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Innovating Media for Public Life
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Joined May 2008
Interviewed on the Today programme @BBCRadio4 #r4today this morning, Harvard University professor Steven Pinker (@sapinker), who is giving the #OrwellLecture this evening in London, was asked about freedom of speech in the context of the possible corruption of science. The
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Overall themes of ‘The Role of the New Fourth Estate Renewing Democracy’ are: 1: What does a democracy-supporting news and information environment look like? And how do new and established news providers work together to deliver it? 2: What might sustainable media models for
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The Ditchley Foundation hosts (4–6 December, Oxfordshire) ‘The Role of the New Fourth Estate Renewing Democracy’ with speakers including Ceri Thomas, Noreen Gillespie, Vilas S. Dhar, Dr Felix M. Simon, Professor Piotr Wilczek, and Peter Munford
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This conference grappled with the critical juncture of media and democracy. Discussions centred on how the media landscape, facing challenges like…
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Government needs to recognise that the market is failing in journalism, and the #CairncrossReview pointed out the need for in/direct support for local journalism; but they need to reward the innovators and not be propping up the old models – @AdamC_Corn of @TheBristolCable #BBCPM
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We each learn form the experience of others, historical and imaginary, which is why the idea that the arts don’t matter and can be cut in schools is so stupid – Pat Barker / You should read, as you can hold the whole world your hand – Lee Child #R4OpenBook
https://t.co/azvVKYBl4X
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An audience doesn't exist: it is a collection of human beings. ‘There is no such thing as a bad audience, only a bad performance’ / The British never criticise the ‘cultural appropriation’ of Shakespeare – theatre director Peter Brook on #BBCFrontRow
https://t.co/Nqpw30AnNv
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BBC Radio 4 Today Student Journalism Awards 2019: Journalist of the Year @HamzahAbbas_; Visual Journalist: Ollie Cameron; Publication: ‘The Boar’; Critic: @JohnMaier_; Broadcaster: @GeeStewardson; Programme: ‘A week in Concrete’ #r4today
https://t.co/KP3FLM3ZAR
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Mark Thompson, President and CEO of The @NYTimes Company, and former BBC DG, will deliver the 2019 Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture for the Royal Television Society (@RTS_media ), 24/9, with proceeds going to #RTSSteveHewlettFund scholarships https://t.co/sMWMLFdg0R
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Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World: @Tortoise’s James Harding convenes discussion @BBCRadio4, TX 09:00, with Robert @Peston The Atlantic’s @HelenLewis Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) @BBCMarkMardell and @VICEUK’s Gavin Haynes https://t.co/IK7tf2tMah (cc @micycle)
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Discussion of Apple's soon-to-be announced entertainment service on #r4oday with David Abrahams and Sophie Curtis (@scurtsy), 08:25, on the competition, value to UK Creative Industries, implications for public service broadcasting, and regulating which platforms are pre-installed
I’ll be on the Today Programme this morning talking about Apple’s rumoured Netflix rival and other subscription services. BBC Radio 4 at 8.20 if you’re interested!
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Masthead Reporting Residency: @TheAtlantic launches a reader-funded, US-based, 3-month residency to cultivate emerging writers as a new generation of public-service journalists, developing a portfolio piece or series; with a $15K stipend https://t.co/8Ta458nM3S
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Computer and full-motion video games aren't new, but seamless branching video can now be accessed at home. It’s never going to replace traditional story-telling, and I'm still writing linear narratives – @charltonbrooker on #Bandersnatch on #R4FrontRow
https://t.co/LmJRAHpwl4
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News Impact Summit (Cardiff) today on Local News & Community Engagement and 'challenges and opportunities that will define the future of regional, local, and hyperlocal news'; supported by @GoogleNewsInit and European Journalism Centre (@ejcnet) https://t.co/u3D8f5F6Hn
#NISCDF
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#ModMag London 2018 hosted by @magCulture takes place @ConwayHall, 1/11, with speakers inc. @NatGeo @ELLEUK @AIGAeyeondesign @MundialMag @couriermedia @the_wing @goodtroublemag @sabatmagazine @adancemag @ghil5; hosted by @LivSiddall and @JeremyLeslie_
https://t.co/DNsEkFMaKX
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Media Reform Coalition Special Meeting on the #CairncrossReview this evening @BirkbeckUoL with Dr @martinjemoore Dr Angela Phillips (@AngelaELL) Kerry-Ann Mendoza @TheCanaryUK Michelle Stanistreet and Jim Cusick
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Granada Television was the most innovative TV company in the '60s. There was a cultural revolution in the northern cities and move from London. TV and newspapers were vigorous and exploratory; newspapers don’t exist now – Michael Parkinson #R4SaturdayLive
https://t.co/oAoD7SKFul
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Beyond 800 words: @bbcrd exec producer @tristanf on prototyping story formats for news for 18–26 y/olds around concepts of Expander (embedded context), Incremental (choose your own format), Viewpoints (swiping opinions) and Fastforward (scrollable video) https://t.co/h5xS6vCiTx
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Publishing isn’t the mighty cash cow it once was and, thus, it’s a hugely creative and innovative time says Jeremy Leslie @magCulture to @ClerkenwellPost. The tactile nature of magazines, the way they attack in a multi-sensory way is unobtainable online https://t.co/P6Qh2PFZfZ
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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles R&D sessions hosted by @KTNUK across UK to address previously unexplored areas, and build on strengths, to maintain UK lead in this sector; will also be opportunities for pitching, and 1:1 meetings with other participants
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#R4LastWord obit for publisher Peter Mayer, who transformed moribund @PenguinUKBooks by contracting authors for hard- as well as paperback, embracing 'low' as well as 'high' culture, expanded abroad, and working relentlessly – and stood up for free speech
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