Review of UK and world papers and coverage of UK and global journalism stories for Journalism History for Journalism History for Tuesday 14th May 2024.
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The Chartered Institute of Journalists remembers all the professional journalists and media workers murdered and killed while doing their work this year in all parts of the world and remember the immense sacrifice of those who gave their lives to the profession in the past. We send our condolences to their families, friends and professional colleagues.
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Sky News Press Preview: Tuesday’s front pages. 13 May 2024 #skynews#presspreview#frontpages We take a look Tueday’s front pages with political editor for The Guardian Pippa Crerar and political editor for The Sun Harry Cole. See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1790156199964348474
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Kieran Pender and Peter Greste write for Guardian Australia: ‘The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia.’ See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1790431308872601852
CIoJ LinkedIn news edited by Liz Justice reports:
Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Ibrahim Egungbohun, has filed a N5 billion suit against journalist Fisayo Soyombo of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) and Arise Media Group, over allegations of defamation.
See: https://www.linkedin.com/…/urn:li:activity…
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Nominations open soon for the fourth year Ethnic Media Awards which is a flagship programme to recognise minority ethnic diversity in journalism and the media. See: https://www.linkedin.com/…/urn:li:activity…
Latest postings at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/63500/
Many congratulations to Gerald Bowey, the new President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists and Caroline Roddis, the new Vice-President. Their roles were confirmed in a handover event at the Reform Club in Central London on Tuesday 20th February 2024.
Bowey emphasised the guidance, support, and encouragement that had been at the heart of the Institute for 140 years and announced the launch of a new Young Journalist of the Year awards scheme that would encourage journalists under 30 years of age to enter a range of categories.
Commenting Bowey said: “the Institute is focused on supporting working journalists, both in-house and freelance, in the workplace, as a trade union, and in sustaining journalists in difficult circumstances as a charitable trust.
Many congratulations to Northern Ireland journalist and local democracy reporter Tanya Fowles who received the inaugural CIoJ- Journalist of the Year award at London’s Reform Club Thursday 26th October. She received her award from leading UK broadcast news presenter Nick Ferrari to a huge round of applause from members of the Institute who had gathered for its annual general meeting. Tanya has been recognised for her outstanding campaigning for Open Justice and challenging judges imposing unjustifiable reporting bans in the Northern Ireland judicial system. See: https://cioj.org/award-for-court-reporter/
Images in slideshow. 1st image CIoJ President Michael Hardware (2022-24) [right], Tanya Fowles [centre] and awardwinning LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari [right], 2nd image Northern Ireland Local Democracy journalist and court reporter Tanya Fowles being interviewed by CIoJ Council member Caroline Roddis in the Reform Club 26th October 2023. See filmed report https://janbogdan.co.uk/review/559c137050145747c9b2a44570c16803/version/4
CIoJ X (formerly known as Twitter) news feed at: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist
CIoJ LinkedIn news feed edited by Liz Justice at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/63500/
CIoJ Facebook news feed at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077475452242
CIoJ LinkedIn news stories, Hold The Front Page news stories, Guardian media news stories, Press Gazette news stories, Arab News media stories and other stories from miscellaneous sources
Press Gazette reports: "New Yorker latest to be faced with ‘incredibly complex’ task of reporting Lucy Letby case. Witnesses in the case were unusually given anonymity without reasons of national security or a risk to life." See: https://t.co/b9PPEjh86K
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
UnHerd reports: 'New Yorker publishes article challenging Lucy Letby verdict…available to US readers but is blocked on the UK version of the site for legal reasons.' See: https://t.co/2mT5nUTec3 pic.twitter.com/Rvco185PzY
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
Mother from Torquay is convicted over unpaid car insurance
— Tristan Kirk (@kirkkorner) May 13, 2024
The incident was 19 days after her baby daughter died at 3-months-old
The DVLA prosecution continued AFTER this letter was sent
Government says 'fairness is non-negotiable' in the Single Justice Procedure
Is this fair? pic.twitter.com/oLFPrZ4iTA
Not only has she been locked up in hospital she has also been "chemically sedated" without consent of her mother or the local authority. Despite the oversight of the most senior judge in the Family Court, there is still no safe place for "Becky", just 14 years old. https://t.co/jyZRXwrS1U
— Sanchia Berg (@Sanchia7) May 13, 2024
Sky News Press Preview: Tuesday's front pages. 13 May 2024 #skynews #presspreview #frontpages
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
We take a look Tueday's front pages with political editor for The Guardian Pippa Crerar and political editor for The Sun Harry Cole. See: https://t.co/uWHC74DAvq
BBC News reports: "Newspaper review: 'British nature in crisis' and 'game-changing weight loss jab.'" See: https://t.co/bElpcJ5QrS
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
BBC News reports: 'Migrant-smuggler arrested after BBC investigation.' See: https://t.co/TwySvWLDuq
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
Gillian Reynolds writes for i newspaper: 'I’m fed up with BBC radio’s schedule changes – I feel left behind
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
The schedules of Radios 2, 3 and 4 have all had radical surgery. Get used to it, or switch to Sounds? To me, that's not good business.' See: https://t.co/hmXbr2Wa90
Times interview feature (behind paywall): "Supernova festival massacre: ‘There’s a campaign to wipe out what happened.’" See: https://t.co/AzUyObFSWp
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 13, 2024
Michael Deacon writes for Telegraph (behind paywall): 'Gary Lineker’s latest outburst about Israel is his worst yet.' See: https://t.co/VpKVJNYbVh
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: "Alice Munro, Nobel winner & titan of the short story, dies aged 92. Acclaimed for her accounts of the darkness & desire found in everyday life, ‘the Canadian Chekhov’ has died, having suffered from dementia for more than a decade." See: https://t.co/QQfM7wQMk8
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: "Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives.’ A new Netflix docuseries explores how the site that enabled married people to have affairs devolved into chaos back in 2015." See: https://t.co/kRXGKFiN27
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: 'Angela Merkel memoirs to be published in November. Freedom: Memories 1954-2021 will cover Merkel’s childhood, political rise and 16 years as German chancellor.' See: https://t.co/2XCgvb0y1p
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Wendy Berliner writes Guardian obituary on 'Maureen O’Connor, who has died aged 84, was a journalist, author and the founding editor of Education Guardian.' See: https://t.co/fYx19xEA1l
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Marina Hyde writes for Guardian: 'So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose.' See: https://t.co/qkZ9Wnc5Ho
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: 'TechScape: The new law that could protect UK children online – as long as it works.' See: https://t.co/LYoAWyvFcV
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Chris Stokel-Walker writes for Guardian: 'Laughing, chatting, singing, GPT-4o is AI close to human, but watch out: it’s really not human.' See: https://t.co/u3UTTb20Iu
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Kieran Pender and Peter Greste write for Guardian Australia: 'The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia.' See: https://t.co/UoGJ29IAqB
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Ibrahim Egungbohun, has filed a N5 billion suit against journalist Fisayo Soyombo.' See: https://t.co/s8nLHTRUXh & https://t.co/4tqtFiW7Kz
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'The Gnomi global aggregated news app has launched its first Paid Journalism Program' which uses machine learning technology to translate news.' See: https://t.co/1TJ6bVPYQZ & https://t.co/wKDCi5Gkcl
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'Georgian parliamentarians are expected to pass a “foreign agents” law which has put fear into the heart of many journalists.' See: https://t.co/MkCg2OYhLM & https://t.co/B53OSW4cNB
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'Journalists who work at Ukraine's website Ukrayinska Pravda (Ukrainian Truth) have received threats and attempts to coerce money.' See: https://t.co/QRTnW12HHq & https://t.co/v9u572ok5r
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'A Venezuelan journalist who publicised the poor quality of powered milk ended up having to flee his country after facing the backlash of powerful people he shone a spotlight on.' See: https://t.co/KN4t9ZP91K & https://t.co/rfM9xGZRAJ
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
CIoJ LinkedIn news by Liz Justice reports: 'Nominations open soon for the fourth year Ethnic Media Awards which is a flagship programme to recognise minority ethnic diversity in journalism and the media.' See: https://t.co/VAifLWS2JI & https://t.co/1OXNZSlV3W
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
The CIoJ calls on Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. His detention is wholly unjustifiable and political state hostage-taking. He has been deprived of his liberty for 412 days since 29th March 2023 #FreeEvan
The Institute calls on Belarus to release 35 journalists detained including Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina each suffering 12 year jail terms. Belarus is currently ranked 157th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index. See: https://rsf.org/en/belarus-supreme-court-upholds-journalists-12-year-jail-terms
The CIoJ remains concerned about the trials and sentencing of Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich and his friend Sofia Sapega following their abduction from a diverted Ryanair flight 23rd May 2021 which is now 1,087 days ago. See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65670820
The CIoJ calls on all governments and states unjustly detaining journalists for doing their professional work to respect freedom of expression, the right to liberty and free them immediately. See: https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide
North American Newspapers for Tuesday 14th May 2024
"Controversially, Law was allowed to remain anonymous at a Scotland Yard misconduct hearing on April 25 – 3 days after being sentenced to 2½ years imprisonment at Newcastle Crown Court"
— Mark Hanna (@MarkHannaMedia) May 14, 2024
On misconduct case rules, McNae's ch 18 additional material, 18.4.1https://t.co/9g6xmArvdO https://t.co/4cyDsfKZyc
Almost 2,500 people were convicted last month in private court hearings for not paying for a TV Licence
— Tristan Kirk (@kirkkorner) May 14, 2024
One was a partially-sighted man from Oldham with learning disabilities
His mum pleaded guilty on his behalf
You wonder what help he got to try to avoid a criminal conviction pic.twitter.com/yt7P0ApcJo
Each week, people with mental health difficulties are convicted of not paying the TV licence#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
— Tristan Kirk (@kirkkorner) May 13, 2024
Illness isn't an exemption, but you worry they don't get the support they need
This concerning note comes from a 52-year-old woman from west London pic.twitter.com/XdtJQVqsIv
Mail Online reports: "Brit actress Charlotte Lewis, 56, is left devastated after losing French defamation case against Roman Polanski after accusing him of raping her as a teen then waging a 'smear campaign' against her." See: https://t.co/AnzGOh6KtC
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Mail Online reports: "How a grieving mother was censored by the BBC: Unearthed transcript reveals fury of 'charmingly volcanic' aristocrat whose three sons were killed flying with the RAF." See: https://t.co/Urk2lmf6Re
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A video of a convict sprinting away from a court reporter who questioned him about his involvement in an illegal drug operation has received millions of views online.' See: https://t.co/Dj2Ywqvcl6
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A regional journalist who went on to launch a nightly TV news programme has died aged 89. Tributes have been paid to Bob Millar.' See: https://t.co/4EKIAeH3tp
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A group of commercial broadcasters and publishers are calling for a review of BBC plans to introduce advertising on some of its audio content including podcasts.' See: https://t.co/DWWGhIVTrc
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Hold The Front Page reports: 'Muslim regional journalists have been honoured for their work at an annual awards ceremony.' See: https://t.co/vgpEPSk03h
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Press Gazette reports: 'No consultation from Apple on plans to block publisher ads and summarise articles. UK News Media Association extremely concerned by expected changes to Safari browser.' See: https://t.co/i8rwawL1Qq
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Press Gazette reports: 'How Birmingham Live became the biggest online local newsbrand in Britain. Birmingham Live editor in chief Graeme Brown says the site's ad-funded model is working.' See: https://t.co/zBlfBxbXuO
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Press Gazette reports: "BBC makes ‘substantial payout’ to Diana chauffeur over Martin Bashir slander. Martin Bashir told Princess Diana and her brother that Steve Davies 'feeds Today newspaper.'" See: https://t.co/fdJv2l76Vh
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
French Newspapers for Tuesday 14th May 2024
Press Gazette reports: 'Less than half of journalists using generative AI for work, survey.' See: https://t.co/UZR2W4ezKE
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Press Gazette and PA Media report: "Ofcom bosses defend ‘degree of flexibility’ over politicians presenting on GB News. Dame Melanie Dawes emphasised the "importance of the context" of a broadcast to Ofcom's decisions." See: https://t.co/yeaYIVQa93
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Arab News reports: "BBC investigation leads to arrest of one of world’s most notorious people smugglers. Barzan Majeed, nicknamed ‘Scorpion,’ is caught in Iraqi Kurdistan days after release of BBC podcast series." See: https://t.co/VENjZmQQy0
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Arab News reports: 'Saudi radio station MBC FM marks 30 years of broadcasting with special events. Bosses say the celebrations honor the pioneering station’s enduring contributions to the media landscape in the Kingdom.' See: https://t.co/oPe9Vp0xDA
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Arab News reports: 'Gulf news agencies discuss fake news, joint media strategy. Meeting discussed plans for a collaborative media strategy for 2023-30.' See: https://t.co/E0cbzWi06T
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Arab News reports: 'Saudia Airlines to bring AlUla FM onboard in new strategic partnership. Initiative aims to raise awareness and appreciation of AlUla’s rich cultural heritage, company says.' See: https://t.co/CDmS9iC0Q4
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: "Diana chauffeur and BBC agree payout over claim Martin Bashir slandered him. Steve Davies lost job six months after journalist falsely claimed to the princess he ‘feeds [the] Today newspaper … change your chauffeur.’" See: https://t.co/YTQlVXMKeX
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: 'Eurovision organisers defend decision to disqualify Joost Klein. European Broadcasting Union says Dutch broadcaster’s version of events does not correspond with witness accounts.' See: https://t.co/rlyEYEklcx
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian reports: "Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house. Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez.’" See: https://t.co/wrLEFVbHtf
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian profile: 'How faith drives bidder for Telegraph who wields growing influence on Tories. Sir Paul Marshall, a co-owner of GB News, is building a media empire and accumulating political power.' See: https://t.co/HN9o7nWcl5
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Guardian and AFP report: "Roman Polanski acquitted of defamation by French court. British actor Charlotte Lewis had claimed she was made the victim of a ‘smear campaign’ after she accused the director of raping her when she was a teenager." See: https://t.co/p3NTmQ1pll
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) May 14, 2024
Montage of world newspapers for Tuesday 14th May 2024


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