‘We can all find ways to bounce back’: Ex-Independent columnist Christina Patterson on life after being fired
I was writing up an interview when I got the call. Five minutes later, I felt as if I was…
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The Front Runner review: The moment American political reporting changed forever
In his savage obituary of Richard Nixon, Hunter S Thompson summed up the way he had reported on the former…
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Police are failing to protect press freedom by not acting over harassment of broadcasters
Sky News presenter Kay Burley might, of her own admission, be thick-skinned, but she should not have to put up…
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Protest is vital when journalists are jailed from Northern Ireland to Turkey
I spent a day this month with Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, two Northern Irish journalists currently on police bail…
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‘Elderly’ former editor’s diversity joke falls flat for member of #metoo generation
I fell foul of the #metoo Generation last night. “Excuse me,” she said, smiling sweetly as I hobbled across the…
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Johnston Press: Local newspapers are too important to let corporate cowboys trample over needs of communities
I was at the press conference in 2005 when Andrew Neil announced on behalf of the Barclay brothers that they…
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Facebook’s £4.5m fund for new journalists a ‘step in the right direction’ but may be ‘too little, too late’
Facebook’s £4.5m fund for 80 new community journalists to go into local UK newsrooms is a step in the right…
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Fleet Street hacks cook up blog sharing tales of adventures on assignment illustrated by gourmet meals eaten on expenses
Two former Fleet Street journalists have cooked up a blog detailing some of their adventures while on assignment, illustrated by the…
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