Former Exaro chief launches podcast reporting on child sex abuse issues
The former editor of investigative journalism agency Exaro News has launched a weekly podcast reporting on child sex abuse issues. Mark Watts has joined Talk2Me Radio for the CSA Exposed podcast, which...
View ArticleNewsreaders told to pay up as 100 BBC staff investigated over alleged tax...
Around 100 current and former BBC presenters are being investigated for alleged tax avoidance. HMRC is examining the tax records of freelance staff at the corporation who were paid via personal service...
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Record 500 entries for British Journalism Awards which are to be broadcast on...
This year’s British Journalism Awards are set to be broadcast on television for the first time after attracting a record 500 entries. Brighton-based local station Latest TV is to film the awards...
View ArticleBBC apologises after showing pic of escaped gorilla rather than Nicola Sturgeon
BBC presenters apologised after the broadcaster’s breakfast programme showed footage of a gorilla instead of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty was telling...
View ArticleAround 60 staff either left or faced redundancy in months leading up to Sky...
At least around 60 studio staff have either left Sky News and Sky Sports or faced redundancy from the broadcaster in recent months, ahead of its move to new studios. Sunrise breakfast show anchor...
View ArticleVice News UK recruits eight journalists ahead of launching nightly half-hour...
Vice News UK has recruited eight new journalists ahead of the launch of a nightly TV newscast on 1 November. Vice News Tonight launched in the US on 10 October on HBO and will air on Viceland UK on Sky...
View ArticleSociety of Editors conference: Local democracy reporters paid for by BBC...
Some 150 “local democracy reporters” paid for by the BBC, but working for local news organisations, could be in place next year. The service is a bid to fill the so-called “democratic deficit” arising...
View ArticleCliff Richard: 'I will forever be tainted by the lurid and intrusive BBC...
Sir Cliff Richard has spoken of his “distress, humiliation and embarrassment” after the BBC filmed a police raid on his home as police probed allegations of historical sex abuse by the singer. Richard...
View ArticleBBC news presenter taken off air after likening government to Nazis on social...
A BBC news presenter has been suspended after calling Theresa May’s Conservative government “new Nazis” on social media. Danny Carpenter, who presents regional news service BBC Look North, and has been...
View ArticleChannel 4 News digital editor was ready to shut down Mosul battle live feed...
Channel 4 News assigned a digital editor to make “judgement calls” on footage of the battle for Mosul, the broadcaster has said after it faced criticism for live streaming the conflict on Facebook. The...
View ArticleHijab-wearing C4 newsreader says IPSO ruling means it is 'open season' for...
A Channel 4 journalist has accused press regulator IPSO of giving the “green light” for newspapers to abuse Muslims after it cleared a comment piece which questioned her wearing the hijab on screen....
View ArticleBloomberg launches radio channel for London
Bloomberg Radio has launched across Greater London. The new channel, broadcast on DAB digital radio, will include morning show Bloomberg Daybreak Europe (6-10am), Bloomberg Markets: European Close...
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Sky News broadcasts from new studios for first time
Sky News broadcast from its new studios for the first time today. The studio, known as the “glass box”, is based at a new facility on Sky’s campus in Isleworth, West London, not far from the old...
View ArticleITV News presenter Mark Austin to step down after 30 years with ITN
ITV news presenter Mark Austin is to step down at the end of this year after 30 years with ITN. Austin moved to the 6.30pm news last year after eight years presenting the flagship News at Ten. He said...
View Article'Vital' BBC Monitoring service should be paid for by government not fee...
Withdrawing government funding from the BBC’s Monitoring arm was a “mistake”, claims the National Union of Journalists as it hails the service an “important national security resource”. The union is...
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Glass box studio move shows Sky is investing in news 'in a way that it’s...
The new “glass box” Sky News studio signifies its parent company’s commitment and investment to the news channel, according to director of newsgathering Jonathan Levy. Around 60 journalists and camera...
View ArticleBBC presenter Andrew Marr has defended decision to interview far right leader...
BBC journalist Andrew Marr has defended the decision to have far-Right leader Marine Le Pen on his show on Remembrance Sunday following an angry backlash from viewers. Critics said the “terrible”...
View ArticleFinancial journalist Martin Lewis received death threats after Stronger in...
Financial journalist Martin Lewis has revealed he received death threats during the EU referendum after the Remain campaign used his photograph on their leaflets. Lewis – who founded the website...
View ArticleBBC World Service announces expansion into 11 new languages including Korean...
The BBC World Service is to undertake its biggest expansion since the 1940s. The broadcaster’s worldwide offering will increase services across Africa and the Arab world in an enlargement that aims to...
View ArticleITN deputy editor Tim Singleton joins DFID as director of communications
ITV deputy editor and director of newsgathering Tim Singleton is joining the Department for International Development has head of communications. He leaves journalism after 24 years at ITN. He said:...
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