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Russell T Davies, and reporting on when the BBC gets it wrong

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Reporting on the Cornell rape investigation; Woman’s Hour at 80; Anneka Rice

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Man City verdict, Dead Internet Theory, The Art of Casting

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Trump’s legal battle with White House press, the global media spotlight on the village of Piddington, Diana media narratives

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Is the right of reply under threat in the social media age?

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70 Up the final instalment of 7 Up, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on the BBC & how polling informs political media strategy?

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Reporting the Taliban, AI's "meat proxies" and The Grand Tour returns

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YouTube and the battle for television’s future

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Jason Arday: examining the media coverage after his death

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Jason Arday, Investigating Football, Broadcasters Moving to YouTube

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Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio

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Reporting the wildfires, Interviewing Elon Musk, CEO of Reach Piers North

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Andrew Neil, the PM and the press, AI actor Tilly Norwood

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Iain Dale, on a life in the media and politics, TV production rights, Trump subpoenas NYT journalists, BBC Annual Report

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Nigel Farage and the media, Prince Harry legal case, doorstepping

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Jamie Murray, Sky ITV deal, Building a media business

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Andy Burnham's media strategy, smart glasses and filming in public places, BBC Long Wave closes

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BBC cuts, Ritula Shah, Norma Percy, Filming protests

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Alex Kay-Jelski, World Cup coverage, Belfast reporting, Influencers in Russia

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Laura Kuenssberg, SNP embezzlement story, Rafa documentary, 60 Minutes

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Lord Grade, Media access to local councils, Vincent Bolloré profile, Reporting on the heatwave

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The new BBC Director General Matt Brittin, MAFS under investigation & Richard Madeley goes inside El Salvadore's CECOT mega jail

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Munya Chawawa; journalists and access to prisoners in jail; Family influencers and the boundaries of parenting online.

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AI judging journalists, the BBC’s “Wrong Guy”, Saudi Arabia's media strategy, covering climate change

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King Charles's US visit, attacks on journalists, I'm a Celeb editing row

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The future of teleshopping, Hungary's media post Orban defeat, Danny Robins from Uncanny, Mandelson vetting row scoop

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BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch

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Ronan Farrow on investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman, Misha Glenny, Bel Trew & Madhumita Murgia

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Scott Mills' exit & Tim Davie's final week at the BBC, AI-assisted journalism, new UK research project on teens & social media

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Matt Brittin profile, How to cold call a president, The Policing and Media Charter, Jamie Bartlett

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Bonus interview Lisa Nandy MP Culture Secretary

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Lisa Nandy on saving local news and the future of the BBC, reporting from inside Iran & behind the scenes at the Oscars

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The people shaping American media including Mehdi Hasan, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Smith and Johnny Harris

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Media coverage of Middle East conflict, Green Party’s by-election victory chances "missed" by journalists? Nonagenarian podcast

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Baftas fallout , Reporting on the Ukraine War four years on, the power of photography to capture the essence of a story

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MTV’s legacy, the new Lucy Letby documentary on Netflix and the traditional ad agency in crisis.

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Revelations about the Murdoch dynasty in new book, Reporting on the Starmer crisis, Washington Post cuts, Ofcom under scrutiny

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Tina Brown on the latest Epstein files, the boundaries of behind-the-scenes access in sport, reporting on a rocket launch

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Viral videos shaping reporting in Minnesota, Radio 1’s Christmas Presenter Takeover, Algorithm Transparency and Skyscraper Live

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Greenland coverage, Australia’s social media ban, Brand Beckham

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Grok AI, Media coverage of the Iran protests, Hamnet film producer Liza Marshall and inside prison radio

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US raid on Venezuela & what it says about military-media relations, Actors & AI, Influencers at Westminster & the lobby system

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How to Make a Hit TV Show

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Jeremy Vine’s legal battle, Bondi Beach attack coverage, , BBC charter renewal pressures, Trump’s $5bn lawsuit and microdramas

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The battle for Warner Bros, Eurovision controversy latest over Israel participation, festive TV battles and Meta’s pivot to AI.

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Ian Hislop, Gary Lineker's new podcast deal with Netflix, YouTubers filming drug and alcohol use in Manchester, football piracy

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The Reith Lecture row, Telegraph sale & CNN documentary MisinfoNation: White Genocide

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Manager of YouTube's Sidemen Jordan Schwarzenberger, BBC crisis latest, Ed Sheeran Netflix producer Ben Winston

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How do we fix the BBC?

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Mishal Husain, Andy Wilman and the Traitors Finale

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Play for Today relaunch, diversity in advertising, streaming consolidation, Bettany Hughes and Treasures of the World

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Reporting on the Prince Andrew scandal, 'slow journalism' and how AI is influencing how we consume news

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Reporting the Gaza ceasefire, Bari Weiss profile, Today in Parliament

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Steve Rosenberg, Zanny Minton Beddoes, new Victoria Beckham documentary and the ethics of secret filming

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TV rights and the Boat Race, conspiracy theories in the media ecosystem, Larry Ellison, Newspaper legal challenge to Reform UK

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Reporting on migrant hotels, Jimmy Kimmel's return, The Hack

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Guto Harri, James O Brien, Isabel Oakeshott on the Unite the Kingdom rally and the Charlie Kirk Shooting, Tim Davie

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Super Mario is 40, Russia Whatsapp ban, Murdoch succession, The media v The Judiciary?

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Reform UK media strategy, French Bloquons Tout protestors, new Vogue editor & the British journalist who interviewed Hitler.

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Noel Clarke libel case, AI articles, filming wildlife

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Trading off the news, Edinburgh TV Festival, how the global media covered White House peace talks

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Journalists in Gaza, AI Avatar, Housing Journalism, True Crime

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Return of MasterChef, No. 10's TikTok Strategy, Bluey on YouTube, Investigating Tesla

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Christiane Amanpour, Dead Internet Theory, Food journalism

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YouTube media coverage of Epping migrant hotel protests, Catholic influencers, Claims journalists in Gaza face starvation

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Afghan data breach superinjunction, Future of the BBC, Tour de France

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Gregg Wallace, The Salt Path, Oasis reunion tour, migrant small boats media coverage

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Broadcasting Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, Tim Franks, F1’s media strategy

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Jimmy Lai - media tycoon and political prisoner, the new Wargame podcast, Tattle Life gossip website

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Reporting on the Israel Iran conflict, influencers on the radio, Reddit at 20, Grenfell Uncovered documentary

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Sir Martin Sorrell on AI & Advertising, Dan Snow History Hit, the ethics of working with a convicted criminal to tell a story

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Reporting from the Hajj at Mecca, Katherine Maher from National Public Radio in America takes on President Trump's funding cuts

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Daytime TV crisis? Police media strategy shift after car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool FC parade, Simon Reeve

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Gary Lineker fallout

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The weather influencers taking social media by storm, Sir Peter Bazalgette, reporting the mushroom murder trial in Australia

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Self-professed media diva Tina Brown and Chris Best, cofounder of the publishing platform Substack

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Piers Morgan, the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on sex and gender for the media

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Pentagon leaks, reporting on the death of the Pope, Genius Game

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Reporting on the British Steel crisis, should we 'ditch' intellectual property law? and Saturday Night Live for Britain?

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IPL cricket , the end of The Lady magazine, Tech bro profile Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, impact of tariffs on TV and the streamers

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Impact of Adolescence drama, Nintendo Switch 2 launch, The Young Turks

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Peter Kosminsky, AI and publishing, Media crackdown in Turkey

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Welfare reform coverage, Michael Jackson documentary, cuts to US-backed overseas media

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New Facebook memoir, TV show Chess Masters, books to films at London Book Fair

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White House press access, Kursk documentary, Jeff Bezos's new rules for the Washington Post

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Mehdi Hasan, BBC Gaza doc controversy, Peter Thiel profile

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Media diplomacy, The New Yorker at 100, Sam Altman profile

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In the room with Trump and Musk, BBC Media Action answers its critics, what makes tech bros tick?

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Future-proofing media

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China's AI win, transparency in family courts, refugee life close up

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Prince Harry settles, Gaza ceasefire coverage, Children’s TV

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Reporting the LA Fires, AI Michael Parkinson, US TikTok ban approaches

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Uncovering the grooming gangs, Meta ditches fact checkers, Grand Theft Auto 6

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PR v journalism, Post Office drama one year on, predictions for 2025

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CNN Syria Report, Health Misinformation, Time Person of the Year

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Media in the new Syria, how to be an online investigator, can you copyright a vibe?

97

How to interview Anna Wintour, welfare on TV sets, where to start with Reddit

98

The end-of-life influencer, Christmas adverts, Mishal Husain leaves the BBC

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Investigating abuse in the Church of England, Tyson vs Paul, NYT Games, Leaving X for Bluesky

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How to cover Trump now, Taskmaster creator Alex Horne and who will replace Gary Lineker?