We need to address journalism's creepy cult of beauty if we want to tackle...
I don’t think broadcast journalism courses assess prospective candidates for their physical beauty. They are generally looking for solid A-levels, enthusiasm and evidence of commitment to a career in...
View ArticleChannel 4 boss: Bake Off helps pay for our news output, but we don't compete...
Channel 4’s chief executive David Abraham has said “hit” shows such as Bake Off effectively help to pay for the broadcaster’s news output. Taking questions from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
View ArticleBBC says it 'should have challenged' climate scepticism from Lord Lawson on...
The BBC has said that it “should have challenged” claims made by politician Lord Nigel Lawson contesting evidence about climate change. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer made the claims during an...
View ArticleIran files criminal charges against 152 BBC Persian journalists in...
The Iranian government has opened a criminal investigation into 152 current and former BBC Persian journalists on charges of “conspiracy against national security”. In response the corporation has...
View ArticleFinalists revealed for the British Journalism Awards 2017
Press Gazette today announces the finalists for the 2017 British Journalism Awards. This year the event has had a record 600 entries with every major news organisation in the UK making submissions. The...
View ArticleBBC English regions boss says local broadcast output 'measured in terms of...
The BBC measures its local broadcast output “in terms of diversity” in a bid to better “reflect” its paying audiences, the corporation’s head of English regional news has revealed David Holdsworth,...
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Radio 4 Today at 60: 'There were many more reporters in the 1980s, the...
Radio 4’s Today programme marked his 60th anniversary on Saturday with a live broadcast from the Wigmore Hall in London hosted by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. The daily current affairs programme...
View ArticleMichael Gove apologises for making Harvey Weinstein joke on Today 60th...
Environment secretary Michael Gove has apologised after making a joke about Harvey Weinstein on the 60th anniversary edition of Radio 4’s Today. Gove was appearing before a live audience at Wigmore...
View ArticleMishal Husain says Sunday Times wrong to claim BBC women pay-gap group now...
BBC presenter Mishal Husain has said the Sunday Times was wrong to claim that a group of BBC women which formed following gender pay gap concerns at the corporation had shifted its focus to sexual...
View ArticleSky Sports News executive editor says 'Sky sources' ticker can refer to...
The executive editor of Sky Sports News, Andy Cairns, said the phrase “Sky sources” used in the breaking news ticker sometimes refers to information from just one source rather than at least two...
View ArticleBBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz moving to Channel 4 as director of programmes
BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz has been confirmed as Channel 4’s director of programmes. Katz will effectively replace Jay Hunt, who has stepped down as Channel 4’s chief creative officer to move to...
View ArticleComment: Why Sky, ITV and BBC must stop letting anti-Muslim statements go...
Conscious or unconscious bigotry? That was my quandary after watching Quentin Letts on ITV’s “After The News” on 17 October. On the show, he made the disturbing claim that left-wing activists may have...
View ArticleFormer Guardian political editor Michael White: 'Attractive women' reporters...
Former Guardian assistant editor Michael White has described female political journalists as “predators” who target “poor old, ugly backbenchers” in the hunt for stories. White’s comments, made on...
View ArticleBBC's Laura Kuenssberg says Twitter abusers are 'trying to silence me'
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has said of those who threaten and abuse her for doing her job that “what they are trying to do is silence me”. Kuenssberg was interviewed by her boss, outgoing...
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Survey: Sun and Star ranked below social media on trust, bias and accuracy as...
Tabloid newspapers are ranked bottom when it comes to accuracy, impartiality and trust with The Sun in last place for all three, according to a survey commissioned by the BBC. Asked to rate news brands...
View ArticleBBC Look North's John Cundy to retire after more than 50 years in journalism
BBC Look North correspondent John Cundy is to retire in the New Year after more than 50 years as a journalist, most of it with the BBC. Cundy, 69, started his career on the Warrington Guardian series...
View ArticleOfcom rules that Fox News broke UK impartiality rules after presenter...
Fox News has broken impartiality rules on two counts with its programmes Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight, watchdog Ofcom has ruled. The two broadcasts included discussion about Donald Trump’s travel...
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Mrs Brown's Boys actor Brendan O'Carroll tells BBC Panorama to 'f*** off'...
BBC Panorama last night shone a spotlight on a tax avoidance scheme run by some of the stars of BBC comedy show Mrs Brown’s boys. Star and creator of the show Brendan O’Carroll responded by telling...
View ArticleMaking BBC World TV News free to air abroad would be 'very good for UK', says...
BBC director general Tony Hall has said making BBC World TV News free to air in Europe could be of benefit to the wider UK in allowing its voice to be heard during Brexit negotiations. Hall also said...
View ArticleSky places question over future of 500 news staff with threat to close...
Sky has said that it could pull the plug on Sky News if fears over plurality of media ownership lead to the blocking of Rupert Murdoch’s take-over bid. In a response to the Competition and Markets...
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