Professor Lis Howell is Director of Broadcasting in the Journalism Department at City University London. She was Head of News at Border Television and won a Royal Television Society award for leading the coverage of the Lockerbie disaster.
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Published in: ourBeebMyBBC: the problem with one to one newsThe BBC’s vision of a ‘personalised’ news service, allowing the user to filter bulletins according to their...
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Published in: ourBeebThe Whittingdale Eight: war or wisdom for the BBC?The government has set up an advisory panel for its review of the BBC Charter. So who will be leading this process?...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC's imaginary crossroadsTony Hall’s speech on March 2 was full of invented threats. This was a denial of the imminent need for change: the...
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Published in: ourBeebLess velvet glove, more iron fistThe new Chair of the BBC Trust Rona Fairhead has given her first public speech which was widely reviewed. Now the...
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Published in: ourBeebTo be or not to be – Diana Coyle as the next BBC Trust Chair?Diana Coyle has the brains and clear-sightedness to be what the BBC needs next.
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Published in: ourBeebA tale of two Jeremys - the boys' club at the BBCJeremy Paxman and Jeremy Clarkson have nothing in common - apart from being from the same tiny minority of white...