Feature: Doha blog – Meeting the media
Stepping off the aircraft steps into a puddle of rain was not what expected when I arrived at Doha airport. The heavy downpour had delayed the landing and for the locals was a welcome break from the...
View ArticleEvents: Should journalist training change post Leveson and Hacking? – 11 June...
Tuesday, June 11 Hogg Lecture Theatre, Marylebone The world of journalism has changed significantly in the past five to 10 years and has recently been rocked by scandal. The traditional news diary...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Forum 2013: A Bigger Splash
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK presents: Entrepreneurship Forum 2013: A Bigger Splash Date: 28 May 2013 Time: 18.30 – 21.30 Venue: Grange St.Paul’s Hotel, 10 Godliman Street, London,...
View ArticleSir Harold Evans – The Media Society Annual Award 2013 Winner
The Media Society Award for 2013 will honour Sir Harold Evans for a lifetime of ‘going after the story’, ‘demanding open debate’, ‘ploughing his own furrow’ and both defending and enhancing the...
View ArticleFeature: A changing reality
The death this week of Eric and Ernie writer Eddie Braben reminded me of one of the most influencing films about television I watched as a teenager wanting to work in the medium. The film, sometime...
View ArticleProtest and the media
The 5th Annual Conference of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University Westminster, held in association with the British Journalism Review, will focus on ‘Protest Movements,...
View ArticleEmma Gilpin-Jacobs: 2013 CIPR Institute of Directors Annual Prize winner
Last night at the annual CIPR Excellence Awards, the Financial Times’ global communications director, Emma Gilpin-Jacobs, was awarded the 2013 CIPR Institute of Directors Annual Prize. The prize...
View ArticleFeature: All The President’s Men… and me
Roger Hermiston writes: I wonder how many journalists of my generation (now in their 50s) were inspired to enter the profession after watching Alan Pakula’s magnificent film All The President’s Men....
View ArticleFeature: Thomson Foundation CEO joins training debate in the wake of Leveson
Nigel Baker, Chief Executive of the Thomson Foundation, was one of the panellists at the Media Society debate on whether journalist training should change post Leveson and the hacking scandal....
View ArticleFeature: Journalism training post Leveson – Paul Charman’s opening pitch
Opening remarks by Paul Charman, BA Journalism Course Director at the London College of Communication, from the recent Media Society panel debate on journalism training post Leveson. The question of...
View ArticleFeature: Boxset babies
The obituaries to James Gandolfini have made much of his fame as the mafia boss of The Sopranos but also his unwitting role as godfather to the box set. HBO’s investment in the six series story of New...
View ArticleEvent: James Harding in conversation
Wednesday, 16 October 2013 Adam Street Private Members Club Supported by the Financial Times James Harding holds one of the most influential positions in journalism today. As the BBC’s new Director...
View ArticleEvent: David Leigh In Conversation
Thursday, 14 November 2013 Adam Street Private Members Club Supported by the Financial Times David Leigh has just stepped down as Investigations Editor of the Guardian after a journalistic career...
View ArticleEvent: John Humphrys In Conversation
Wednesday, 15 January 2014 Adam Street Private Members Club Supported by the Financial Times In this exclusive Media Society event he talks to the journalist and broadcaster Phil Harding about his...
View ArticleEvent: Nick Pollard In Conversation
Tuesday, 17 September 2013 Adam Street Private Members Club Supported by the Financial Times Nick Pollard is Chief Executive of British Forces Broadcasting and author of the recent headline-grabbing...
View ArticleEvent: Is local journalism dead?
Thursday, 10 October 2013 Adam Street Private Members Club Supported by the Financial Times Chair: Professor Roy Greenslade – Guardian and City University Panellists: tbc A topical debate to...
View ArticleEvent: The Media Society annual dinner
Wednesday, 23 October 2013 The Millennium Hotel, Mayfair Each year, the Media Society – the UK’s leading networking group for professionals who work across all aspects or media, including journalism,...
View ArticleRussell Twisk – A Tribute
Our former president Russell Twisk has died. It was Russell, 19 years ago when he was our president, who came up with the idea to have a major event to honour a ‘great journalist or institution’ for...
View ArticleOne World Media festival – 8th & 9th November 2013
Very exciting news: this November, One World Media will be hosting their first-ever festival at UCL (University College London) in the heart of Bloomsbury, Central London. For all those...
View ArticleThe London Grill Club with Nigel Farage and Ester Rantzen
The London Grill Club - Putting people that matter to the flame! The first two guests for this winter’s exciting programme are Nigel Farage on 16th September and Ester Rantzen on 16th October 2013....
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