We would never, ever, even dream of writing and publishing anything in Romanian until it had been thoroughly proof read by a Romanian native speaker. It would be an offence against the Romanian language to do so. So why is it that so many Romanians think that they can write and publish English texts without [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Romanian Journalism’
It’s a miracle!
After not a few years in Romania, it never strikes us as anything except astonishing how television news bulletins in this country report religious events. This morning, for example, the top story on all channels is that Christ Has Risen. That some people clearly believe that he has is not the issue: good luck to [...]
Ever heard of market forces?
We caught the fag end of a debate about occupancy rates in Romania’s hotels and pensions yesterday afternoon, a debate held on the – in our opinion – rapidly deteriorating Realitatea TV news channel. (Given that we consider the standard of reporting on Realitatea to never have been all that good, you can imagine how [...]
Lateral Thinking
Romania specialises in many things; hairdressers, stray dogs and good, cheap, reliable motor cars are just three things that immediately spring to mind. Another niche Romania has made its own is in broadcasting; namely, The Television Sports Channel That Shows No Sport Of Any Kind niche. Instead of sport, which of course costs money, these [...]
Decat O Revista; In defence of Bucharest
As a few of you may or may not know, two weekends ago a magazine called Decat O Revista was quietly launched to the world. It’s not your standard magazine. Very much a one-off (hence the name) it will only appear again if a brave entrepeneur picks up the idea (to create a genuinely independent, [...]