An excerpt from my Substack newsletter, The News Angle, on August 27th 2024 - comparing the 1984 San Francisco Democratic convention to the 2024 DNC.
The 2024 v the 1984 Democratic Convention. Familiar but different.
The Southport stabbings – and echoes of Dunblane
An excerpt from my Substack newsletter, The News Angle, on August 6th 2024 - on how the media covered the Southport stabbings, and how it brought back memories of the Dunblane killings in 1996.
The Trump shooting: media coverage and that ‘nearly perfect photo’
An excerpt from my Substack newsletter, The News Angle, on July 19th 2024 - about the media issues surrounding the Trump shooting.
Old fashioned legacy linear TV – centre stage in the 2024 UK election
An excerpt from my Substack newsletter on July 11th 2024 - about the role of TV in the 2024 UK general election.
25 years on: remembering the move of News at Ten and the launch of the ITV Evening and Nightly News
Looking back at the move of News at Ten and the launch of the ITV Evening News – 25 years ago. An article for the ITN 1955 Club magazine.
Generative AI and TV News
This is an excerpt from my Substack newsletter, The News Angle, published on October 6th 2023. It's about AI and TV News.
The 50th Anniversary of the launch of ITN’s First Report
The ITN First Report lunchtime news, with its unofficial slogan ‘It happened this morning’, went on air at 12.40pm on October 16th 1972 – 50 years ago this month. Here is an article about the launch, based on contributions to the October 2022 edition of the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter.
ITN Anniversaries
An article written for the December 2020 issue of the ITN 55 Club Newsletter - about ITN anniversaries, including its 65th anniversary.
The Death of Princess Diana
The second of two articles for the Broadcast/ITN 65th anniversary website - this one on how ITV News covered the death in 1997 of the Princess of Wales.
ITV News in the ’90s
The first of two articles for the Broadcast/ITN 65th anniversary website - this one on ITV News in the '90s.
Nigel Dacre: And the good news is…
An article I wrote for The Independent newspaper in September 2002, just after leaving ITN. The article had the headline 'Nigel Dacre: And the good news is...', and the sub-heading: 'Critics say that ITV News has lost its way. Here, Nigel Dacre, the outgoing editor, defends his populist approach'.