by barry | Jun 3, 2025 | media freedom, nuj, Reviews
A report by Amnesty International published on 3 May warns that Northern Ireland is the most dangerous place in the UK to work as a journalist. They frequently face attacks, death and rape threats from paramilitary and organised crime groups that act with impunity:...
by barry | Mar 28, 2024 | international, media freedom, media ownership, Reviews
I’ve recently come across Prospect Magazine, a monthly general-interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs. It’s edited by Alan Rushbridger (formerly editor of The Guardian and member of the Garrick Club until 2010 according to Private...
by barry | Jan 2, 2024 | Climate Change, Reviews
Just how the media covers the climate emergency and what treatment will in get as we approach the general election? Toxic News? Covering Climate Change, edited by John Mair, John Riley and Andrew Beck attempts to tackle these important questions post COP 28, with the...
by barry | Oct 17, 2023 | BBC, Campaigns, media ownership, media plurality, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, Reviews
The Media Reform Coalition has published a new edition of its 2021 media ownership report which featured updated data and analysis from the 2019 and 2015 reports https://www.mediareform.org.uk/resources/reports. It demonstrated the continuing concentration of media...
by barry | Mar 11, 2023 | Government, nuj, Reviews, unions
Yorkshireman Sir Bernard Ingham who died on 24 February aged 90 is best known for being Margaret Thatcher’s high profile press secretary a post he held for eleven years. He was regarded as a highly effective propagandist for the Thatcher cause. But he was not always a...
by barry | Jul 18, 2022 | Campaigns, media freedom, Reviews, whistle blowing
Last month, Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Julian Assange’s extradition to the US to face 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse. Subsequently his legal team lodged an appeal at the High Court in London against the decision. The court must give...
