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Charlotte Church – Kicking Against the Pricks

October 13, 2015 John Jewell BBC, Charlotte Church, journalism, Question Times, The Sun, Twitter

I’ve written elsewhere about the effortlessness with which the BBC’s Question Time programme seems to habitually generate controversy.  Regular guests, such as

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Digital Media Local Journalism 

Community journalism in the UK: the emerging evidence base

September 9, 2015 Damian Radcliffe Community Journalism, hyperlocal, Nesta, ofcom

Posted by Damian Radcliffe Today Cardiff University’s Centre for Community Journalism is hosting a one-day ideas exchange, in partnership with Nesta, on the

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Local Journalism 

2013 – 2015: What have we learnt about community journalism?

September 8, 2015 Sara Moseley Community Journalism, community news, ofcom

Posted by Sara Moseley In 2013, when Cardiff University’s Centre for Community Journalism was established as a focus for research,

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Journalism 

This is a hellish time to be a journalist.

September 3, 2015 John Jewell International News Safety Institute, Journalism Safety, Reporting conflict, Vice News

The news that two British journalists and their unnamed Iraqi colleague have been arrested and charged by the Turkish authorities

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Election Advertising General Election Hacking Trial Journalism Media Coverage Public Relations 

Toxic triangle: how government and commercial media ganged up on BBC

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 Richard Tait BSkyB, Charter renewal, General elections, Leveson report, Licence Fee, News Corp, Parliament Act, Rupert Murdoch

Posted by Professor Richard Tait The 2011 Parliament Act has been bad news for the BBC. It means the two

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Journalism Media 

Reporting the Tianjin Explosion: Thoughts on the Chinese Media’s Performance

August 24, 2015June 1, 2018 Hiu Man Chan Chinese media, Propaganda, public relations, social media, Tianjin disaster

Just before midnight on August 12 2015, a series of explosions took place in an industrial area in Tianjin, China.

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Cultural Studies Journalism Media Politics 

Farewell, Jon Stewart: Satirist and journalist leaves The Daily Show

August 7, 2015 John Jewell Jon Stewart, Politics, Satire, Television

Posted by Dr Allaina Kilby. It’s officially the end of an era. Last night, after 16 years as the chief

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Communications Management Digital Citizenship Digital Media Internet Governance Journalism Law Media Media Coverage 

Surveillance and Citizenship: Conference on Snowden Impacts

August 6, 2015August 14, 2015 Arne Hintz Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden, mass surveillance, US Freedom Act

Two years after the revelations on mass surveillance by whistleblower Edward Snowden began, an international conference at the Cardiff School

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Journalism Media Media Coverage Politics 

Very British scandal continues rich tradition of tabloid titillation – and never mind the ethics

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 John Jewell British politics, sex scandal, tabloid journalism, The Sun

In a scoop worthy of its deceased predecessor, the News of the World, the Sun on Sunday ran a five-page exclusive

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Journalism Media Politics 

The UK press and the Labour leadership contest

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 John Jewell journalism, newspaper coverage, The Labour Party

It’s increasingly apparent that the Labour Party is muddling through a period of existential crisis. This week’s welfare bill debacle,

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