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Here’s a key task for the new boss at the BBC: solve the mystery of all the disappearing women | Anne McElvoy A report detailing how the careers of female presenters are curtailed should be a clarion call. The problem has endured for too long, says journalist and broadcaster Anne McElvoy

Disappearing older women: “They move into a parallel world as opportunities dwindle and others are picked for roles they were not encouraged to apply for, filling openings they never knew existed.” | Anne McElvoy on the BBC but could apply anywhere… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is simply a snapshot of him in the 80s. I have no doubt he retains his ability to show a calm face to the public whatever awful business was going down. How could he not have known?

Colleen Murrell: Peter Mandelson was always like a buddha of quiet calm – even when a tabloid outed him as gay It was on a Saturday evening in 1987, in the middle of the election campaign, when I took the first call from the News of the World. A needling voice asked me if Peter Mandelson was in the building.

My piece in today's Irish Independent on working for Peter Mandelson when a new graduate. His ability to remain calm in a crisis was perhaps his superpower. He'll need it now... www.independent.ie/opinion/anal...

How boys get sucked into the manosphere It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.

A cracking piece by Prof Debbie Ging from @dublincityuni.bsky.social & the digital storytelling team at
@aunz.theconversation.com It's called 'How boys get sucked into the manosphere'. Take a look stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...

A daughter is very happy, on visiting Oxford, to find my book in Blackwell's. It would make a great Christmas present everyone! 'BBC Women Reporting the World: Conversations with Foreign Correspondents'.

Why has the BBC’s director general resigned and what could happen next? The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.

My article 'Why has the BBC's director general resigned and what should happen next?' has just been published by The Conversation UK. theconversation.com/why-has-the-...

Really enjoyed being "in conversation with Caroline Wyatt" about my book at the Frontline Club on Monday. "BBC Women Reporting the World". The books sold out and it was standing room only at the back. A very enjoyable conversation thereafter with the knowledgeable audience. Here are a few pics

If you’re looking for something intriguing to do on Monday 22nd at 7pm - buy a ticket to the Frontline Club in Paddington, central London. Caroline Wyatt and I will be discussing my book which examines the BBC’s hiring of women over the years and profiles 10 international journalists

I wouldn't have my book (BBC Women Reporting the World -- Sep 2025) without having had access to the Written Archives at Caversham @greavesian.bsky.social
www.foyles.co.uk/book/bbc-wom...

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025 Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

If you pre-order my book from ⁦‪@Waterstones‬⁩ with code SUMMER25 then you get 25% off! The book is about ⁦‪@BBCNews‬⁩ women foreign correspondents (offer available until end July) ⁦‪@DCU‬⁩

No words, just shivers

Trump’s budget cuts could shut down local news outlets and reduce reporting on emergencies Public broadcasting regularly sends out alerts related to extreme weather and emergency news – but Trump has had these media outlets in his sights for a while.

As Trump succeeds in stopping federal funds for @PBS and @NPR , will this bring about local TV closures, and bigger news deserts? Why does this matter? My article in today’s @ConversationUK @DCU theconversation.com/trumps-budge...

Unexpected find of the day - Jürgen Habermas is still alive and is 96

Fintan O'Toole: I have had more wives than Henry VIII. It's news to me too Artificial intelligence has trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, so it has to spew out absurd ‘factoids’ instead

<<I have had more wives than Henry VIII. It’s news to me too>> ⁦@fotoole.bsky.social explores the ‘factoids’ of his astonishing AI private life www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

My bookmarks come courtesy of a drawing daughter who sketches wherever she lands

Photo by Tero Vesalainen on iStock

Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information.
Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social, Full Professor in Journalism at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4mPDgkO

À la demande de Gisèle Pelicot, « Paris Match » va verser 40 000 euros à ces assos Gisèle Pelicot avait assigné l’hebdomadaire en justice pour atteinte à la vie privée et au droit à l’image, après la publication de photos prises à son insu.

Gisèle Pelicot wins 40,000 Euros from Paris-Match for publishing pictures of her private life. The money will go to charities supporting women victims of violence www.huffingtonpost.fr/justice/arti...

Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information Recent comments from the White House suggest that a campaign to undermine public trust in the media is not going away.

My piece on Trump vs the BBC has just been published in The Conversation UK. I know he has some other row going on, but we should all care about his designs on trusted media. theconversation.com/trumps-attac...

Why Are the Media So Afraid of Trump? How Trump is bullying the media and why it’s working

How Trump bullies, intimidates and extorts the media. According to David Frum, he does it by "squeezing the corporate parents" of news media. A podcast with Frum and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Devastating piece on the hunger of babies in Gaza from freelance crews and @fergalkeane47 on @BBCNews

Launch of film ‘Why Wouldn’t You?’ by @DCU academics Maria Loftus and Fiona Murphy. This documentary film interviews refugees and activists and explores issues of racism vs empathy about refugees. Film introduced by Agnes Maillot from @DcuSalis and @dairekeogh.bsky.social

Fintan O'Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow

Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution says @fotoole.bsky.social Time to question “the unique sanctity of the celibate male”. (But I don’t see this pope doing that)

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

The one consistent organising principle of this Trump presidency is its relentless support for fossil fuels. For journalists, this means that without proper energy literacy they can no longer cover politics. Reading general news coverage that is energy-illiterate has become almost useless.

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College from New York Magazine - Listen on NYT Audio 40 min listen - In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

A challenging podcast on how AI means cheating at uni is rife. Is “use it responsibly” any kind of solution? Ironically the @nytimes appears to be using an AI-voice delivery system? Or is it the person it claims? www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...

Thanks to those who attended our research centre’s three books launched and about to be launched! @DCU @DCU_SoC Books by Dervila Cooke, Leeann Lane and me

7.30's Laura Tingle to become ABC's new Global Affairs Editor Tingle, a Walkley-Award-winning journalist, will take up the post mid-year, joining a network of foreign correspondents around the globe.

Laura Tingle to take up job as ⁦‪@abcnews‬⁩ Global Affairs Correspondent. <<ABC News Australia currently has correspondents in 11 overseas locations and another seven local reporters based around our region under the Pacific Local Journalism Network.>> www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Blimey. Hope the Line of Control lives up to its name.