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WHEN S TA R S A RE F O R MED
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FOREWORD
“
The 30 To Watch:
Young Journalist Awards exist
because we believe passionately
that young talent is reshaping
the news industry, and those
journalists’ achievements must
be celebrated and rewarded.
”
Ian Kirby
Head of Strategic Media Unit, Engine MHP
The head of MHP’s Strategic
Media Unit, Ian Kirby, reflects
on why, despite gloomy
headlines, these awards are
a reassuring sign that the
future of UK journalism is
in good health.
The 30 To Watch: Young Journalist Awards exist because
we believe passionately that young talent is reshaping the
news industry, and those journalists’ achievements must
be celebrated and rewarded.
After a difficult decade, shaped by the accelerating decline
in newspaper circulation, the rise of ‘fake news’ and attacks
on journalism by politicians – some parts of the news media
industry are beginning to show encouraging signs of recovery.
After years of losses, The Guardian turned a working profit.
Regional news’ decline is starting to bottom out, with some
innovative editors finding new ways to reach their audiences
and a growth in community newspapers replacing older
traditional titles. Radio has begun a renaissance, with talented
younger reporters dominating high-profile slots that have for
too long been held by older, less innovative colleagues, and
podcasting enjoying strong growth.
The rapid rise at the BBC of Tina Daheley, who is presenting this
evening’s 30 To Watch Awards and is one of the most listened-to
presenters on British radio, is a great example of this.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reported last
year that the appetite for digital news continued to grow rapidly,
with more people prepared to pay for news in a format that
suited them.
The bottom line is this: there is more news in the UK than
ever before and it is being consumed in more ways.
FOREWORD
continued
The entries for this year’s awards reflect In addition, we are grateful to Angus
the breadth of the news industry’s MacSwan, Chief Desk Editor – EMEA
output, from photo essays on India’s at Reuters, who reviewed entries in the
race to become a global economic Foreign and International category; Jo
powerhouse to gritty investigations into Willey, a freelancer who has written on
knife crime in the UK. This year the 30 To health for a wide variety of titles; Liam
Watch judges assessed a record 1,850 Kennedy, Editor of Investments and
pieces of work from 395 entrants and Pensions Europe; and Debbie Ramsay,
were blown away by the variety and Editor at BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat and
quality of work submitted. 1Xtra News.
To select the winners, we initially It was a difficult process and all our
assessed work against five criteria – winners showed they have huge promise
impact, imagination, innovation, for the future and we shall follow their
integrity and impression - to determine careers with interest.
which entries really stood out. Then our
I believe journalism is the best career in
external judges, all experienced
the world. There is nothing else to match
journalists, picked the final 30 To Watch,
the thrill of seeing the story you have
from whom we selected our eight Gold
sweated over, or that simply landed in
Winners (one in each category).
your lap, dominating the news agenda.
We are very grateful to our external And it is a job that often carries great
judging panel for their help and risk. The death of 29-year-old Lyra
expertise in selecting this year’s 30 McKee, shot while covering a riot in
To Watch winners. It was particularly Londonderry, demonstrates this.
pleasing to welcome four former 30 The murder of a reporter by terrorists
To Watch Gold Winners on to our panel. in the United Kingdom is a stark warning
They were Peter Campbell, Motor that seeking the truth is not universally
Industry Correspondent at the Financial welcomed, but it must continue, without
Times; Finola Miles, Senior Producer for fear or favour.
ITV News; Tolani Shoneye, freelancer
and host of The Receipts podcast; and
John Stevens, Deputy Political Editor
at the Daily Mail.
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TI N A TO N Y
DA H E LE Y GA LL AG H E R
Tina is the main news Tony has been the Editor-in-
presenter on Zoe Ball’s Chief of The Sun newspaper
“
Breakfast Show on Radio 2 . since 2015. His illustrious
She joined the BBC in 2007 journalistic career also
and has established herself includes the editorship of
as an accomplished the Daily Telegraph and a
presenter working across year as Joint Deputy Editor
Bizarre, brilliant, news, sport and current
affairs. She has presented
of the Daily Mail. He has
delivered numerous scoops
erudite, brash, thoughtful
BBC Breakfast, The Victoria throughout his newspaper
Derbyshire programme and career. In 2009, while
the main BBC News bulletins, Deputy Editor of the
and passionate. as well as being a news Telegraph, Tony led the
presenter on Radio 1 and paper’s award-winning
”
Radio 1Xtra. Tina is also one coverage of the MPs’
of the regular hosts of the expenses scandal.
Today Programme’s
Beyond Today podcast.
Tina Daheley photo credit: Joseph Sinclair
Adam Batstone
Director of Strategic Media Unit, Engine MHP
In 2012, when MHP staged the first ever We are deeply indebted to the efforts of Callum Mason revealed the extent to
30 To Watch: Young Journalist Awards, our external judges, who volunteered to which travel and hotel booking websites
things were rather different than they give their time to do this. Many of them are misleading customers in his series
are today. Back then the entries were are former 30 To Watch winners who for Money Saving Expert.
chosen by MHP staff, who picked out the appreciate the value of recognising
For the first time, 30 To Watch has a
names of young reporters and writers young talent and encouraging people
Foreign and International category.
they admired and who looked like they at the beginning of their careers.
Entries were judged by experienced
may be under 30 years old.
The work submitted is an interesting foreign correspondent Angus MacSwan
In the intervening seven years, things have reflection of the times that we are living of Reuters and MHP Media Director, Keith
come a long way. Journalists nominate in. Frequently, those issues can be Gladdis, who reported from around the
themselves (or in an increasing number depressing; for example, the proliferation world while at the Daily Mail. They were
of cases, are nominated by their peers), of knife crime, particularly among young impressed by Sarah Maslin’s work for
the competition is more intense and the people in urban areas. From our winners, The Economist in Latin America, where
judging process is far more rigorous. And the work done by Noel Phillips for the she covered issues including El Salvador’s
what that means for the 30 journalists BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme or gang problem, and Joe Wallen’s reporting
whose work we are celebrating this by Kumba Kpakima for Sky News has told for the Telegraph on the abuse of
evening is that they can be extremely this story from the perspective of those migrants in Morocco.
proud of winning a 30 To Watch Award. living on the margins of society.
The UK news agenda in 2019 has been
One aspect of the awards that remains Mental health has also been a recurring dominated by Brexit and plenty of entries
unchanged – and is a key element of their theme. The scale of the problem facing in the Politics, Financial and Business
value – is our intention to identify young people of all ages is daunting – perhaps categories reflected that fact. Matthew
rising stars who show plenty of promise, we should take comfort from the fact that Dathan in The Sun chronicled the behind-
but are not necessarily well-known taboo subjects are now being openly the-scenes wrangling as Theresa May tried
names. We are also committed to discussed. Eve Simmons’ article for the to persuade MPs to back her deal. The
ensuring that 30 To Watch remains free Mail on Sunday about normalising talking BBC’s Joe Miller exposed the shambolic
to enter. Life’s hard enough on a junior to strangers was a great example of contract plan for Seaborne Freight.
reporter salary without having to pay an unusual approach to the subject.
Ashna Hurynag is a winner in the Business
to enter awards. And we are equally
And the issue of bullying and harassment and Consumer category for her work for
committed to recognising journalists
featured a lot among the entries. Laura regional ITV News. Ashna’s investigations
working outside the mainstream media
Hughes at the Financial Times and Jen span a variety of topics but our judges
– whether that means from trade titles,
Frost from Insurance Post highlighted the were impressed with her work, which
a lesser-known website or publication,
gloomy reality of life for many women in lifted the lid on our plastic pollution
or an emerging format like a podcast.
junior roles at Westminster and the Bank problem, and asked whether best
This year’s awards have attracted a of England. Annabelle Collins lifted the lid before dates could be damaging to
record-breaking number of entries: 395 on the toxic culture at Sheffield’s Clinical the environment.
in total, from 143 media brands in the UK Commissioning Group in the Health
Entries for next year’s 30 To Watch:
and abroad, ranging from the BBC, CNN Service Journal.
Young Journalist Awards will open in
and The Economist, to DIVA magazine,
The judges were pleased to see examples early 2020. Follow us on Twitter @mhpc
GQ, and Somerset Live.
of thorough investigations turning into
The number of entries is gratifying, great stories – notably, Geraldine
reflecting as it does the growing McKelvie on child abuse rings in Telford
significance of these awards, but for the Sunday Mirror, Krystina Shveda’s
it also means that our judges had to number crunching for The Sunday Times
work through a mountain of material – on the state of UK policing, and Serina
nearly 2,000 separate articles, videos, Sandhu getting into the weeds of
podcasts and photographs. Universal Credit and Pension Credit
controversies for The i Paper/inews.co.uk.
EXTERNAL JUDGES
DEBBIE FINOLA TO L A N I ANGUS
R A M SAY M I LE S SHONEYE M AC SWA N
Debbie has more than a Finola was gold winner at Tolani is a journalist, Angus is Chief Desk Editor
decade of experience with the 30 To Watch Awards digital content creator and (EMEA) at Reuters. He
young audiences. She runs in 2017. She is a rising star podcaster who was a joined Reuters from AFP
the Newsbeat team of at ITV News, where her Gold Winner in the 2018 in 1984 and has extensive
journalists, who provide responsibilities include 30 To Watch Awards. overseas experience
news and make sense of weekend programmes and She worked for BuzzFeed across the globe, including
the world for the BBC’s the ITV Lunchtime News. before becoming a the Philippines, Central
flagship multi-platform She began her journalism freelancer specialising in America, Thailand,
youth outlets – Radio 1 and career in local TV and is a lifestyle content, including Cambodia, Brazil, Libya,
Radio 1Xtra – reaching passionate advocate for fashion, beauty and Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Spain
8 million 16-24 year olds young people setting out relationships. She is co- and Portugal. In the course
every week. on their media careers. host of The Receipts of his career Angus has
podcast. covered landmark stories
Debbie helped to judge Finola helped to judge
including the election of
the News, and Campaigns entries in the News Tolani helped judge
Nelson Mandela and
& Investigations categories category of this year’s entries in the Culture,
Guantanamo Bay.
for this year’s 30 To Watch 30 To Watch Awards. Entertainment and
Awards. Lifestyle category of Angus helped judge
this year’s 30 To Watch entries in the Foreign &
Awards. International category
of this year’s 30 To Watch
Awards.JOHN P E TE R JO LI A M
S TE V E N S CA M P B E LL WI LLE Y K E N N E DY
John is the Deputy Political Peter is the Motor Industry Jo worked for the Liam is a financial journalist,
Editor of the Daily Mail. Correspondent at the Press Association before Editor and Editorial Director
He was also a 30 To Watch Financial Times. He won a becoming a freelance working in the area of
Gold Winner in 2015 and Gold Award in the 30 To reporter for a number institutional investment and
since then he has become Watch Awards in 2013 of newspapers, including pension funds. He spent
an established figure in the when he was working The Sun, the Daily Mirror seven years at the Financial
Westminster Lobby. for the Daily Mail. Peter and Daily Star. Prior to this, Times before becoming
During his eight years at has been a long-term 12 years at the Daily editor of Investment and
the Mail, he has worked as supporter of 30 To Watch, Express, where she rose Pensions Europe.
a regional news reporter helping to nominate to the role of Health Editor.
He helped to judge entries
and helped to establish promising young journalists Jo is an Ambassador for
in the Financial category
Mail Online in New York. and reviewing entries for Pancreatic Cancer UK and
of this year’s 30 To Watch
the past four years. is a member of the Medical
He helped judge entries Awards.
Journalists’ Association and
in the Politics category This year Peter helped
the Guild of Health Writers.
of this year’s 30 To Watch to judge entries in the
Awards. Business and Consumer This is the second year
category of the 30 To she has helped to judge
Watch Awards. the Health category of the
30 To Watch Awards.WINNERS’
BIOGRAPHIES
B U S I N E S S A N D CO N S U M E R
Gold Award Winners
TO M ASHNA A LE X HANNAH
CA LV E R H U RY N AG JA N I AU D U T TLE Y
Senior Interactive Journalist Reporter Investment Writer City Correspondent
The Times & The Sunday Times ITV News Investors Chronicle Daily Mail
Tom is one of two data journalists Ashna is a television Alex is the Investors Hannah joined the
at The Times & Sunday Times to be reporter serving Chronicle’s industrials Mail’s City Desk in October
named as a winner in this year’s 30 ITV News’ regional correspondent. He joined 2017 having risen through
To Watch Awards. Tom’s focus is on programmes. the Financial Times group the ranks of a number of
consumer issues – since his first job at She joined ITV in 2015 in 2016, first covering other business
Which?, he has used data to investigate and her impact was institutional investment publications, including
issues and injustices that affect ordinary almost instantaneous. in the UK and France Yahoo Finance, Mortgage
consumers. His recent investigation The first thing that hits for MandateWire before Adviser and Workplace
examined the way some estate agents you is her outstanding moving to Pensions Savings and Benefits. She
and banks are gaming online review attitude. She is always Expert, where he now covers a range of
websites to create a false impression of positive and has a ‘can wrote about pensions. issues as City and Finance
customer feedback. The judges felt this do’ approach to her work. Before journalism, reporter, most recently
was an original approach which relied Ashna’s conversational Alex interned at a big campaigning for a reform
heavily on Tom’s analysis of multiple style of reporting makes accountancy firm. of the high street, as well
data sources. her extremely engaging as exposing the secretive
to watch. tax arrangements of
Ocado’s CEO and
revealing the scale of
Homebase’s debts and its
obligations to creditors.CA M PA I G N S A N D I N V E S TI GATI O N S
Gold Award Winners
SA R A H K RYS TI N A SERINA ASHNI
INGRAMS S H V E DA SA N D H U LAKHANI
Senior Researcher / Writer Data Journalist Reporter Broadcast Journalist /
Which? The Times & The i Paper / Producer
The Sunday Times inews.co.uk BBC News
Sarah leads on energy investigations at Krystina is an investigative Serina is a reporter Ashni produces
Which?, where she has been part of the data journalist at The covering general news investigative content
investigative research team since 2016. Times and The Sunday and the benefits system. targeted at young, diverse
Her detailed, in-depth research Times. She is also a She has led the i’s and digital audiences.
includes mystery shops and data director at a UK startup coverage of Universal This means seeking out
analysis. Recent topics include Glitch Digital, which Credit and Pension original ideas, establishing
customer service, smart meters, creates tools to bridge the Credit. She also writes fresh formats and tailoring
energy pricing, solar panels and gap between journalism comment and features. versions to suit each social
lithium-ion battery disposal. Her and technology. Her work Serina previously worked media platform. Ultimately
findings are widely reported on by on declining police as a freelancer for the her films reach audiences
other media and used by regulators. numbers in the UK was Independent on Sunday that others struggle to
singled out by judges as a and the i paper. engage. Her recent
fantastic use of data to exemplary films include
make front page news. an investigation into the
UK’s illegal skin bleaching
market and exposing a
temporary accommodation
YMCA hostel for the
young homeless.WINNERS’
BIOGRAPHIES
CU LTU R E , E NTE R TA I N M E NT A N D LI F E ST Y LE
Gold Award Winners
F R A N C E SCA N AO M I R E B E CCA C H LO E K E NT
S TR E E T L A R S SO N REID Commercial Features
Associate Producer Freelance Features Writer Writer / Medical Zeporter
CNN Travel Freelance Verdict
Francesca is a digital journalist at Naomi is a freelance Rebecca is a journalist, Chloe is a Medical Reporter
CNN Travel. She investigates issues journalist covering commentator and author. at Verdict. She joined the
impacting travellers, interviews culture, foreign affairs She writes for a wide company in her first full-time
globetrotters from around the world and the environment. variety of publications, journalism role in January
and spotlights unusual tourist She worked as a including the Telegraph, this year, with a background
attractions. Her lifestyle, culture and commissioning editor Metro.co.uk, Grazia and in lifestyle and culture
travel features have also featured in and writer on The The Independent, and she writing. She has been
The Telegraph, The Independent and Guardian’s global is a regular guest on Good published in Refinery29,
The Herald Scotland. In 2017, she development network Morning Britain and Sky Grazia and Muddy Stilettos.
won the runner-up prize in the and has since reported News. She is the author of
Cassandra Jardine Memorial Prize from countries including two novels, Perfect Liars
for young female journalists. Colombia, India, Kenya and Truth Hurts.
and Cuba. In 2017 she
was awarded a fellowship
from the International
Journalists’ Programme
and worked at Der
Tagesspiegel in Berlin.F I N A N C IA L
Gold Award Winners
J E N F ROS T K A LY E E N A CA LLU M
Senior Reporter M A KO R TO F F M A SO N
Insurance Post Banking Correspondent Senior News Reporter
The Guardian MoneySavingExpert.com
Jen’s stories focus on brokers Kalyeena is The Callum works as a
and insurtech. Before joining the Guardian’s Banking Senior News Reporter
Insurance Post, Jen was a reporter at Correspondent. She for MoneySavingExpert.com
the Insurance Times. Her stories this joined the paper last and covers all areas relating
year include an analysis of institutional year from the Press to personal finance, ranging
child abuse claims which placed Association wire service, from student loans to post-
insurers under the spotlight, and an where she worked her Brexit consumer rights.
industry-led look at Arron Banks’s way from a business Previously, he worked as a
insurance operations. Her blog on reporter role to Chief press agency journalist in
sexual harassment in insurance City Correspondent. Edinburgh, covering Scottish
remains Insurance Post’s most read That was after working news for regional and
standalone piece of content ever. for the London bureau national newspapers.
of business broadcaster
CNBC, where she gained
experience as a live
blogger, online reporter
and junior TV producer.WINNERS’
BIOGRAPHIES
FO R E I G N A N D I NTE R N ATI O N A L
Gold Award Winners
SA R A H M A S LI N HANNAH J O E WA LLE N
Brazil Bureau Chief M C K AY Foreign Correspondent / Global
The Economist Photographer Health Security Correspondent
Reuters Freelance / The Telegraph
Sarah is a journalist for The Hannah is a Reuters staff Joe has been working as a
Economist in São Paulo, Brazil, photographer based in foreign correspondent for
travelling frequently across Latin London, covering a eighteen months after a career
America. She was previously a variety of news, sport and in politics in London. Previously
freelancer based in San Salvador, features both in the UK based in Spain and North Africa,
El Salvador. The judges have no and internationally. he covered the Mediterranean
hesitation in choosing her for the Assignments include the migrant crisis for the Telegraph,
Gold Award in the newly created migrant caravan, the Independent, Al Jazeera and
Foreign & International category Rohingya refugee crisis, Deutsche Welle. He has
for her work on El Salvador gangs, the FIFA World Cup and highlighted cases of abuse and
Brazilian politics and the current Brexit. Hannah has been slavery in Mauritania, Venezuela
turmoil in Venezuela. awarded a Pulitzer Prize and on migrant routes between
for her coverage of the Morocco and the Mediterranean
Rohingya refugee crisis – as a result of Joe’s reporting
and won Guardian both the UK and EU are
Photographer of the reviewing funding policy towards
Year 2018. the Moroccan government.
After being named Amnesty
International’s Best New
Journalist, he then joined the
Telegraph full-time as Global
Health Security Correspondent
stationed in Delhi.H E A LTH
Gold Award Winners
EVE SIMMONS O LI V E R A N N A B E LLE A N N A B E LLE
Deputy Health Editor F R A N K LI N - CO LLI N S TI M S IT
Mail on Sunday WA LLI S Correspondent Reporter
Freelance Health Service Journal Quartz
Eve is the Deputy Health Editor of the Oliver is a freelance Annabelle has worked as a Annabelle is a reporter
Mail on Sunday and Co-Editor of the journalist specialising in specialist health journalist at Quartz in London,
website notplantbased.com. The past science, technology, for over five years. She has covering early childhood
year has seen Eve undertake covert business, healthcare and been a correspondent at education, parenting and
investigations into the cosmetic entertainment. His HSJ since 2018 and related subjects. She is
surgery and aesthetics industries and writing has appeared in specialises in news and particularly passionate
expose unfounded diet and nutrition WIRED (where is a investigations on the NHS about the health and
myths in her regular column, contributing editor), workforce and other areas well-being of children
Nutribabble. As well as her in-depth The Guardian, British GQ, of health policy. Before and their mothers and
features for the Mail on Sunday, Eve The Sunday Times, this role she worked at the impact that
spent much of 2018 working on her Evening Standard and business title Chemist and healthcare systems
first book, Eat it Anyway, which was Men’s Health. In 2016 Druggist as deputy news have on vulnerable
released in January 2019. Oliver won Digital Writer editor. Outside of work, populations. Before
of the Year at The Drum Annabelle volunteers a joining Quartz,
Online Media Awards, Radio Lollipop, a charity she was an editorial
and in 2017 was that is part of Guy’s and St fellow at The Atlantic
recognised as ‘Print Thomas’ NHS Foundation in Washington, DC.
Writer of the Year’ at Trust which provides care,
the British Society of comfort, play and
Magazine Editors. entertainment to sick
children in hospital.WINNERS’
BIOGRAPHIES
N E WS
Gold Award Winners
G E R A LD I N E K U M BA NOEL B I LL
M C K E LV I E K PA K I M A P H I LLI P S B OS TO C K
Senior Reporter (Features) News Reporter Reporter – Victoria News Reporter
Sunday Mirror Sky News Derbyshire Business Insider
BBC News
Geraldine was part of the team which Kumba was born and Noel graduated from Bill is a reporter at
lifted the lid on a shocking story of child raised in south-east Staffordshire University Business Insider with a
abuse in Telford, in Shropshire. The London and first joined with A BA (Hons) in focus on Saudi Arabia’s
investigation prompted questions in Sky News as an Broadcast Journalism. domestic policy and
Parliament and the abuse is now the apprentice in 2017. After stints in radio, human rights record,
subject of a public inquiry. Ever since then Kumba magazines and PR, he and how the country is
has dedicated herself to joined the BBC, first in the modernising through
ensuring the voices of News Investigations Unit rapid technological
the young people in her before moving to BBC advancement.
community are heard. Three and then to BBC
An example of this is her News, where he covers
recent documentary on stories for the Victoria
London’s gang crime Derbyshire programme.
epidemic, which He was the first journalist
received over a million in the UK to gain access
views on YouTube. into an illegal Xanax party
after spotting the growing
trend of young people
using the tranquilizer as a
“party” drug. His report
led to Public Health
England issuing a warning
about young people
“dicing with death” by
taking the drug.P O LITI C S
Gold Award Winners
M AT TH E W JOE L AU R A A S H LE Y
DATH A N M I LLE R HUGHES COW B U R N
Senior Political Correspondent Business & Economics Political Correspondent Political
The Sun Correspondent Financial Times Correspondent
BBC News The Independent
Matt is Senior Political Correspondent Joe joined the BBC as Since joining the Political Correspondent
at The Sun, where he has broken some a journalism trainee in Financial Times as at The Independent,
of the biggest political stories 2013, and has since Political Correspondent Ashley has built up an
throughout 2018. He was responsible spent time based in in early 2018, Laura has impressive network of
for the story that first revealed that Germany, India and the reported widely on contacts across all
Theresa May was considering pulling US. His specialism is sexual harassment in parties and has produced
the Government’s initial ‘meaningful business and economics, Westminster and the a steady stream of
vote’, and undertook an exclusive but Brexit has led him to experiences of many of exclusives. He can point
investigation into fake EHIC cards. focus more on Whitehall. the 3,500 parliamentary to a number of inside-
Matt previously worked for The Times, He has also worked on staff who work for MPs – track stories on Jeremy
The Independent and MailOnline. investigations, including for which she received Corbyn’s Labour Party
the Paradise Papers. the Political Journalism as particular highlights.
His career highlight award. She was also Before joining The
was sparring with named Young Journalist Independent’s Lobby
Gary Kasparov over of the Year at the 2018 team, Ashley worked for
the intelligence of National Press Awards. The Times, The Observer
Deep Blue. Before joining the FT, and the New Statesman.
she was Political
Correspondent at
The Telegraph.H I G H LY
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PUBLIC TRUST
This is The Networked Age, in which The breakdown of trust in the media
doesn’t simply threaten the future of the
citizens are connected by digital industry, it has profoundly dangerous
consequences for democracy and social
technology. Public deference towards cohesion. Without trusted independent
voices, how can the powerful be held to
traditional authority is dead – replaced account or polarised audiences find
common ground?
by a tribal world of insiders and outsiders. The best way out of this situation
is great journalism.
Leaders are dismissed as mediocrities Distrust of the media is fuelled by a
Journalists need the freedom to pursue a
– or worse, liars. Hierarchies are growing sense among the public that
story and express a contrary view, so that
challenged as illegitimate. Expert journalists don’t understand them, serve
they cannot easily be ignored as partisan
credentials are deemed to be worth them or even like them. Too many are
actors. They need to be backed by news
less than lived experiences. Facts aren’t trapped at their desks, sourcing stories
models that prioritise accuracy over
sacred, they are inconvenient. Shared from Twitter and clustered tightly in the
immediacy and objective reporting
values are more important than London bubble. Journalists are too easily
over pandering to one’s base.
objective truth. dismissed as detached elitists whose
stories and analyses can be ignored. Most of all, journalists need time to foster
This is a world that the news media has
contacts and explore the real world, so
helped create. Too many digital news This might not have mattered
that they understand – and are seen to
models have incentivised activism and commercially, were that digital model
understand – the lives and values of the
commentary and at the same time starting to bear fruit, but it appears that
people they are talking about.
devalued original journalism and the market for social justice activism has
investigation. been vastly overestimated. The Guardian’s The Networked Age needs journalists
donor-funded model has helped to return who can escape their own echo chambers
Ironically, journalists increasingly find
it to break even, but elsewhere, the – because the rest of us sure can’t.
themselves the victims of this same
picture is dire. Vox, Mic, VICE, BuzzFeed
tribalism – from conservative US
and a host of other brands have burned
commentator Ben Shapiro walking out on
through VC cash and been forced to cut
‘left-wing’, Andrew Neil, the Brexit Party’s
head counts.
Nigel Farage giving Andrew Marr a
dressing down about BBC bias or Laura
Kuenssberg and Owen Jones being
targeted by angry mobs on the left and
right. Journalists and editors are just one
more set of gatekeepers to be torn down.“
This is The Networked Age,
in which citizens are connected
by digital technology.
Public deference towards
traditional authority is dead –
replaced by a tribal world of
insiders and outsiders.
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