Jonathan Heawood

Jonathan Heawood is executive director of the Public Interest News Foundation and a senior research fellow at the University of Stirling, where he is researching the norms for the new public sphere. His book, 'The Press Freedom Myth', is published by Biteback.

Book review: ‘News for the rich, white and blue’

Nikki Usher offers a remarkable reimagining of the media ecosystem – and insights on how ‘news deserts’ could bloom again

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 2 Oct 2021

Book review: ‘News for the rich, white and blue’

We don’t need a public broadcaster – we need several

The BBC is struggling to serve a polarised audience. Is ending its monopoly the answer?

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 4 Mar 2020

We don’t need a public broadcaster – we need several

In a global game of thrones, we need new rules

Social media platforms are creating a new public sphere. But is it the public sphere we want or need?

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 26 Oct 2017

Why is the BBC giving licence fee cash to the companies who have slashed local journalism?

Under its new charter, the BBC will be subsidising Britain's biggest newspaper publishers.

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 1 Dec 2016

Did the UK's newspapers swing it for Brexit?

After a hard-fought referendum, it is time to look again at Leveson’s modest proposals for press regulation in the United Kingdom.

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 28 Jun 2016

Surveillance, privacy, and the British press

In the surveillance versus privacy debate that followed Snowden’s revelations, the UK government and the British press have been rather strange bedfellows.

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 27 Oct 2015

The price to pay for journalism?

This week’s incendiary claims by Peter Oborne on openDemocracy pose serious challenges not only for the Telegraph but for all news publishers and their readers.

By Jonathan Heawood

/ 19 Feb 2015