BBC Controller of English Regions David Holdsworth to step down after 33...
The controller of BBC English Regions David Holdsworth will step down next year after 33 years at the corporation. Holdsworth, who was appointed controller in December 2008, has been overseeing the...
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British 'stringer' video journalists covering breaking news in LA are stars...
Three British brothers are centre stage in new Netflix documentary Shot in the Dark about the life of stringers working to cover breaking news in Los Angeles overnight. They are video journalists...
View ArticleDiabetic BBC newsreader explains how low sugar levels left him talking...
Diabetic BBC World Service journalist Alex Ritson explains how a hypoglycemic attack left him dazed and confused while reading the news live on the radio. To hear the incident, from which he recovered...
View ArticleSky News included in sale of Sky to Disney as part of multi-billion dollar...
Sky News is included in the sale of Sky to Disney as part of a multi-billion dollar deal with 21st Century Fox, Press Gazette understands. Walt Disney has taken over Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox...
View ArticleJudge tells Sir Cliff Richard to break down financial losses as privacy fight...
Sir Cliff Richard has been told by a High Court judge to provide more information on his claim that he suffered huge financial losses following a BBC broadcast of a police raid on his home. Mr Justice...
View ArticleBBC appoints World Service Group director Fran Unsworth as its next head of...
The BBC has appointed World Service Group director Fran Unsworth as its new director of news and current affairs. Unsworth, who replaces James Harding in the New Year, is also currently deputy director...
View ArticleMore cutbacks on the cards at Panorama as BBC looks to save £1m from Current...
The BBC has put seven Panorama production staff at risk of redundancy as part of £80m in savings across its news division, but insists the flagship investigative journalism programme has a “secure”...
View Article5 News editor Rachel Corp to become acting editor of ITV News while Geoff...
Editor of 5 News Rachel Corp had been promoted to deputy editor of ITV News. Both news outlets are part of ITN. Corp will join the newsroom in the New Year, initially as acting editor, while editor...
View ArticleJournalist of the Year Nick Ferrari on the art of the political interview:...
“I think if radio was invented by Bill Gates tomorrow it would be the greatest invention ever made,” LBC’s Nick Ferrari tells Press Gazette while clutching his Journalist of the Year award. “Because...
View ArticleSky News staff warn of 'deeply damaging' blow to journalism if channel closes
Staff at Sky News have piled into the debate over the broadcaster’s potential takeover, warning the competition watchdog that blocking the deal would trigger 500 job losses and deliver a “deeply...
View ArticleRSF: 2017 least deadly year for journalists since 2003 - but 65 were killed...
Some 65 journalists were killed worldwide last year in connection with their work, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This made it the least deadly year for journalists since 2003 according...
View ArticleAppeal Court upholds right of The Sun to report on terrorist past of TV...
A young man who managed to win a place on the BBC talent show Let It Shine has failed in his second bid to obtain an order banning The Sun on Sunday newspaper from publishing a story reporting that his...
View ArticleITV apologises after News at Ten is cut short by fire alarm
ITV News at Ten was forced off-air last night as staff had to leave the studio when a fire alarm went off. The programme was in the middle of a report on Trump bragging about the size of his nuclear...
View ArticleBBC and Channel 4 News both accept failure to reveal Labour links of NHS...
The BBC and Channel 4 News have both accepted their failure to identify the Labour Party links of two medical personnel who spoke about the alleged winter NHS crisis. Channel 4 referred to Dagan...
View ArticleEconomist Radio reveals 6m monthly streams as it launches The World in 2018...
Economist Radio revealed that it reaches six million monthly streams and downloads on average as it launched a special podcast series to coincide with the magazine’s ‘The World in 2018’ print...
View ArticleEmma Barnett given Monday to Thursday mid-morning slot on Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live will launch three new podcasts and a new show hosted by journalist Emma Barnett this month. Two of the podcasts, At Home with Colin Murray and Arts Club with Will Gompertz, are set...
View ArticleCarrie Gracie says support for her resignation as BBC China editor shows...
Journalist Carrie Gracie has said the support for her resignation as BBC China editor in protest at the broadcaster’s “secretive and illegal pay culture” shows the “depth of hunger” for equal wages....
View ArticleBBC defends John Humphrys' Brexit interview with Tony Blair after complaints...
The BBC has responded to significant complaints about an interview with former Prime Minister Tony Blair on the Radio 4 Today programme. Today presenter John Humphrys interviewed Blair last week about...
View ArticleBBC issues gagging order to journalists who have 'stated a position' on pay...
BBC journalists have been told they cannot present items about BBC pay if they have “stated a position” on the issue, effectively gagging reports on the corporation’s own gender pay issues. The...
View ArticleFormer BBC China editor Carrie Gracie to give evidence to MPs as Culture...
Former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie has agreed to give evidence to MPs on the corporation’s gender pay gap as new Culture Secretary Matt Hancock today said it had to take “much more action” on the...
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