Is Local News On The Cusp Of A Renaissance?
It’s not an easy time to be a journalist in the United States. Since 2000, nearly half of newsroom jobs – more than 20,000 of them – have disappeared.
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Gambling and football – inextricably linked?
Excessive gambling is a society wide problem but the presence of gambling related advertising in Premier League football means that the normalisation and progression of a potentially catastrophic pastime is going on apace.
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Dove – not the first, won’t be the last
Will the beauty industry ever learn the lessons of creating ‘racist’ adverts?
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On Wolf Warrior 2: Thoughts from Africa
Recent Chinese summer blockbuster film Wolf Warrior 2 has achieved the highest box office record of all time. here, Hiu M. Chan talks to Ghanaian citizen Seth Avusuglo
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Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the crisis of public language
Johnson might well be PM one day. He has political nous and an obvious ability to surface from controversy relatively unscathed. That’s an important factor in today’s political landscape.
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Will Ken Burns’ Vietnam War convey all the conflict’s horrors?
The jury should remain out on the greatness or otherwise of Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War.
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BBC journalist Ben Brown opens this year’s Reporters and the Reported lecture series
Professor Richard Sambrook has been talking to the BBC presenter and former foreign correspondent Ben Brown.
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Strong and Cable
The Lib Dems recent party political broadcast may alienate those it’s trying to impress.
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Spicer goes from responsibility to celebrity
Sean Spicer, former Director of Communications at Donald Trump’s Whitehouse, is enjoying something of a rehabilitation.
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Don’t pretend political PR is journalism: The National Assembly for Wales and the independence of our news
When it comes to public communication about politics, Wales has issues.
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