BBC pushes for 50:50 gender split among expert contributors across all news programmes within a year
The BBC has set itself a target of having a 50:50 gender split of expert voices in its news, current…
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BBC UK news editor defends lack of coverage of anti-Brexit marches against claims of ‘deliberate blackout’
The BBC’s UK news editor has defended the corporation’s coverage of Brexit after accusations that a “deliberate blackout” had been…
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy says Channel 4 News podcast is way of ‘getting to grips’ with subjects outside ‘punchy’ bulletin interviews
Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy has said his new podcast offers a “different approach” to the “punchy” interviews he…
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Fox offers to separate Sky News from Sky and guarantee 15 years of funding in bid to smooth £12bn takeover deal
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has offered to separate Sky News from the rest of Sky and establish it as…
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Monocle defends editorial internships after former intern claims to be suing for unpaid wages
Monocle magazine and radio station has defended its use of editorial internships after a Guardian article by a former intern…
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Channel 4 News editor calls on industry to build own news platform as he says Facebook now pays nothing to broadcaster
Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has called on the news industry to create an alternative to Facebook that…
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BBC annual plan aims to tackle ‘false information and fake news’ by taking fight to schools
The BBC has taken aim at “false information and fake news” in its annual plan, which it says is aimed…
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Today presenter Justin Webb says era of ‘big beast’ news anchors could be at an end after fall of US ‘titans’
BBC Today programme presenter Justin Webb has questioned whether the era of the “big beast” news anchor may be coming…
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