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
Iranian journalist is sentenced to death three years after he inspired anti-government protests Ruhollah Zam had run a website posting information about Iranian officials He lived and worked in exile in Paris before returning to Iran & being arrested His death sentence was announced on Tuesday morning By Ap Published: 14:08 BST, 30 June 2020 … 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 granted clemency to 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, … 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: 01:43 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
A Spanish news anchor was caught out by eagle-eyed viewers when they spotted a semi-naked woman, believed not be his ‘Big Brother’ star girlfriend, walking behind him while he was live on air. Alfonso Merlos, 41, was hosting on the Estado de Alarma channel live on YouTube from his home, but was oblivious to what was … Read more
Studio 10’s Kerri-Anne Kennerley is caught insulting a journalist in a ‘hot mic’ outburst as her co-hosts are left SHOCKED during a news bulletin By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:41 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 03:45 BST, 24 April 2020 She has worked in the media for more than five decades, … 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
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