The media column: You can no longer protect your source like you used to

News that Jon Snow had become trapped in a lift created a flurry of interest online last week, only for some disappointed social media users to discover that the stranded victim was the silver-haired bicyclist from Channel 4 News.

As one of the most high-profile left-wing figures in Fleet Street, the Daily Mirror’s Kevin Maguire has been all over the news channels of late, following the deaths of Bob Crow and then Tony Benn.

The media column: The relaunch of ‘Newsweek’ as a print magazine shows there’s an appetite for long-form journalism

Could a BBC Korea Service work?

How could something as visual as film end up being most effectively championed by a show that primarily exists in audio, let alone one that goes out on a Friday lunchtime?

Television journalists got an insight into their futures with the resourcefulness of Joe Tidy of Sky News after his camera became water-damaged in the floods last month.

The media column: Mosaic's launch on Tuesday shows there is space for science coverage

Nearly three years ago, I investigated a television news-fixing scandal that led to the BBC making a global apology to viewers. It had screened documentaries made by a London TV company that was earning millions of pounds from clients featured in the programming.

The media column: Bill Deedes was told to ‘go and watch the crowds’ in Downing Street

Social scientists like myself like to see claims and assertions enlightened by a solid body of evidence.

The BBC has a clear set of values wherever it operates – impartiality, accuracy, diversity of opinion and fairness

Ethics is a serious business; even in the media. To undermine its seriousness by using a pun headline to draw people in would surely be unethical, wouldn’t it?

The Media Column: Behind the camera, too, Television news is looking to newspapers

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