The real threats to investigative journalism
November 8, 2011 | Posted by Martin Moore
Today I’m giving oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on investigative journalism, on a panel with Iain Overton from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Dominic Cooper from the Chartered Institute of Journalists. You can read the full [...]
The future of investigative journalism: Submission to House of Lords Communications Select Committee
| Posted by Media Standards Trust
Martin Moore: The real threats to investigative journalism The House of Lords Communications Select Committee launched an inquiry into the future of investigative journalism in July 2011. The Committee was concerned that traditional business models of investigative journalism, vital to [...]
Press reform: a local view
July 18, 2011 | Posted by Jeremy Condliffe
Calls for reform of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) should be being viewed with alarm by the regional press. On the face of it, based on the News of the World’s atrocious behaviour in hacking into the phones of the [...]
Digital deficit = democratic deficit?
June 14, 2011 | Posted by Rachel Howells
In an article on the CNN Money website last year, ten ‘sages’ were asked to predict the future of the newsprint industry. Eight of them said tablet devices would play a key role; all of them foresaw news would migrate [...]
US local news experiments leagues ahead of UK
February 4, 2011 | Posted by Martin Moore
It is easy to overestimate the similarities between the US and the UK. As Oscar Wilde wrote back in 1887, ”We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.” But one of the unfortunate recent similarities [...]
ITV Wales features MST, Cardiff University local news project
February 3, 2011 | Posted by Media Standards Trust
The joint project on local news and the democratic deficit, run by the Media Standards Trust and Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, featured in ITV1 Wales’ Wales This Week on Tuesday. The programme, ITV Wales’ flagship current affairs show, looked [...]
Local news is important – whatever 10 O’Clock Live says
February 1, 2011 | Posted by Rachel Howells
When Channel Four’s brand new and funky news satire show declares that local news is not cool, you know it must be in trouble. The inaugural 10 O’Clock Live – Channel 4’s attempt at The Daily Show – featured an [...]
Local news and the democratic deficit – Port Talbot
January 31, 2011 | Posted by Martin Moore
In 2010 we – Media Standards Trust – started a joint project with Cardiff University’s School of Journalism looking at whether a democratic deficit was emerging due to the decline of local news. The project won backing from KESS – [...]
Local news needs ‘bottom-up’ structure to survive
September 28, 2010 | Posted by Martin Moore
Orkney Today has announced it is closing. The paper, which served the small islands of Orkney just off the Scottish coast, was — like countless other local papers — battling against declining circulation and disappearing ad revenues. “Orkney Media Group management [...]
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