Angela Rippon reveals BBC reporter pretended to flash her as she read live...
BBC journalist Angela Rippon has revealed that a colleague pretended to expose himself to her off-camera while she was reading the nine o’clock news live in front of 10m people. Rippon, who read the...
View ArticleChannel 4 News picks up TV Bafta for Cambridge Analytica undercover...
Channel 4 News has won a Bafta for its Cambridge Analytica Uncovered investigation, which exposed the UK data firm’s campaign practices in footage filmed by an undercover reporter. The report led to...
View ArticleBroadcaster Brian Walden remembered as 'wonderful interrogator of...
Broadcaster Brian Walden has been remembered as “wise and witty” and one of the greatest political interviewers of all time after his death aged 86. Walden was a former Labour MP in Birmingham who...
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BBC developing 'public service algorithm' for Sounds app to avoid echo chambers
The BBC is developing a “public service algorithm” for its BBC Sounds app to stop listeners getting trapped in their own filter bubbles and echo chambers, its director of radio revealed today. BBC...
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Marr and Politics Live among BBC news programmes to hit 50:50 on-air gender...
Three-quarters of BBC news, current affairs and topical programming teams that have been monitoring their gender diversity for the past year have reached a 50:50 on-air gender split. More than 500...
View ArticlePA editor condemns attacks on journalists by Tommy Robinson supporters...
BBC and Press Association journalists were targeted for verbal abuse and “manhandled” by supporters of Tommy Robinson outside the Old Bailey in London yesterday, it has been claimed. Supporters of the...
View ArticleRAJARs: Radio audiences grow as 32m tune in to news and current affairs in...
Nearly 32m people listened to news and current affairs radio in the first three months of the year, new audience figures show. BBC Radio 4’s Today programme grew its weekly audience to 7.32m listeners,...
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Podcasts now 'core part' of news publisher's offering, but Guru-Murthy warns...
Podcasts have moved from being a “sideshow” into a “core part” of what publishers do, with audio now a key tool for expanding a newsbrand’s reach beyond print/online and engaging with a younger...
View ArticleITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby says insomnia was 'ten times more...
ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby has said suffering from insomnia last year felt “ten times more frightening” than being shot in the leg in Indonesia earlier in his career. Bradby was forced to take...
View ArticleChannel 4 News blocked from Brexit Party events in wake of Nigel Farage...
Channel 4 News is understood to be in talks with the Brexit Party after it was blacklisted from party events following an investigation into the funding of leader Nigel Farage. Editor Ben De Pear said...
View ArticleRoss Kempsell named political editor of Rupert Murdoch's national radio stations
Ross Kempsell has been named political editor of Wireless Group’s national radio stations, steering politics coverage across Talkradio, Talksport and Virgin Radio. Wireless Group, part of Rupert...
View ArticleBrexit Party agrees to lift ban on Channel 4 News over rally dispute
The Brexit Party has lifted its ban on Channel 4 News after a meeting between the broadcaster and the party’s chairman this morning. It was revealed this week that the Brexit Party had put a six-week...
View ArticleBBC newsreader returns to screens after six months away for breast cancer...
BBC newsreader Jane Hill paid tribute to the NHS as she revealed she had undergone treatment for breast cancer while being off screens for six months. The presenter, 49, joked about Brexit and her void...
View ArticleSky chief exec pushes social media firms to do more over abuse aimed at...
The chief executive of Sky has described social media as “corrosive” and has pushed for platforms to change in the face of abuse received by journalists. Jeremy Darroch (pictured) said abuse directed...
View ArticleSky News journalists 'deliberately targeted and attacked' while reporting...
Sky News journalists claim to have been “deliberately targeted” by Syrian regime forces while reporting on the battle for the final rebel outpost, despite being “clearly identified” as press. Special...
View ArticleNina Hossain moves up to lead ITV Lunchtime News
ITV News has appointed Nina Hossain as lead presenter of its lunchtime national news bulletin. Hossain is currently lead anchor for ITV News London. She joined the broadcaster in 2004 and has picked up...
View ArticleTory leadership race: BBC and Sky News to host TV debates with candidates
Candidates for the Conservative Party leadership contest will take part in TV debates on the BBC and Sky News, it was announced today. The BBC’s debate will be moderated by Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis...
View ArticleBBC's Rory Cellan-Jones reveals Parkinson's diagnosis after viewers spot hand...
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones announced he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after viewers noticed his hand shaking during a live broadcast. Cellan-Jones, who has worked at...
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Talkradio sacks George Galloway over 'Israel flags' Champions League tweet
Talkradio has sacked host George Galloway over his reference to Israel flags in a tweet about the Champions League final, saying it “does not tolerate anti-Semitic views”. The talk show host tweeted...
View Article'Outstanding' BBC Radio Manchester journalist Jonathan Ali dies aged 50
Tributes have been paid to “outstanding” BBC Radio Manchester journalist Jonathan Ali after his death aged 50 from cancer. Ali, who worked at the BBC’s Manchester radio station for 26 years, was...
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