'Elderly' former editor's diversity joke falls flat for member of #metoo...
I fell foul of the #metoo Generation last night. “Excuse me,” she said, smiling sweetly as I hobbled across the ballroom floor at the Connaught. “Excuse me, but I thought what you said about diversity...
View ArticleProtest is vital when journalists are jailed from Northern Ireland to Turkey
I spent a day this month with Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, two Northern Irish journalists currently on police bail as a result of their work. At the end of August last year, armed police officers...
View ArticlePolice are failing to protect press freedom by not acting over harassment of...
Sky News presenter Kay Burley might, of her own admission, be thick-skinned, but she should not have to put up with a constant barrage of insults as she goes about her day job as a journalist and nor...
View ArticleThe Front Runner review: The moment American political reporting changed forever
In his savage obituary of Richard Nixon, Hunter S Thompson summed up the way he had reported on the former President throughout his life: “I beat him like a mad dog with mange every time I got a...
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'We can all find ways to bounce back': Ex-Independent columnist Christina...
I was writing up an interview when I got the call. Five minutes later, I felt as if I was falling off a cliff. The letter had been bad enough. The letter had talked about “synergies” and...
View ArticleSky News Raw is about transparency and 'shining a light on the unsung heroes...
Sky News’ head of content Cristina Nicolotti-Squires on the decision to put live cameras behind the scenes at the UK broadcaster for one day with the Sky News Raw project, marking its 30th year on the...
View ArticleReview: A Private War (Marie Colvin biopic)
A Private War, the biopic about Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin, finally puts one of journalism’s largest characters on a screen to match, painting a picture of a brilliant but tormented...
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Press Gazette applauds Cairncross Review plan to protect news publishers from...
The Cairncross Review is in many ways the report Sir Brian Leveson should have written. He spent £5m and more than a year examining historic foul play at tabloids (which was already being effectively...
View ArticleWe must 'move fast and fix things' to come together and save news industry
For the first time since the Leveson Inquiry, a smart and independent thinker has taken a serious look at the state of the UK news industry. Dame Frances Cairncross, supported by an experienced...
View ArticleMaking a 'deepfake': How creating our own synthetic video helped us learn to...
Hazel Baker is global head of user-generated content newsgathering at Reuters news agency. Those of us working in the field of verification know there is no shortage of ways video can be distorted....
View ArticleAnger at tabloid coverage of the Christchurch mosque massacre is misplaced
Part of the role of journalism is to hold up a mirror to society. Sometimes when society doesn’t like what it sees in that mirror it is the journalists who come under attack. Most journalists will...
View ArticleWorld Press Freedom Day: UK plays 'important role' in setting global...
With press freedom under greater attack globally than ever before, it has never been a more dangerous time to be a journalist. World Press Freedom Day gives us occasion to reflect on the situation of...
View ArticleChance for Europe to protect whistleblowers and fight corruption after...
The recent extradition of the Football Leaks whistleblower, who unearthed pivotal revelations of public interest, offers a unique opportunity for the European judicial system. To effectively fight...
View ArticleSupreme Court judgment on defamation act is an 'excellent development' for...
The practical exercise of free speech depends on certainty. Around the world, authoritarian regimes deliberately take an erratic approach to their communication and press laws, ensuring that the...
View ArticleShould agencies be doing more to back publishers' joint ad platform Ozone...
Now one-year old, the Ozone Project, a joint venture to sell digital display-ad inventory, is giving corporate advertisers access to a monthly audience of 42.5m. For the four media publishing groups...
View ArticleMedia anonymity for sex offence suspects would likely result in more child abuse
Gabrielle Shaw, chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC), reacts to a petition backed by Sir Cliff Richard and DJ Paul Gambaccini calling for anonymity for...
View Article'Through the night' coverage of Whaley Bridge flood risk shows 'power of...
BBC Radio Manchester editor Kate Squire on the importance of local radio during a crisis. What a week it’s been in Greater Manchester – dreadful flooding of roads, homes and businesses in Poynton and...
View ArticleHappy 'big' birthdays to Sir Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham - 'two of...
David Stanley is a writer for ITV News at Ten. I’m lucky. I get to work with some of my heroes. From the feedback they get, the awards they receive and the esteem in which they are held, they are other...
View ArticleEU legislation offers chance for publishers 'to extract a fairer settlement'...
Platforms have tried to justify their role as helpful traffic sources for publishers and taken aim at new European legislation for “charging for links”. They are not only wrong on the facts, but...
View ArticleLocal newspapers should use citizen journalists to report from magistrates'...
The disappointing, but unsurprising, results from our research study held at Bristol Magistrates’ Court showed that our lowest level of criminal court operates in what is essentially a state of...
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