The Tragic Downfall of British Media
How did the country that produced the BBC and the Economist fail so spectacularly at journalism in the lead up...
Media policy in Britain
A rollicking exposé of the beastliness of the Murdoch press
Jean Seaton reviews Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch, by Nick Davies for The Political Quarterly....
What does contestable funding mean for children’s TV in Britain?
The White Paper is out and the government has announced plans to pilot a public service content fund. This will...
The BBC, the White Paper and the Future of UK Children’s Content
In advance of the launch of a new report about the funding of public service media content for children, Professor...
Yes, the BBC is penitent over the Savile abuse scandal. And now it must lead
The tone deployed by Dame Janet Smith in unveiling her report on the BBC and its failure to unmask Jimmy...
Future of BBC should not be left to this committee of MPs
With the BBC’s Charter due to expire at the end of next year, and the coalition reluctant to start the...
UK might get a press watchdog with teeth
As criminal trials proceed against more journalists for alleged corrupt payments to public officials, and more evidence emerges about industrial-scale...
Why new regulator could be a game-changing moment for journalism
You are unlikely to read about it in the mainstream press, but this week saw a major step forward for...
Bosses’ right to snoop on staff emails is an invasion of privacy and ignores the way we work
Since Edward Snowden revealed the existence of internet surveillance programmes such as XKeyScore, Prism and Tempora, there have been many...
How the Fearmongering ‘Sun’ Distorts Its Polls
Today’s front page headline in the Sun covers almost the entire page. Accompanied by a chilling photo of a knife-wielding...