BBC World Service's Matthew Bannister steps down as Outlook presenter after...
After ten years, Matthew Bannister has stepped down as the presenter of BBC World Service’s Outlook programme to join the “world of podcasting”. During his time at the BBC, Bannister worked as Radio 1...
View ArticleJames Cook returning to Scotland as chief news correspondent for nightly 9pm...
BBC North America correspondent James Cook will return to Scotland to take up the role of chief news correspondent for the corporation’s nightly news programme on the new BBC Scotland channel. The...
View ArticleFormer BBC PM presenter Eddie Mair will host two-hour 'drivetime' show on LBC...
Talk radio station LBC has announced that Eddie Mair will present a new two-hour drivetime show starting from next Monday. Mair presented BBC Radio 4’s current affairs programme PM for the final time...
View ArticleAndrew Marr Show moving to new time as part of 'broader revamp' of Sunday...
The Andrew Marr Show will air an hour later than usual, at 10am, when it returns after the summer break on Sunday. The time change will mean the BBC One show clashes with Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on...
View ArticleSophy Ridge on Sunday to air at 9am on return to Sky News avoiding clash with...
Sky News’ Sunday morning political programme Sophy Ridge on Sunday will air at 9am when it returns next month, an hour earlier than usual. The move follows a day after Andrew Marr appeared to slip up...
View ArticleBangladeshi TV reporter hacked to death by biker gang in her home
A Bangladeshi reporter working for a private station was hacked to death in her home this week. An unidentified gang of around ten to 12 people travelling on motorbikes attacked Subarna Nodi, 32, went...
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Jo Coburn says she raised pay issue with BBC and defends against 'Brexit...
“I have to say I’ve got annoyed about all the claims of Brexit bias on the BBC,” Jo Coburn tells Press Gazette on a break between rehearsals for Politics Live, successor to the long-running Daily...
View ArticleSky News announces new daytime Kay Burley Show and other schedule changes in...
Sky News has announced a shake-up of its daytime and early evening schedule designed to give the channel “more personality” and give viewers more appointment-to-view shows. News anchor Kay Burley will...
View ArticlePress freedom groups express 'worry' over arrest of journalists in Northern...
Press freedom groups have expressed their “worry” over the arrest of two investigative journalists in Northern Ireland in connection with the alleged theft of secret documents from the regional police...
View ArticleMatthew Wright says he's free from 'goggle box restrictions' for new...
Matthew Wright is joining Talkradio with his own weekday afternoon show and says he plans on “not just discussing the news, but making it too”. The “magazine-style show” will focus on current affairs...
View ArticleBBC news presenter and podcaster Rachael Bland given 'days' to live in cancer...
BBC news presenter Rachael Bland has revealed she only has days to live after being diagnosed with incurable cancer. The BBC Radio 5 Live news reader shared the news on Twitter, writing: “In the words...
View ArticleJournalist shot dead in broad daylight at busy Mexican tourist resort
A journalist has been killed in broad daylight in the busy tourist resort of Cancun in Mexico. Javier Rodriguez Valladores, a reporter and cameraman for the Canal ten news network, was shot to death...
View ArticleBBC replaces top political shows on Twitter with single BBC Politics account...
Some of the BBC’s flagship political shows are no longer running their own Twitter accounts, a move the corporation said had been made to try to “engage and reach more people” in one place. It was...
View ArticleBBC Asian Network head of news charged under Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act...
The head of news at BBC Asian Network has been charged under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 over a live news bulletin in which a reporter allegedly named a victim of the Rotherham sex abuse...
View ArticleNUJ says 'we cannot allow journalism to be silenced' after gathering outside...
“We cannot allow journalism to be silenced”, the National Union of Journalists said as its members gathered in Belfast in solidarity with two reporters arrested in a “dramatic raid”. Trevor Birney...
View ArticleThe Guardian to launch new daily news and current affairs podcast as...
The Guardian is preparing to launch a new daily news and current affairs podcast to take listeners behind the headlines and “cut through the noise”. The title has hired six audio journalists to produce...
View ArticleChannel 4 News launches fellowship to train new generation of foreign...
Channel 4 News has set up a fellowship in memory of senior foreign affairs producer Sarah Corp who died from cancer in 2016 after 17 years with the programme. Corp was behind the broadcaster’s coverage...
View ArticleBBC 'overdid it' with coverage of raid on Sir Cliff's home, director-general...
The BBC “overdid it” with its coverage of a raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home, director-general Tony Hall has admitted. The broadcaster recently announced that it would not pursue an appeal against a...
View ArticleFormer ITV News executive to take leading role at dedicated Kent TV channel
A former ITV News executive is set to join Kent’s first dedicated TV channel to “lead the channel as it continues to grow”. Robin Britton, a former head of ITV News in the south of England, is set to...
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Katie Hopkins files for individual voluntary arrangement 'to avoid...
Katie Hopkins has filed for an individual voluntary arrangement, reportedly to avoid bankruptcy after losing a major libel case to food writer Jack Monroe. The former Mail Online columnist and LBC...
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