The BBC faces formidable challenges as it searches for a new leader
As the BBC starts its search for the next director general, it faces multiple problems, but there is also opportunity.
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Politics
How to beat aggressive government propaganda in the Boris Johnson age
The creator of public relations Edward Bernays has lessons for our polarised times.
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Angelina Jolie, Charlotte Church and the battle to be taken seriously
For Jolie and Church the added issue is their gender. As women of note, they are forever pilloried by a small (but vocal) minority who refuse to believe their talents or aptitude can extend beyond their primary fields of expertise.
Read moreNews UK, journalism and Politics…plus ça change
The reciprocal closeness in the relationship between journalism and power is a prominent feature of British political history. In times
Read moreJournalists at risk undermine us all
This post from Prof. Richard Sambrook was originally posted on the INSI website This month I stand down as Chair of
Read moreCelebrity, Politics and ‘sniffy journalists’.
Quoted in the Radio Times this week, veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster Michael Buerk said that he was ‘a little sniffy
Read moreFarewell, Jon Stewart: Satirist and journalist leaves The Daily Show
Posted by Dr Allaina Kilby. It’s officially the end of an era. Last night, after 16 years as the chief
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