Velvet Underground (blog)
Encyclopedia
Velvet Underground is an Israeli
blog
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Its creator was anonymous and followed meticulously all the recent events in all the newspapers and media arenas in Israel. As she referred to herself by the pseudonym "Velvet", she documented each and every development, and also some behind the scenes actions that took place - such as new personas that are being appointed for key media roles and big media scandals - sometimes exposing them herself.
In a post dated May 14th, 2006 Velvet made local history by publishing for the first time a rough assessment of the wages paid for journalists, for article and magazine stories, in the leading media newspapers and portals
in Israel, such as Walla
, Maariv
, Yedioth Ahronoth
and Globes
.
On June 29th 2006, 04:31 Israel time, Velvet revealed her identity to be Dvorit Shargal (דבורית שרגל) - an Israeli journalist who writes film reviews on the weekly "Rating" magazine. As for her conclusions from Israeli press, after carefully observing it for six months, she writes: "What did I learn of Israeli journalism that I did not already know? Nothing new, actually. Mostly it was the fact that there are too many journalist that don't know their work: don't know how to interview, investigate, or write properly - not to mention to read and or to edit. I also learned that most of them are not even bothered by the responsibility that lies beneath their keyboards. Some of them even insist that they were correct, even after proven otherwise."
In November 2009 Dvorit attended the World Blogging Forum in Bucharest, Romania where bloggers from all over the world talked about the freedom of speech and online journalism.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
blog
Blog
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Its creator was anonymous and followed meticulously all the recent events in all the newspapers and media arenas in Israel. As she referred to herself by the pseudonym "Velvet", she documented each and every development, and also some behind the scenes actions that took place - such as new personas that are being appointed for key media roles and big media scandals - sometimes exposing them herself.
In a post dated May 14th, 2006 Velvet made local history by publishing for the first time a rough assessment of the wages paid for journalists, for article and magazine stories, in the leading media newspapers and portals
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
in Israel, such as Walla
Walla
In American radio, film, television, and video games, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background. A group of actors brought together in the post-production stage of film production to create this murmur is known as a walla group...
, Maariv
Maariv
Maariv is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth and Israel HaYom. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Maariv saw its market share fall slightly...
, Yedioth Ahronoth
Yedioth Ahronoth
Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...
and Globes
Globes
Globes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
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On June 29th 2006, 04:31 Israel time, Velvet revealed her identity to be Dvorit Shargal (דבורית שרגל) - an Israeli journalist who writes film reviews on the weekly "Rating" magazine. As for her conclusions from Israeli press, after carefully observing it for six months, she writes: "What did I learn of Israeli journalism that I did not already know? Nothing new, actually. Mostly it was the fact that there are too many journalist that don't know their work: don't know how to interview, investigate, or write properly - not to mention to read and or to edit. I also learned that most of them are not even bothered by the responsibility that lies beneath their keyboards. Some of them even insist that they were correct, even after proven otherwise."
In November 2009 Dvorit attended the World Blogging Forum in Bucharest, Romania where bloggers from all over the world talked about the freedom of speech and online journalism.
External links
- The Velvet Blog(Hebrew)
- her previous blog hosted in IsrablogIsrablogIsrablog is an Israeli Internet blogging service, where Hebrew speaking Internet users can keep weblogs, photoblogs and have social networking features. With over 50,000 active bloggers, It is considered the biggest blogging service in Hebrew. It is operated by Nana10, based in Giv'atayim,...
(Hebrew) - "Escape hatch" an article published by Ehud Asheri in HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
newspaper where the Velvet blog is mentioned (English) - Velvet as "Woman of the Year" a piece from NRG.co.il website, Hebrew.
- Dvorit Shargal's non-pseudonym Blog (Hebrew)
- An interview with Dvorit Shargal after the exposure, from HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
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