Total 5 Posts
Memo to fellow journalists: Please don’t cover Trump 2.0 like in 2016
3 min read
In 2016, Donald Trump’s outrageous behaviour – tweets, incendiary statements, and norm-breaking promises – were covered with gawping attention. In 2023, it’s his criminal indictments.
Don’t trust the news media? That’s good
6 min read
Journalism has been fodder for politicians’ contempt for generations. A huge percentage of the public doesn’t trust the news media either. That mistrust isn’t a bad thing in a democracy.
Oakeshott and Hancock: Betraying a confidential source damages journalism and is a threat to public health
5 min read
Journalism and public health are threatened by the betrayal of confidential sources. It erodes trust in journalism, which will have implications for future public health reporting and reporting in general.
Journalist arrests during climate protests show how the demonisation of protest threatens us all
5 min read
Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police. Preemptively limiting media access is the hallmark of an authoritarian rather than democratic state.
Claims of COP26’s success have been unpicked – but political journalists have repeated the spin.
5 min read
Mainstream reporters not familiar with the topic may spin the summit as a huge success or devastating failure.