Paul Lashmar is a Senior Lecturer and leads Journalism at the University of Sussex and he is also an investigative journalist and research academic. He has been on the staff of The Observer, Granada Television’s World in Action current affairs series and The Independent. He has also produced a number of TV programmes for BBC’s Timewatch and Channel 4’s Dispatches. Paul covered the ‘War on Terror’ for the Independent on Sunday from 2001-2007. His profile is here.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUndigested SnowdenThese pieces of research indicate a pattern of behavioural change that dampens dissent and resistance to overbearing...
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Published in: HomeNo more sourcesRevelations by Edward Snowden, National Security Agency dissident, have grave implications for the role of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe path to hell…. an investigative journalist’s view of LevesonThe Leveson inquiry and demands for tighter regulation have already led to a chilling effect in the British media....
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Published in: ourBeebTragedies of the fourth estate
The recent crises must be understood in light of systemic pressures on the BBC's resources and the wider struggle to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Future of Investigative Journalism: reasons to be cheerfulThe general consensus is that investigative journalism is in decline. Yet the future looks hopeful, with the rise of...