Content director, journalist, lecturer and aspiring human. A career in print and digital media, now helping #TheTrustProject and #IPSO.
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Many congrats to The Trust Project for winning the Best Trust Initiative in this year's WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Americas.
I'm proud as punch to have played a small role in helping the initiative over the last four years.
wan-ifra.org/2023/05/winners…
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Inflation in the UK is uncomfortably high at the moment - 5.1% and rising.
Yet it's worth noting if the UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) had grown at 2% a year since Bank of England independence in 1997, as per the mandate, the price level today would bang in line, not over.... 🧵
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Editorial in a Lancet journal about the huge spike in alcohol-related deaths during lockdown proves that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Thanks to my role on the @IpsoNews Complaints Committee, I saw Covid's arrival from a very different perspective... here's the Organisation's report on the state of UK media's pandemic reporting...
IPSO has published THE COVID REPORT: How the British Press is Reporting on the Pandemic, an analysis of press reporting during the height of the Covid period. Read online: bit.ly/3cHcPem
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Donald Sutherland is 86 today so this seems as good a time as any to remind people that this is exactly how you should point anything out to people. Or to give directions to strangers.
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Public News Service Joins the Trust Project to Support Transparency, Accuracy in Journalism pnsne.ws/3hFqcPD
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Three years ago, my former boss (who used to work for Look-In back in the day) challenged me to create a spoof Look-In cover...
I'm proud to have helped with the first ever @HopeClassicUK virtual event - an All-Star Celebrity Auction where you can bid to meet a sporting or TV hero. Head to: app.galabid.com/pitstopwitha…
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New on HTFP Jobs: @IpsoNews is looking for an editorial member of its Complaints Committee with recent senior experience in regional newspapers, based London holdthefrontpage.co.uk/jobsb…
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The latest INMA report from @_trustproject offers resource suggestions for companies working to build and increase audience trust. ow.ly/5Fz550DeZ7b @wearehearken @Pia_Frey @opinary @losowsky @dnbornstein @soljourno @ConstructiveIn @ComplicatingN @MaynardInst
Dead chuffed to have played a small part in helping Ipsos MORI bring this vital report on trust in media to life:
ipsos.com/sites/default/file…
The saddest news - Andy was an extraordinary professional, and a brilliant human being. I was lucky to have known you.
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our friend and colleague, Andy Clough. whf.cm/30iCKU4
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Proud to announce our new cohorts - newsrooms in Argentina, Peru, the U.S., the U.K. and Canada committed to increase transparency and trust in the news. Learn more about how -
thetrustproject.org/LAUNCH20
Delighted to have helped judge this year's #PPAAwards - congrats to all of the winners!
And finally, this year’s winner of PPA Consumer Magazine Brand of the Year has been awarded to @NewScientist. Congratulations to all involved in creating such a fantastic and informative weekly magazine. #PPAAwards
