Having a diverse staff is a necessity but that, by itself, is not enough, writes Amit Roy, who, from a lifetime's experience, says there has to be diversity among the decision-makers as well – the departmental editors who actually commission the stories.bjr.org.uk/my-race-no-one…

Rather than a powerful Fourth Estate, recent books by O’Brien and Oborne claim much of the press has now become an adjunct to political power, and this has profound consequences for the daily life of the country, writes Julian Petley .bjr.org.uk/truth-to-power…

It is widely agreed that Britain’s election will be “the dirtiest ever”, writes Michael White, not least because, of the 70 elections around the world this year, the nastiest will be in the US. And the UK and US spread each other’s nastier habits. bjr.org.uk/its-going-to-g…

When one man's meat is another's environmental aberration, can writers be certain readers understand them? And can the reading public be relied on to distinguish between fact and fiction when the rules of writing are so blurred asks @vercoeliz bjr.org.uk/what-do-you-me…

Instead of asking about hacking or if he'd listened to illegally gathered messages, the question should have been: did Piers know that keying in a network's default pin often played recent messages? I don’t believe a word of it, Piers Roy Greenslade journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Yes journalism can pay, on Substack, discovered David Aaronovitch who is having fun after being let go by The Times journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Pakistan announced undocumented people from Afghanistan would be sent back over the border for the Taliban to deal with. Including many journalists writes Lynne O'Donnell in Forgetting all our promises -journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

With yet more regional job cuts in place, a journalist who worked in the glory days of the provincial press is creating an oral history of the period before it is lost forever journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Generations of reporters have been brought up on the doctrine of speed, fighting to be first with the story. Technology has supercharged that. Now they must learn to pause, analyse the source of their information, and avoid the rush to judgment.

When the protest kicks off, I’m there writes Zoe Broughton . A video journalist explains how digital technology allows her to beat old-fashioned broadcasters to reach millions of viewers within hours
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Blaming the victims for bringing terrorism on themselves through past actions is a very late 20th century approach still used by the BBC. I blame the Boomers Graham Majin journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to the BJR's Chairman Emeritus.

Congratulations to the BJR's Chairman Emeritus.

The unified Tory and non-Tory media reaction to the government’s “solution” to the Northern Ireland protocol had one motivation, writes Roy Greenslade Roy Greenslade. There was not the slightest chance of newspapers losing readers. bjr.org.uk/your-readers-o…

The breadth of his vision of a fairer society is why Jon Snow's journalism has been an inspiration to young people, writes @stewartpurvis. Central to his new book is the Grenfell fire, calling it “the essence of inequality horrifically exemplified”..bjr.org.uk/driven-snow

Donald Macintyre admits it feels strange to be thanking the late Bernard Ingham but reflects on how Margaret Thatcher's press secretary maintained a dacades-long reputation for straight dealings with journalists bjr.org.uk/he-played-it-s…

Rein in the press writes ChatGPT in the BJR, ChatGPT, 2023. It can support whichever view you want. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Hands off us, writes ChatGPT in the BJR, ChatGPT, 2023 . Freedom of the press that is, not artificial intelligence... but if you don't like its views, like Groucho Marx, it has others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We might reassure ourselves that AI models are merely repurposing information already created: doing a “cuts job”. For who but a reporter can record those first pieces of evidence? We are deluding ourselves, it is already out there, on social media. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…