Why the media industry has seen a boom in M&A activity
Coronavirus brought the physical world to a halt but coincided with a boom in media sector M&A activity, as has…
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5 News chief correspondent Tessa Chapman, her producer Zoe Kalus and cameraman Adam Boyle joined the thousands of people fleeing…
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John Sweeney on reporting freelance from Ukraine: ‘This really is evil versus good’
Former Panorama journalist John Sweeney has spoken to Press Gazette about the challenges of independent war reporting in Ukraine. He…
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Mark Austin of Sky’s Ukraine reporting diary: ‘We need to be here’
Sky News presenter Mark Austin is among dozens of UK broadcasters and newspaper journalists in Ukraine during the Russian invasion.…
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Freelance BBC presenter: How the Journalists’ Charity saved me in pandemic
I’d worked in radio for some 22 years when, in mid April 2020, my job as a presenter on BBC…
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Why a lack of ‘actual malice’ scuppered Sarah Palin’s New York Times libel suit
A federal judge has indicated that he will dismiss a defamation suit brought by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin against…
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Journalism during the pandemic: Many suffered stress, frustration, anxiety and burnout
New research on British journalists’ work in the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that it was the digital transformations, such as…
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Comment: Action needed to tackle ‘lawfare’ targeting journalists holding those in power to account
Caroline Kean, a defamation and litigation defence lawyer and partner at Wiggin LLP, writes about lawfare targeting journalists. She recently defended…
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