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Report: Bosses ordered Newsnight to drop Jimmy Savile teen sex abuse report

Posted by Press Gazette on 10 February 2012 at 10:58
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Television

BBC bosses have been accused of ordering Newsnight to drop an investigation into claims Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused a teenage girl at Television Centre.

A report in today’s Daily Telegraph says the woman claimed Savile molested her when she was 14 or 15 after inviting her to recordings of the BBC 1970s family show Clunk Click. The accusations are detailed in this month’s Oldie Magazine.

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RTS Television Journalism Awards 2011: The full shortlist

Posted by Press Gazette on 8 February 2012 at 10:40
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, People, Television

The Royal Television Society has announced the shortlist for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2011.

The awards, which celebrate the “creative and excellent journalism in UK news and current affairs”, will be hosted by ITV newsreader Mark Austin and take place on Wednesday 22 February 2012 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

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Former BBC exec says one code of conduct needed for all journalists: print, broadcast and online

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 6 February 2012 at 12:56
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers

Former BBC executive Blair Jenkins has suggested all journalists -working across print, broadcast and online - should sign up to the same code of conduct.

The Editors’ Code currently primarily applies to print publications and their websites, though it can apply to website-only publications on a voluntary basis. (more…)

Templeton appointed UTV executive editor of news

Posted by William Turvill on 3 February 2012 at 11:47
Tags: Broadcast, Media Business, Radio, Television

UTV has appointed Belfast journalist Darwin Templeton as its new executive editor of news.

Templeton, who has more than 21 years of experience in journalism, will be responsible for the media company’s news output in Northern Ireland. (more…)

Kent Media Awards: full list of winners

Posted by William Turvill on 31 January 2012 at 10:15
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, People, Radio, Regional Newspapers, awards

BBC Radio Kent presenter Julia George received a double honour at this year’s Kent Media Awards.

As well as being named Journalist of the Year, George also won the Kent Broadcast Journalist of the Year award. (more…)

Alex Crawford to present Bob Friend Memorial Lecture

Posted by William Turvill on 27 January 2012 at 10:30
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism education, Television

The University of Kent has announced that Sky News’s Alex Crawford will present this year’s Bob Friend Memorial Lecture.

The special correspondent, who has been named Journalist of the Year on three occasions by the Royal Television Society, will deliver a keynote lecture entitled ‘Alex Crawford: A Reporter’s Story”.

The lecture, set to take place on 9 February, will also see Rob Kirk, the editorial development manager at Sky News, present a first-year student with the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship.

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Reuters targets consumer market with YouTube channel

Posted by Press Gazette on 19 January 2012 at 10:31
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, New Media, Television

Reuters has launched a new YouTube Channel called Reuters TV covering hard news, finance, politics, technology and special investigations.

Reuters said the channel marks its entry into the “rapidly growing business of online video programming” and that it employs a “creative editing style that is suited for internet programming and does not mimic traditional TV”. (more…)

French journalist killed in Syria

Posted by Jennifer Norton on 12 January 2012 at 11:50
Tags: Broadcast, International, Television

A French journalist was killed in Syria yesterday while covering pro-government demonstrations in the city of Homs.

Gilles Jacquier, a 43 year-old cameraman for France 2, was among a group of 15 foreign journalists on a trip authorised by President Assad when he was reportedly killed by a rocket grenade attack.

He is the first Western reporter to die in Syria since the uprising began in March last year.

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Mail: BBC had dropped Jimmy Savile teen sex investigation

Posted by Jennifer Norton on 9 January 2012 at 13:18
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Television

The BBC has abandoned a two-month inquiry into past sex allegations against the late Jimmy Savile, the Daily Mail reports.

According to the Mail, Newsnight reporters began researching claims the star behaved inappropriately towards teenage girls in the 1970s shortly after his death last October. (more…)

Guest blog: Media regulation is being overtaken by technology

Posted by Lara Fielden on 12 December 2011 at 17:12
Tags: Broadcast, Law

We’ve come a long way in the few short months since the full Hackgate scandal exploded, writes Press Gazette guest blogger Lara Fielden.

The immediate aftermath saw seismic criticism of self-regulation under the Press Complaints Commission, the departure of its chairman and demands for statutory press regulation. Punitive fines and effective licensing, akin to the model for broadcasting regulation, were the order of the day. (more…)

Kelvin MacKenzie: If I could revisit Hillsborough I would do it differently

Posted by Press Gazette on 8 December 2011 at 13:23
Tags: Broadcast, Television

Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie clashed with MP Chris Bryant on BBC’s Daily Politics show and also expressed remorse for some the things he did as an editor.

Asked by Andrew Neil if he felt an regret or remorse, he said: “Probably, yes I do.” (more…)

John Cleese disappointed in the British press and at not being hacked

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 6 December 2011 at 10:06
Tags: Broadcast, Law, Radio

Former Monty Python John Cleese has expressed his disappointment in the accuracy standards of the British Press and at not being among the News of the World’s estimated 5,700-strong list of phone-hack targets.

Interviewed by Mark Lawson for Radio 4’s Front Row, Cleese was asked if he had been told that his phone may have been hacked. “No, but I live in hopeful expectation because I would love to get money out of that bunch of bastards.” (more…)

Weekend catch-up: The ten biggest UK journalism stories of the week

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 2 December 2011 at 16:19
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Regional Newspapers

It’s been a busy week for journalism industry-related news - with most of the action going on over at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Leveson Inquiry. Here is a catch-up of what we think have been the 10 most significant stories of the week (click here for all our Leveson coverage): (more…)

Ofcom fines Press TV £100,000 over ‘unfair’ Iran demonstration report

Posted by Press Gazette on 1 December 2011 at 11:42
Tags: Broadcast, Television

Ofcom has fined UK-based Iranian satellite news channel £100,000 for being unfair to journalist Maziar Bahar in a 2009 report about unreset in Iran.

In summary Ofcom said: “On 1 July 2009, Press TV broadcast a news item that reported an attack that had taken place on 15 June 2009 on a Basij base in Tehran by the supporters of the unsuccessful Iranian presidential candidate, Mr Hossein Mousavi, during a post election demonstration. The item contained images of demonstrators throwing stones and what appeared to be petrol bombs at the buildings. (more…)

Report: Sky News brings in lawyers to ‘trawl the emails of star journalists’

Posted by Press Gazette on 22 November 2011 at 08:58
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Television

BSkyB has hired a law firm to “conduct a trawl of the emails of star journalists” working on Sky News, according to a report in the Independent.

The move was reportedly made to “ensure that there is no evidence of stories being obtained by illicit news-gathering methods”, enabling the company to give assurances to shareholders ahead of this week’s annual general meeting.

The Independent reports that Sky’s legal adviser Herbert Smith has been drafted in to conduct the “email audit”.

A BSkyB spokesman told the paper:

There has been no suggestion of any impropriety at Sky News. We remain committed to the highest standards.

Dorothy Byrne: Shorter Dispatches will make C4 more ‘fleet of foot’

Posted by Press Gazette on 9 November 2011 at 12:01
Tags: Broadcast, Television

Channel 4’s flagship investigative journalism series Dispatches is to switch from 30 mainly hour-long programmes a year to 40 half-hour programmes.

The broadcaster also this week revealed details of a £250,000 in a scheme to provide training for 20 people in broadcast investigative journalism over two years.

Full details in the press release here: (more…)

Report: ITN to take over Channel 5 News contract

Posted by Press Gazette on 4 November 2011 at 09:47
Tags: Broadcast, Television

ITN could be set to provide Channel 5’s news content again after the broadcaster reportedly agreed a deal to cancel its contract with Sky News.

According to The Guardian, Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has been in talks with Sky News about ending its £9m-a-year contract for more than a year, and his company Northern & Shell is now “in the final stages of discussions over a new deal” with ITN. (more…)

Results for the three months to 30 September show revenue up 9 per cent on tth4e same period last year to £1,657m and operating profit up 16 per cent to £295m. Full results statement here.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp owns 39 per cent of BSkyB.