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Nick Davies, Bad News: Benn Journalism Lecture 2009

Tony Gosling | 28.11.2009 20:38 | Analysis | Other Press

Commercial imperatives elbowing out truth in the UK media. Nick Davies reviews media lies and the state of Journalism in Britain today - at the Bristol Arnolfini Arts Centre last Thursday evening.

Nick Davies, award-winning Guardian investigative journalist and author delivers the fourth in this series of annual lectures, hosted by the National Union of Journalists and Arnolfini, which aim to open up a public conversation about the most important media issues of our time. Nick has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. A former reporter for World in Action, he won the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools. His recent book Flat Earth News lifts the lid off falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media.

Tony Gosling
- Homepage: http://www.bristolnuj.org.uk/

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Article about this lecture

28.11.2009 21:12

New ideas for a responsible press

NEW ways to regulate the British press have been suggested following a talk by Nick Davies, the renowned journalist and media commentator, at a packed event organised by Bristol NUJ.

Delivering the fourth annual Benn Lecture, now one of the most important events on the Bristol media calendar, Nick Davies called for a genuinely independent body which will take real action when newspapers publish untrue or damaging stories.

 http://www.bristolnuj.org.uk/2009/11/27/new-ideas-for-a-responsible-press/

TG
- Homepage: http://www.bristolnuj.org.uk/2009/11/27/new-ideas-for-a-responsible-press/


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  1. See also... — Chris
  2. Propoganda — quoting Jonathan Cook