Abstract
From the British Journalism Review of ten years ago (vol. 23, issue no 2, 2012)
‘Signs of radical reform are signalled…So perhaps the rushing wind has not entirely swallowed the whistling of ten years, a period during which, thanks to a tiny staff of unpaid, dedicated professionals, a vigorous editorial board,…an unending procession of talented contributors and a supportive publisher, the journal has gone from strength to strength. Hopefully, it and the media industries will grow stronger together in the years ahead.’
– BJR editorial by Bill Hagerty on the tenth anniversary of his editorship
‘What form of regulation will replace the feeble Press Complaints Commission is up for debate. Most people agree there should be no role for the state, but the aftermath of phone hacking – along with the degradation of people in public life – is an opportunity to reject the liberalisation of a media that in the past had been the orthodox policy response to media excesses.’
– Joy Johnson, former director of media for the Mayor of London
‘When I visit British journalism schools I quote the late Louis Heren’s advice to a young reporter to find out “Why is this lying bastard lying to me”, and Lord Northcliffe’s “News is is what somebody, somewhere, wants to suppress, Everything else is advertising.” I invite students to chant these calls to arms back to me – and they do. It’s very heartening.’
– Award-winning investigative reporter Andrew Jennings
‘In our polling towards the end of last year, when the News of the World disgrace had long-since been revealed and the paper closed down, nearly half the population believed that “global media corporations force journalists to act in unethical ways.”’
– Steve Schifferes, Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism at City University, London