Tag Archives: Journalism

People Not Power: Reclaim the Media

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Any journalist can vouch that the phone hacking scandal is news that just won’t go away. Student journalists are constantly bombarded with awkward jokes and serious considerations in each module; on the first day of my course our tutor joked: … Continue reading →

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"This house believes whistleblowers make the world a safer place" – review of the New Statesman and Frontline Club debate

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Most people would agree with the claim of Sir David Richmond, former director of defence and intelligence at the Foreign Office, that the ethical crux of the whistleblowing question lies in the tension between the public’s need to be properly … Continue reading →

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In defence of Julian Assange: a response to Esther Addley’s review of the whistleblowing debate in The Guardian

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

On the evening of Saturday, 9th April, guardian.co.uk, that bastion of liberal thought, published an article entitled, “Julian Assange claims Wikileaks is more accountable than governments”. (http://bit.ly/gJT8iH) Written by Esther Addley, it reviewed Saturday’s debate on whistleblowing, organised by the … Continue reading →

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