5
November
2009
Christian Wolmar is a British journalist, author, and railway historian, best known for his popular books and commentary on transport, especially on Britain’s railway network.
Here he discusses his latest book ‘Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World’.
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4
November
2009
‘On a good course (the right course for you) there can be some clear and perceivable benefits to making the substantial financial investment. But a person can certainly put themselves into all of the situations in which they’d benefit from the positive aspects of a bricks and mortar education, without actually packing a bag…’
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30
October
2009
Roger Southall (Witwatersrand University) discusses the Zuma Presidency at Coventry University’s Africa Matters Conference.
This event was organised by the African Studies Centre
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30
October
2009
Alex Vines discusses Asian Oil Strategies in Africa at the Africa Matters Conference at Coventry University.
This event was organised by the African Studies Centre
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30
October
2009
An interview with Ibiza legend Dave Pearce.
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30
October
2009
…at the core of journalism is the idea that once garnered, information possessed by the journalist must be coveted and hidden. It’s value is it’s exclusivity. We’ve got something that we have to share but in traditional business models the only way to consistently realise the material benefit is to sell it exclusively. This can’t be the most efficient way of getting our work seen or heard. Assuming that sharing was the journalist’s original intent, then this method must be at odds, in fact I struggle to think of a more effective way of limiting the people that are able to share in the work.
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29
October
2009
Nick Davies has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. Hundreds of journalists have attended his masterclass on the techniques of investigative reporting. He has been a journalist since 1976 and is currently a freelance, working regularly as special correspondent for The Guardian. He was the first winner of the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools and recently won the award for European Journalism for his work on drugs policy. Flat Earth News was published as a hardback in February 2008 and won the first Bristol Festival of Ideas book award.
Here he discusses his views on whether world journalism is in crisis.
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29
October
2009
Jeremy Paxman is a prominent and noteworthy presenter known and praised his abrasive and straightforward style of interviewing. He started his career in a local radio at BBC radio Brighton and in 1977, he became a part of BBC’s current affairs programme, Tonight. Was a reporter for Panorama and contributed to television programmes like Six O’Clock News and Breakfast Time. Owing to his commanding verbal skills, Jeremy Paxman became the anchor of BBC Two television programme, Newsnight. In 2003, the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, decided to discuss the invasion of Iraq with the television studio audience and Jeremy Paxman mediating the event. Jeremy Paxman has delivered lectures expressing concerns over the consequence of recent production scandals that has made media to lose public trust rapidly.
Here he discusses whether world journalism is in crisis
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29
October
2009
Judith Townend is senior reporter at Journalism.co.uk, where she covers the digital news industry, with a particular interest in media law, regulation, ethics and press freedom. Before hand, she worked as a researcher at Al Jazeera English and as an occasional freelancer. More recently, she was deputy editor at an arts and entertainment magazine in Leeds. She now blogs at FromtheOnline.com and contributes to Global Voices Online, a website for free expression and advocacy. She holds a BA Hons in Archaeology & Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University, London.
Here she discusses whether world journalism is in crisis.
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29
October
2009
Tim Luckhurst is a former editor and deputy editor of The Scotsman. He began his career as a journalist on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme for which he produced, edited and reported from the UK and abroad. Prof. Luckhurst covered the Romanian Revolution and the First Gulf War for BBC Radio and reported on the liberation of Kosovo and the fall of Slobodan Milosevic for The Scotsman. He was the BBC’s Washington Producer during the first year of the Clinton presidency and returned to the UK to become a senior member of the team that designed and launched BBC Radio Five Live. He has won two Sony Radio Awards for news broadcasting. He writes for The Guardian, Independent, Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times and The New Republic.
Here he discusses his views on whether journalism is in crisis.
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