The first black journalist on British television says she’s ‘glad’ she was the victim of racism because she believes it has helped future generations. Barbara Blake Hannah, 79, made her television debut in 1968, however was let go from her job at Thames TV after bosses refused to renew her contract, and justified it with appalling racist … Read more
WHAT BOOK would journalist Sophia Money-Coutts take to a desert island? Sophia Money-Coutts reveals she is reading City Of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The book she’d take to a desert island is Bill Bryson’s Notes From A Big Country And tells how Richmal Crompton’s Just William stories first got her reading By Sophia Money-coutts For The … Read more
The BBC is cutting The Andrew Neil Show as the corporation culls a further 70 jobs in BBC News, taking the total number of redundancies to 520. Neil’s political programme has not been on the air during the coronavirus pandemic, but the broadcaster said the show will not return even as the crisis subsides. A BBC … Read more
A Chinese citizen journalist who uploaded coronavirus reports from Wuhan onto social media to criticise the city’s handling of the outbreak has been arrested, according to reports. The Shanghai resident Zhang Zhan, reportedly to be 40, was allegedly removed by police on Friday on suspicion of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, a broad-brush charge often … Read more
Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have forgiven his killers Khashoggi was hacked to pieces inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 Washington Post journalist had been critical of Crown Prince of the Kingdom CIA said it believed Mohammed bin Salman ordered his death Tonight, in the spirit of Ramadan, Khashoggi’s sons … Read more
Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have granted clemency to his killers By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp Published: 01:43 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 22 May 2020 The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday that they ‘forgive’ the killers of their father. ‘We the sons … Read more
Journalist, 29, who threatened to behead Christians with a scimitar he bought from Pakistan walks free from court Former Canberra journalist threatened to behead several Christians in 2019 James Michael Waugh, 29, sent threatening messages over social media One message was to a pastor telling him he would ‘cut him down like a dog’ By Kelsey Wilkie … Read more
A Chinese journalist who went missing for nearly two months after streaming videos from Wuhan has reappeared, and claims he was detained and forcibly quarantined by police. Li Zehua was one of three Chinese journalists reporting from Wuhan’s frontlines during its coronavirus epidemic who mysteriously disappeared. A former employee of state broadcaster CCTV, the 25 year … Read more
Tributes for Westminster journalist affectionately dubbed ‘Gobby’ who became thorn in side of countless ministers as he covered Downing Street for decades as he dies, aged 61 Paul Lambert started out as an electrician but later became a journalist He was based on Downing Street and known for his booming voice His daughter Danni announced … Read more
French journalist faces calls to be sacked for racism after saying ‘They are burying the Pokemons’ over footage of Chinese day of mourning for coronavirus dead BFMTV and business journalist Emmanuel Lechypre are branded ‘insensitive’ Lechypre admitted his comments were ‘totally inappropriate’ amid the outrage He said he didn’t realise his microphone was switched on at … Read more