The BBC faces formidable challenges as it searches for a new leader
As the BBC starts its search for the next director general, it faces multiple problems, but there is also opportunity.
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Author: Richard Sambrook
A bad week for fake news…
When the core principles on which journalism rests are casually toyed with by governments, extremists and even the news business itself, what chance is there of rebuilding trust in news?
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Broadcasting and Social Media: time for a fresh start?
The digital environment means social media – whatever our reservations – is a key part of the future for broadcasters. But now is the moment to re-set the relationship
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The Strange Case of Jeremy Corbyn’s Hat
Newsnight, the BBC 2 Current Affairs programme, had a studio discussion about Jeremy Corbyn’s position on Russia – and used a studio graphic which combined a picture of him set against the Kremlin. Cue outrage.
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What is Truth? Is undisclosed bias in the media contributing to global insecurity?
If the traditional pillars of public communication are cracking, the new ones are proving unreliable, and parties – for commercial or political gain – are seeking to deliberately spread confusion, what is to be done?
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Paradise Papers yet another example of the power of collaboration in investigative journalism
The recent publication of the Paradise Papers is another strong indication of the rising importance of global collaboration for investigative journalism.
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The squeeze on good journalism
Responsible journalism is under pressure. The old business models are failing and as yet there is no clear new business model for serious news. Trusted information is the currency of healthy democracies – but today that currency is debased, and we are all paying the price.
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Why the fake news panic matters
Information is the currency of our world. Business, politics, social discourse, international relations and more rest on the assumption of shared, accurate information. But we learned in 2016 how that currency is being debased in an alarming number of ways.
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How should Britain’s broadcasters tackle Fake News?
2016 was the year that news seemed to collapse into Hunter S Thompson’s dystopian vision of television as a “cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs”.
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Stop Press: The Future of Newspapers
In a turbulent era of fake news, Donald Trump, and Brexit, the need for accurate reporting and informed comment and analysis is all too clear.
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