News BBC 'does not want to be the last PSB standing', says BBC director-general Mark Thompson defended BBC's standard of journalism despite recent job cuts in last night's inaugural Charles Wheeler memorial lecture By Judith Townend • 3 min read
News BBC director-general on social media use: 'You can't take BBC cloak off at will' Mark Thompson on BBC journalists who Twitter and why Robert Peston's blog is a 'web report' By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Paxman receives inaugural Charles Wheeler prize BBC director-general said neither Paxman nor the late Charles Wheeler possessed the 'embarassment gene' By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News City University's Adrian Monck to head World Economic Forum communications team Monck's new media experience will aid 'global conversation,'says Forum By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Journalism in Crisis 09: Kelvin MacKenzie on Eady's 'one-man' privacy campaign Nick Davies and MacKenzie joined lawyers on a lively panel at the Journalism in Crisis event By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Journalism in Crisis 09: 'Recognising one's subjectivity allows one to be fair' Ivor Gaber tells conference One can be fair and accurate while dismissing notion of 'one truth' says journalism professor By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Journalism in Crisis 09: Media in crisis faces five recurrent problems, says professor Problems in modern-day journalism not necessarily remedied by the web, suggests James Curran By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Journalism in Crisis 09: 'Fifth estate' models could aid investigative journalism in the UK, says Paul Lashmar A group of top UK investigative journalists are discussing the pros and cons of various approaches By Judith Townend • 3 min read
News New partnership between cit-J agency and pro-democracy site Demotix and OpenDemocracy will now share images and text resources By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Telegraph maintains silence on payment for MPs' expenses data In Thursday's BBC Question Time, Telegraph assistant editor, Benedict Brogan, maintained that it was his paper's right to protects its sources By Judith Townend • 3 min read
News Other media programmes 'dismissive' of stories that Woman's Hour covers, says Jenni Murray 'Informed' content gives the programme its edge despite cutbacks, says presenter By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Bloggers and journalists recognised at NCF Media Awards event A range of prizes were presented at this week's International Council for Press and Broadcasting event By Judith Townend • 1 min read
