We’ve been here before – Corbyn and the right wing press
The latest in a long line of attempts to ram home to their readership, and by extension the electorate, Corbyn’s complete unsuitability for high office.
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Journalism
Commentary, debate and opinion about national and international journalism issues.
Cometh the hour, cometh the Mogg
Jacob Rees Mogg is clearly a politician of drive and determination – but his ambition is more subtle. Partially visible, perhaps and not so obviously naked as Boris Johnson’s, but there none the less.
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The (still) dying art of the political interview
The observation that the one-on–one televisual political interview is, at best, moribund is not a new one.
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Heroes and villains – Journalists on Screen
With the release of Steven Spielberg’s The Post, it’s time to ask: How has screen fiction represented journalism?
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The Daily Mail versus the BBC –the eternal battle goes on
The Daily Mail on BBC profligacy. Again.
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How the State of Local News Varies (and Doesn’t) Around the World
Too often, discussions about the state of journalism tend to be national-centric. Given differences across markets, this is not surprising.
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A Tabloid love story
Brace yourselves for Royal news stories – 4 of the 6 most read things on the @guardian one day last week were about Harry and Meghan.
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U.S. Audiences More Willing to Pay for News: Voice-Activated Services the Next Frontier
The publication of the annual Digital News Report, from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, is eagerly
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This week’s podcast – CEO of Dow Jones, William Lewis
The CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, William Lewis, talks to Professor Richard Sambrook about the future of journalism.
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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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