The only way to save journalism is to cut out the advertisers. Here’s how to do it
A few media startups are leading the way and showing how not for profit journalism can be done.
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The Power of Documentary: A Look Back at the Films of John Pilger
A weekend at the British Library looked back on half a decade of incisive, groundbreaking and sometimes controversial video journalism.
Disney just bought Fox. But was Murdoch pressured to sell?
Public opposition to the Sky takeover could be forcing the media mogul to drastically scale back his empire.
Five times Katie Hopkins obviously should have been sacked – but wasn’t
A brief recap some of the bile and hatred Hopkins has spouted that show she is totally discredited as a ‘journalist’.
Harassment is rife in the media — and precarity only makes it worse
Precarious employment means women are less empowered to fight back against sexual harassment. This needs to change.
Murdoch’s bid to take over Sky just hit another wall
Culture secretary Karen Bradley has referred the 21st Century Fox bid to buy Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority.
Crisis in local news deepens as seven London titles close
The National Union of Journalists is calling for an urgent public enquiry as local news-gathering and scrutiny is decimated.
There’s no other way of saying it: internet giants are killing journalism
From ‘dark ads’ to political twitter bots, social media giants have been in the spotlight this week. But new research points to an even more worrying trend for our democracy – and one we need to talk about this electiontest
Geert Wilders is not the only Dutch candidate – enough with this demagogue-mania
Neo-fascism might be entertaining, but democracy matters more
Not all Trump scandals are equal. We must learn to discriminate
The media needs to separate wheat from chaff