dismissal of Andy Coulson, communications director for the Conservative Party.^[10]

[edit] Critical reaction to Flat Earth News

Flat Earth News was greeted in the London Review of Books on its publication as "a genuinely important book, one which is likely to change, permanently, the way anyone who reads it looks at the British newspaper industry".^[11] The LRB highlighted the analysis showing that 60% of the content of UK papers was based mainly on wire copy or press releases, while only 12% are original stories and only 12% of stories showed evidence that the central statement had been corroborated (see Churnalism). Mary Riddell in The Observer disputed some of the charges against British journalism in the book, and described it as "unduly pessimistic".^[12] Peter Oborne in The Spectator concentrated on the use of illegal techniques to invade privacy rather than declining standards, describing Flat Earth News as "hypnotically readable" and praising the collection of evidence that the practice of journalism is "bent", although qualifying this somewhat by suggesting that Davies "ignores a great deal [of journalism] that is salient and good".^[13]

Awards[link]

• British Press Awards Reporter of the Year, 2000;^[1] Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year.^[2]
• Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, 1999.^[3]
• Paul Foot Award 2011, for a series of articles that helped to expose the scale of phone-hacking at the News of the World.^[5] (Davies was also nominated for the award the previous year.)

Bibliography[link]

• White Lies: The True Story of Clarence Brandley, Presumed Guilty in the American South (1991) ISBN 978-0-7011-3724-3
• Murder on Ward Four: The Story of Bev Allitt and the Most Terrifying Crime Since the Moors Murders (1993) ISBN 978-0-7011-4813-3
• Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain (1998) ISBN 978-0-7011-6351-8
• The School Report: Why Britain’s Schools Are Failing (2000) ISBN 978-0-09-942216-7
• Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media (2008) ISBN 978-0-7011-8145-1

See also[link]

• News International phone hacking scandal
• Metropolitan police role in phone hacking scandal
• Phone hacking scandal comparisons with Watergate
• Phone hacking scandal reference lists

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nick Davies official website
• Nick Davies on Twitter
• Column archive at The Guardian
• Articles authored at Journalisted
• Flat Earth News, official book website
• Works by or about Nick Davies in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• An Interview with Nick Davies, The Third Estate, 7 September 2009
• BBC Profile of Nick Davies, BBC Radio 4, 9 July 2011
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012f6fz

Joanna Shields (born July 12, 1962) is an American-British businesswoman, currently serving as Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook EMEA. Prior to Facebook she was President of People Networks at Aol, a position she assumed after the acquisition of Bebo by Time Warner's Aol unit. At Bebo she served as CEO and prior to this position she was Managing Director for Google Europe, Russia, Middle East & Africa. Shields was ranked #1 on the Wired 100 in 2011.^[1]

Early life[link]

Shields was born in St.Marys Pennsylvania, the second of five children.^[2] Her father is a metallurgist who started up his own company in the late 60s.^[3]

Shields earned her B.Sc. from Penn State University and later received an MBA at George Washington University.^[4]

Joanna Shields 2012

Career[link]

In 1984 Shields joined Deloitte, working in its national affairs office in Washington, D.C. In 1986 Shields joined National Digital as a marketing manager. In 1989 she moved to Silicon Valley where she began working as a product manager for Electronics for Imaging, rising through the ranks over eight years to become VP of Production Systems. In 1997 Shields became CEO of Veon, an interactive video technology company sold to Philips in 2001. After selling Veon, Shields was hired by RealNetworks as VP International.^[5]

In 2005 Shields was hired by Google to become its Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa and in 2007 was brought in to run social networking startup Bebo.^[6] Shields remained CEO of Bebo until its acquisition by Aol in May 2008, at which point she moved to New York City to head Aol’s newly created People Networks division.

In 2010 she was hired to run Facebook in Europe, Middle East & Africa as VP & Managing Director.^[7]

Bebo[link]

In late 2006 Shields was approached by Benchmark Capital with an offer to join the company.^[8] At the time, Bebo was the second largest social network in the UK, trailing MySpace.^[9] By the end of Shields' tenure Bebo was not only the largest social network in Europe, but also had more page views in the UK than Google.^[10] At Bebo, Shields was responsible for launching Open Media, a new platform for helping media owners monetize their content,^[11] and Bebo Originals, a series of original online shows. ^[12] The first Bebo Original KateModern was nominated for two BAFTA awards,^[13] and won the Broadcasting Press Guild Innovation Award for Outstanding Development in Broadcasting.^[14]

In 2007 Shields began negotiating the sale of Bebo which eventually led to the company's acquisition by Aol in May 2008 for $850 million in cash.^[15]

Personal life[link]

Shields is married to Formula 1 Team Manager Andy Stevenson . She lives in London.

Shields is a Trustee of Save the Children, UK^[16] and serves on the Prince's Trust Internet and Media Leadership Group.^[17]

References[link]

Santhosh Pandit
Santhosh Pandit in 2011
Native name	സന്തോഷ് പണ്ഡിറ്റ്
Born	(1973-04-08) April 8, 1973 (age 39) Peruvannamuzhi,[1] Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Alien star [2]
Citizenship	India
Occupation	Film actor, Producer, Director
Years active	2011–present
Parents	Appunni Pandit Sarojini[1]
Website
www.santhoshpandit.com[citation needed]

Santhosh Pandit (Malayalam: സന്തോഷ് പണ്ഡിറ്റ്) is a Malayalam film actor and director. He is known for his directorial debut film Krishnanum Radhayum in which he appeared in the lead role and handled almost all the major departments of the film. The songs and trailers of the film went viral in YouTube after it was released there before the release of the film.

As per Google Trends, he was the 10th most popular search from India on November 10, 2011.^[3] However, his website claims that he was at the 6th on Google Trends,^[4] probably due to fluctuations in ranking during the course of the day. India stood only fifth among the countries that had searched for him. NRI Malayalees gave more attention to him, as Qatar stood top of the list, followed by Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.^[5]

Career[link]

Santosh Pandit's first movie Krishananum Radhayum, which got released on 21 October 2011,^[6][7] became an unexpected crowd puller and saw some success in theaters. Some critics attribute the moderate success of the film to the general curiosity after the unprecedented abuses and negative comments posted on the YouTube clips related to the songs in the film.^[8][9] Santhosh is credited as an actor, director, script-writer, editor, music director, lyric writer, editor and playback singer in the film and he stands a chance for entering record books for the maximum credits for a single person in a released film.^[10][11] Currently he is engaged in the production of his second film, Jithu Bhai Enna Chocolate Bhai,^[12] where again he is handling all the major departments in production.But the film name was later changed to "Superstar Santhosh Pandit" because the name 'Jithubhai enna chocolate bai' was already registered by someone else.^[13][14] Amidst criticism, Santosh Pandit received some praise from National Award winner Salim Kumar, complimenting his effort and commented "This is indeed a big achievement considering the fact that even superstar flicks are continuously bombing at the box office these days." ^[15]

Awards[link]

For handling 8 departments of the film from direction to acting, Santhosh Pandit received the 2011 Ekalavya Karma Sreshta Award by Ekalavya Charitable Trust. The award was presented by veteran Malayalam actor Madhu^[16] in the presence of K.B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Forests & Environment, Sports and Cinema, Government of Kerala.

Personal life[link]

Santhosh was born in Peruvannamuzhi village^[1] and was brought up in Kozhikode city.^[1] He went to school at Chelannur AKKR High School and the Government Arts College. After his parents died, he inherited three houses, one of which he sold to raise funds for his first film.Even though he was a Hindu by birth he is living as an atheist. He is divorced and has a son.^[17]

Filmography[link]

TeleFilm[link]

1. Premaswaroopanum Koottukarum (director)
2. Kalyaniyude Kalayanam (director)

Discography[link]

References[link]

Kozhikode, Kerala, India