Recent years have been pretty dire for the BBC. The Jimmy Savile revelations, the Newsnight/Lord McAlpine debacle, the ignominious fall from grace of Director-General George Entwistle after just 54 days in the hot seat and the scandal of the top executives' pay-offs have all seriously damaged public trust in the Corporation. But as the BBC heads for negotiations on the new licence fee and charter renewal (both due in 2017) and the country prepares for a general election in 2015, the issues confronting the Corporation concern us all. Is the BBC in Crisis? is edited by Professor Richard Tait, former Editor-in-Chief of ITN and BBC Trustee, with academics John Mair and Professor Richard Lance Keeble. It brings together an unprecedented galaxy of movers and shakers (past and present) in British broadcasting - top politicians, experienced broadcasters, academics, PR experts, opinion pollsters and media campaigners - to debate the controversies and offer solutions: Michael Grade (Lord Grade of Yarmouth), former Chairman of both the BBC and ITV, former BBC Director of Television and Chief Executive of Channel 4, contributes an Introduction in which he makes a radical proposal for the future structure of the Corporation. In addition: Andrew Scadding, BBC Head of Corporate Affairs, on why, despite some tough times, the BBC's best years lie ahead of it. Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England, on the BBC's cultural mission. David Liddiment, BBC Trustee 2006-2014, former Network Controller ITV 1997-2002, on a revitalised governance system. Sir Howard Davies, Director of the LSE 2003-2011, on the 'need for clarity at the Corporation'. David Elstein, Chief Executive of Channel 5 1996-2000, on the licence fee. Tim Suter, Head of Broadcasting Policy DCMS 2002-2003, on 'A crisis of independence'. Vin Ray, 23 years with BBC and founding Director of the College of Journalism, on 'Thirteen days in the life of Newsnight'. Alice Enders, Senior Media Analyst at Enders Analysis, on 'What Britons think of the BBC'. Peter Preston, media columnist, the Observer, Editor, the Guardian 1975-95, on 'hard thinking ahead for the BBC'. Other contributors Professor Steven Barnett, Fiona Chesterton, Bernard Clark, Tara Conlan, Professor Tim Crook, Farrukh Dhondy, Torin Douglas, Atholl Duncan, David Edwards and David Cromwell, Professor Suzanne Franks, Phil Harding, Nicholas Jones, Professor Justin Lewis, Professor David Lloyd, Richard Peel, Professor Julian Petley, Professor Jean Seaton, Raymond Snoddy, Professor Brian Winston.

The threat of terrorism and the increasing power of terrorist groups has prompted a rapid growth of the security services and changes in legislation, permitting the collection of communications data. This provides journalism with acute dilemmas. The media claims responsibility for holding power to account, yet cannot know more than superficial details about the newly empowered secret services. This book is the first to analyze, in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA revelations, relations between two key institutions in the modern state: the intelligence services and the news media. It provides the answers to crucial questions including: how can power be held to account if one of the greatest state powers is secret? How far have the Snowden/NSA revelations damaged the activities of the secret services? And have governments lost all trust from journalists and the public?

You can run a profitable writing business at home. In "Freelance Writing for the 21st Century," Denise Rutledge shows you how. She spent 25 years in another career until she discovered in 2007 that a new world of prospects had opened for freelance writers. It is a world she has embraced, and one you may as well

This book shares the writing opportunities that have worked effectively for Rutledge over the past six years. Yet more than this, she shares how to think like a freelance writing entrepreneur. She walks you through everything from evaluating whether you're cut out for freelancing, to strategies for staying compliant with the IRS.

She shares tactics for finding clients and how to deal with them after you find them. She shares tips for how to make pricing decisions. And you'll learn how to keep distractions from sidelining your productivity.

What you find between the pages of this book will help you bring your writing skills into the 21st century.

Most of the public and academic debate over the media in Britain focuses on the national state-of-play - as a result, the local media are marginalised or ignored all-together. The second edition of What Do We mean By Local? (edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble with Neil Fowler) tackles that problem head-on: both analysing and celebrating the local media - in its historical, national and international contexts - with all its extraordinary diversity and current dilemmas. Bringing together the work of top academics and journalists, it amounts to the most comprehensive survey of local media in the UK ever published. A number of contributors highlight the rise of hyperlocals across the country. Could the industry be on the cusp of a revival? Former Guardian editor Peter Preston focuses on the role newspapers still hold within local communities; David Baines deconstructs the industry's narrative of victimisation while New York University academic Jay Rosen provides a US perspective, arguing for a '100 per cent solution for innovation in the news'. In addition, this edition of What Do We Mean By Local? incorporates many new and many updated chapters: They include: Matthew Engel painting a colourful picture of his life and times in the industry 'D Notice' Secretary Andrew Vallance on the highs and lows of editing a parish magazine David Banks, former tabloid editor, on the pleasures of editing a free e-paper with 500 subscribers Other contributors are: Andrew Adamson, Marc Astley, Simon Bucks, Ian Carter, Jim Chisholm, Barnie Choudhury, Tor Clark, Richard Coulter, Andrew David, Tim Dickens, Tom Felle, Neil Fowler, Alan Geere, Agnes Gulyas, Lee Hall, Ross Hawkes, David Hayward, David Jackman, Nick Jones, Thomas Joseph, Stuart Littleford, Anthony Longden, Tim Luckhurst, James Marley, John Meehan, Chris Oakley CBE, Damian Radcliffe, Mike Rawlins, Paul Robertson, Max Sydney-Smith, Bob Satchwell, Richard Tait CBE, Sir Ray Tindle and Mark Woodward "Totally fascinating for anyone committed to, or interested in, the importance of regional reporting and accountability" Michael Wilson, Managing Director of UTV Television

One of the effects of digital technologies in our lives has been to speed up the pace of everythingfrom the way we communicate with each other to the way we receive and process news. This sense of speed, urgency and immediacy, which was always part of news production, has been taken almost to an extreme by digital communication. It's no longer enough to get the facts or to be a great reporter and writer. There are new demands in the digital world that leave so many aspiring journalists feeling overwhelmed and unprepared! Writing and Reporting for Digital Media proves that as a journalist-in-training, many skills that students already possess can be re-directed into more professional and organized applications. Writing and Reporting for Digital Media prepares students to: Develop the basic skills for reporting and writing for digital media Use digital technologies, as they relate to news gathering and multimedia production Develop storytelling skills as they relate to digital imaging, data visualization, and web-delivery applications Gather accurate and thorough information for news stories for print and electronic formats Conduct interviews in a professional and unbiased way Be an effective news reporter, including the basics of daily beat coverage Compelling news stories and profiles, tips, and suggestions from reporters and media professionals give real-world insight into the life of a journalist.

Gene Minshall was born, raised, and educated in a state he admits is a little off the beaten path. A small town (pop. 300) in an area of Montana called by the National Geographic as the "Last Real America." He has taken this environment of integrity, realistic values and straight thinking and applied them to his chosen profession: TELEVISION JOURNALISM. Having worked as a producer, reporter, and news director for 15 years, Minshall was honored as a Knight Fellow for the United States State Department. Consulting television stations in the 3rd World, Minshall encourage less bias and propaganda in their newscasts. Viewers, previously under the communist thumb received untainted and professionally presented newscasts (often for the first time) under Minshall's guidance. In this publication, (his third book), The BLISS & BLUES of TV NEWS, Gene once again continues his efforts to share his thoughts, experiences, and knowledge in an attempt to shake up our traditional Broadcast News Media with his Ten Terrible Truths of Local TV News. This book was written to inspire a new balance of newscasts currently replete with crime and accidents, with stories of hope and survival for a greater day.

The Craft of Quoting helps student-writers develop the ability to use quotes in such a way that their readers "hear" and "feel" what the speaker is saying and understand its relevance to the topic at hand. Students will learn how to write quotes with style, clarity, and consistency. The book provides clear guidelines for mechanical correctness, appropriate attribution, and paraphrasing. The use of paragraph breaks for stylistic purposes is also addressed. In addition, The Craft of Quoting sets out twelve "quote-nots" that help students avoid the common pitfalls of using quotes in written work, as well as nine essential quote patterns that enhance efficacy and impact. The Craft of Quoting also addresses the importance of ethics in writing, especially as these relate to plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Practical and concise, The Craft of Quoting is ideally suited to journalism students whose reporting involves interviewing sources. It is also an excellent tool for second-tier writing classes in which students explore other people's thoughts and feelings in their work.

Writing for Magazines in the UK: how to get paid to write. A short, punchy guide to article and feature writing and how to earn money from it. * Article writing: the practicalities: how to find topics and magazines to write for. * Top tips on approaching editors. * Articles writing: research, style and being professional. * What does a rejection really mean? * Planning ahead: being businesslike: how to get paid to write. Contains bonus fiction samples. What people have said I wish I'd had the benefit of Ellie Stevenson's booklet when I was just starting out as a writer. It tells you things you didn't even realise you needed to know. Gill Sharp, published writer of educational books, materials and resources. This guide punches above its weight. Armed with the advice it gives, I now have the confidence to approach magazine editors. Debbie Steel, freelance careers writer. Recommended, gives you all the information you need in a punchy, readable style. Alison Dixon, CWA and author of Which A Levels?

Dorothy Byrne Head of News and Current Affairs Channel Four Hugo De Burgh Professor & Director China Media Centre University of Westminster Bob Calver Birmingham City University Duncan Campbell Former Crime Correspondent, The Guardian Damian Paul Carney, Principal Lecturer Portsmouth University Bernard Clark Inventor Watchdog BBC, Hard News Channel Four Tor Clark De Montfort University Paul Connew, Former Editor Sunday Mirror Peter Cole Professor Former Editor Sunday Correspondent, Deputy Editor The Guardian Jon Eilenberg Brunel University Sir Harold Evans Former Editor Sunday Times/Times Tom Felle Leader Journalism University of Limerick Chris Frost Professor Liverpool John Moores University Ivor Gaber Professor City University Phil Harding former Controller, Editorial Policy BBC Huw Hopkins Writer and Journalist John Jewell, Cardiff Centre for Journalism Nicholas Jones, former BBC industrial and political corr. Paul Marsden Coventry University Deidre O'Neill Principal Lecturer Journalism Leeds Trinity University Dr Eamonn O'Neill Strathclyde University Natalie Peck Researcher Hacked Off Campaign Julian Petley Professor of Screen Media Brunel University Dominic Ponsford, Editor Press Gazette Peter Preston Former Editor The Guardian Richard Sambrook, Director Centre for Journalism Cardiff University former Director News, Director Sport and Director Global News BBC Raymond Snoddy Former Media Editor The Times, Presenter Hard News Channel Four/Newswatch BBC News Mick Temple Professor Staffordshire University John Tulloch Professor Lincoln University

This special edition of Ethical Space addresses the lack of ethnic diversity in the British media. With a focus on newspapers, the book identifies the reasons for a shortage of minority ethnic groups in mainstream journalism and newsroom management. It also considers the effects of this shortage on media representations of minority groups. The project arose from an Economic and Social Research Council-funded seminar series on Widening Ethnic Diversity in Journalism. The seminars were unique in assembling diverse perspectives and fostering interactions across the social, industrial, academic and educational landscape. The contributors to this special double edition reflect this diversity by representing key dimensions of the subject: the mainstream and minority ethnic media industry, journalism education and academic research. While focusing mainly on the British context, the volume also contains a major section on international perspectives and outcomes which echo several issues about workforce diversity identified in the UK news industry. The aims of this book are to: assess industry-led strategies to address under-recruitment of Black and ethnic minority (BEM) journalists; to facilitate dialogue between educators, employers and BEM representatives about increasing BEM recruitment; advance scholarship about under-representation of BEM groups; identify policies and schemes to attract BEM recruitment into key roles in the media; and inform the development of policy and practice in government, media industries and journalism education and training to increase the representation of Black and ethnic minority communities in mainstream newsrooms and raise their participation and profile in civil society. Guest editors: David Baines leads the Journalism section of the Media and Cultural Studies group at Newcastle University while Deborah Chambers is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University