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Barbara Blake-Hannah on racism, reparations and what it means to be British
As Press Gazette launches the 2021 British Journalism Awards, Barbara Blake-Hannah takes stock of racism in the media, identity and what it means to be British. As with last year, this year’s event...
View ArticleWhy did BBC rehire Bashir? Despite yet another investigation and report, we...
The BBC’s quick report about the rehiring of Martin Bashir tells us very little and raises fresh questions. We know the BBC advertised internally for a religious affairs correspondent for 12 days from...
View ArticleMatt Hancock snog scoop and media law: Sleazy, sensational and in the public...
The Sun’s Matt Hancock snogging scoop was sleazy, sensational and in the best tradition of British tabloid journalism. Awful for the innocent victims involved – the wife, husband and children of...
View ArticleSelf belief, reinvention and hard work: How to earn £100k+ as a freelance...
Making serious money as a freelance journalist (a six-figure income) was way beyond my wildest dreams when I started training at the London College of Printing (LCP) in 1983. I was screwed up from a...
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Ten years after end of the News of the World: Nick Davies, Mark Lewis and...
Ten years ago this week, during the height of the phone-hacking scandal revelations, the News of the World printed its final edition. This week I spoke to former NoW insiders and other sources central...
View ArticleNews of the World was 'probably beyond reform' says Rusbridger ten years...
Alan Rusbridger was editor of The Guardian during its investigation into phone-hacking which culminated in the 4 July 2011 Milly Dowler front-page which prompted the closure of the News of the World...
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Getty pic of Southgate consoling Saka dominates UK Euro 2020 final newspaper...
For newspaper editors it will have been literally a case of “hold the presses” last night as they waited for the nail-biting conclusion of Euro 2020 before putting together their front pages. As...
View ArticleSubscriptions, Substack and Sisyphus... most publishers will miss out on...
Founder of micropayments platform Axate Dominic Young argues that chasing digital subscriptions could be futile for many publishers You know the story, of course. Poor old Sisyphus, doomed for eternity...
View ArticleExpress & Star editor-in-chief reflects on success of Facebook Community News...
In 2019 Facebook launched a £4.5m project to pay for 82 reporters to cover under-served communities in the UK. Here Martin Wright, editor in chief of Midlands News Association, reflects on what the...
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Storytelling that transcends differences helps journalist process PTSD...
As journalists, we spend our careers searching for words and images to share the stories of strangers with the world. It’s a privileged profession, one where we are able to walk alongside others, often...
View ArticleGB News has lost the plot over Guto Harri taking the knee
GB News appears to have lost the plot after suspending one of its presenters for “taking the knee” on air. The day after Guto Harri’s gesture last Tuesday, the official Barb audience figures (which are...
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Giving away news online didn't pay and led to print slump, says ex-local...
When writing a memoir about my 25 years in local newspapers I wanted to capture two elements. One was my life in the newsroom: the stories I covered, how the job affected the rest of my life. The other...
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Newsquest takeover of CN Group was brutal, but perhaps it had to be
If the decline of the UK regional press since 2008 instead had happened to schools, police, fire stations or hospitals there would rightly be national outrage bordering on revolt. But the filleting of...
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'Fact me 'til I fart': The best TV shows about journalism revealed plus...
It’s been a brilliant year for TV thanks to lockdown. In fact, a great decade as Hollywood stars increasingly got involved with glossy HBO and Netflix series. There are so many great series about...
View ArticleMedia leaders interview: Jamaican culture minister Olivia Grange on the case...
Barbara Blake-Hannah, the UK’s first on-screen female black TV news reporter, talks to the culture minister of Jamaica – Olivia Grange – about an issue close to her heart: reparations to the former...
View ArticleBreaking into UK journalism: Advice, training and resources
Getting into journalism can be a daunting prospect in the UK, especially when considering the cost of gaining qualifications and experience in the sector. From paying hundreds of pounds for a...
View ArticleSky News boss John Ryley says 'age of the all-powerful anchor is gone' 30...
John Ryley (pictured), head of Sky News, reflects on the broadcast news industry 30 years on from the retirement of legendary anchor Sir Alastair Burnet. It’s August and the world has been rocked by a...
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Diary editor was called a 'human cockroach' by Stephen Fry and far worse by...
Former Telegraph diary editor Tim Walker reveals how a story about Stephen Fry led him to be buried under a tsunami of abuse. Extract from his new book: Star Turns. One autumnal day in 2013, Tony...
View ArticleOnline audience measurement: How UKOM came up with new standard for news brands
UK Online Measurement (UKOM) is the body behind a new agreed audience metric for UK news brands. Here chief executive Ian Dowds explains the change to Ipsos iris as the new UK standard for online...
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Number 10's plan to centralise comms seems designed to 'instil fear that...
Chief executive of the Science Media Centre Fiona Fox warns about the dangers of planned changes to government communications. Last week saw a guest paper published by the Institute for Government from...
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