The lost middle ground of reason
Posted by Prof. Richard Sambrook One thing that troubles me deeply about the current arguments over the UK security services questioning
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Commentary, debate and opinion about national and international journalism issues.
Journalists, Terror laws, and The Guardian
Posted by Prof. Richard Sambrook This week’s detention of a journalist’s partner at Heathrow has ignited an August row. Glenn Greenwald
Read moreAsylum: perception and reality
Posted by Dr John Jewell The issues addressed by Tanya Gold in her Guardian column on Monday 12th of August Europe’s
Read moreThe BBC and the Invisibility of Labour
Posted by Professor Justin Lewis One of the standing jokes on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz revolves around Ed Miliband’s low
Read moreReviewing the Sunday Papers with Dr John Jewell
Posted by Dr John Jewell Yesterday I had the pleasure of being newspaper reviewer on BBC Radio Wales’ ‘Sunday Supplement’
Read morePaying for News – Over to You
Posted by Prof. Richard Sambrook The BBC World Service programme Over To You this weekend (Saturday July 13th) has a discussion
Read moreAdvertising and Sport – the real value of sponsorship and branding
Posted by Dr John Jewell On Tuesday July 9th Nick Evershed wrote in the Guardian: After watching the Qantas Wallabies
Read moreMurdoch and Thatcher – a convenient alliance against the BBC
Posted by Dr John Jewell The relationship between the BBC and successive governments since its creation in 1926 has been
Read moreGeorge Osborne: The burger picture instead of the bigger picture
Posted by Dr John Jewell On Wednesday 26th June, Chancellor Osborne delivered the coalition governments’ latest serious attack on the
Read morePobl Caerdydd – Engaging with communities to transform community news
Posted by Sara Moseley Local news has always been the lifeblood of communities. Nowhere more so than in Wales –
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