Bid to gag BBC over broadcast about 'dangerous extremist and misogynist agent'
The Government is trying to block the BBC from broadcasting a story which would identify a “dangerous extremist and misogynist” who is allegedly an MI5 agent. Attorney General Suella Braverman is...
View ArticleReporters quit RT and website hacked by Anonymous over Ukraine invasion coverage
Opposition to coverage of Russia’s Ukraine invasion at Kremlin-funded RT has seen reporters quit and the website hacked, as MPs called on Ofcom to ban the outlet. RT, previously called Russia Today, is...
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Mark Austin of Sky's Ukraine reporting diary: 'We need to be here'
Sky News presenter Mark Austin is among dozens of UK broadcasters and newspaper journalists in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. Austin provides an exclusive behind the scenes diary for Press...
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UK outlets commit dozens of staff to covering invasion of Ukraine
Dozens of UK journalists are currently inside Ukraine with every major news organisation committing staff to cover the unfolding conflict. Various TV news bulletins were anchored from Kyiv on Friday...
View ArticleOfcom opens 15 new 'due impartiality' investigations into RT over Sunday...
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has opened 15 new investigations into the due impartiality of RT’s news programming. The new investigations relate to 15 editions of the Kremlin-funded channel’s hourly...
View ArticleJohn Sweeney on reporting freelance from Ukraine: 'This really is evil versus...
Former Panorama journalist John Sweeney has spoken to Press Gazette about the challenges of independent war reporting in Ukraine. He is one of at least 36 UK-based reporters currently filing from...
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'We couldn’t make sense of what we were seeing': 5 News chief correspondent...
5 News chief correspondent Tessa Chapman, her producer Zoe Kalus and cameraman Adam Boyle joined the thousands of people fleeing Kyiv by road at the weekend. Along the way they sheltered in hotel...
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Interview: Adam Boulton on Murdoch, Sky’s lockdown breaches and GB News
Over more than 30 years at Sky News, Adam Boulton established himself as one of Westminster’s best known and respected journalists. He interviewed prime ministers and US presidents, hosted general...
View ArticleKremlin-owned RT taken off air in UK following EU sanctions
Russian government-owned news channel RT has gone off air in the UK following EU sanctions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday the EU announced that Kremlin-backed RT and sister news...
View ArticleHow America’s largest news outlets are covering the Ukraine invasion
America’s largest news outlets have sent dozens of journalists to Eastern Europe to cover the Ukraine crisis, with hundreds more contributing to coverage behind the scenes. Over the past couple of...
View ArticleBBC 'temporarily suspends' all activity in Russia over security fears
The BBC’s director-general has “temporarily suspended” all the corporation’s journalistic activity in Russia. It comes after a new law led to the shutting of numerous outlets in the country, including...
View ArticleRussia’s ‘fake news’ law forces some global and local news outlets to suspend...
Some local and international media are suspending coverage or operations in Russia in response to the country’s new ‘fake news’ law. Other large news organisations are currently assessing what the...
View ArticleJournalists under attack in Ukraine: Sky's Stuart Ramsay wounded in ambush
Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has revealed how he was badly wounded in an ambush outside Kyiv – one of a number of journalists attacked in Ukraine. The incident occurred on Monday, 28...
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Mark Austin on his escape from Kyiv: Hotel staff told Sky News team 'God...
Sky News presenter Mark Austin has written a second exclusive behind the scenes diary from Ukraine where he and his team continue to cover the war, this week starting in Kyiv before retreating from the...
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Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show Uncensored aims to 'annoy all the right people'
Piers Morgan will return to screens this spring with a new show as part of his £50m deal with News UK. His new show, “Piers Morgan Uncensored”, will broadcast in the UK, US and Australia. The...
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TalkTV briefing: Piers Morgan's new show 'Uncensored' announced
TalkTV is Rupert Murdoch’s chance to seize the UK’s TV screens once again after he sold his stake in Sky in 2018. He has already signed up big-name talent both on and off screen in Piers Morgan and...
View ArticleMehdi Hasan on making it in America and why media can’t ‘reset the clock’ on...
In this interview with Press Gazette, Mehdi Hasan talks about how he has made his name in the United States and calls for the American media to heed the lessons of Donald Trump’s presidency. Fun fact:...
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Reporter reveals why he quit RT after Russia invasion of Ukraine
A former reporter at RT in Moscow has revealed why he quit RT in protest following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Jonny Tickle, who lived in Moscow for five years and worked as a journalist for the...
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ITV's Paul Brand on his Partygate scoop: 'The outrage is unlike anything I...
ITV News UK editor Paul Brand has shared the story behind his “jaw-dropping” Partygate scoops. Talking about his first revelation, a video showing then Number 10 press secretary Allegra Stratton joking...
View ArticlePublishers reveal how podcast pennies are now turning into big money
Niche podcasts with a small but engaged audience have the potential to be the biggest money-making audio shows for publishers, a conference heard last week. DC Thomson, the eighth biggest UK consumer...
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