The Sun and Page 3 – Now you don’t see them, now you do.
There were newspapers articles, there were radio debates, there were thousands of tweets, there was (understandable) joyful triumphalism from those
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The Sunday Times and Quality Journalism
2014 was evidently a traumatic year for many journalists who worked for the Sun and the News of the World during the
Read moreJe Suis Charlie?
This post was written by Prof Richard Sambrook Events in Paris this week have shocked people around the world. The brutal
Read moreAn editor quits – sort of.
At 16.38 on December 10th 2014, the casual viewer of BBC news 24 may have been forgiven for thinking that
Read moreLocal News and the Democratic Deficit
This post is by Professor Richard Sambrook A few weeks ago a group of hyperlocal news sites gathered in Cardiff
Read moreRussell Brand and the Sun – Opening up the Debate
Well, we’ve been here before. On Wednesday, the comedian, author and activist Russell Brand threatened to sue The Sun after the newspaper
Read moreThe Cosby affair and the limits of mainstream journalism
In the awful narrative around the allegations of sexual assault and rape made against iconic American entertainer, Bill Cosby, a major
Read moreMili no mates – Mocking Labour leaders is a tried and tested tabloid tradition
This very bad week for Ed Milband, which has ended with resignation of Shadow attorney general Emily Thornbury over her ‘sneering’ tweet during
Read morePanorama and The Fake Sheikh – Trawling Tabloid Excesses
On Thursday night Panorama finally broadcast its exposé of Sun on Sunday journalist Mazher Mahmood, also known as the ‘Fake Sheikh’. The programme was
Read moreI don’t think, I comment – ‘Below the line’ in journalism.
Interviewed in the Observer, on the occasion of the publication of his collected journalism for the same paper, the comedian David
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