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: openDemocracyUKHello James Harding, the new head of BBC NewsNews is the most vulnerable area for the BBC. Some advice to James Harding as he starts his job: decentralise, but...
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Published in: ourBeebJimmy Savile and why the BBC must change
The UK's Jimmy Savile scandal is hugely important. The most popular working class hero is now revealed to be a...
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Published in: ourBeebOurBeeb forum session 1: funding and the licence fee
On 31 October 2012, OurBeeb held a day-forum at King’s College London to discuss the future of the BBC. Full audio...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWait! Leveson must delay his report on the UK press
Lord Justice Leveson's public inquiry into UK press standards is about to report. But the unfolding crisis shaking...
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Published in: ourBeebHow much do journalism students know about who runs the BBC?
Deputy Head of Broadcasting at City University's famous journalism school Lis Howell interrogates her postgraduate...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAt last regional news is sexy!
British local media is in trouble, we need a much more lively and intelligent approach than just government cuts and...