Media Workers CV19 Crisis Group Meetings

21/06/2020

Journalist says abuse is more prevalent, and UK must not be complacent on race

10/06/2020

"Mr. Lowery’s view that news organizations’ 'core value needs to be the truth, not the perception of objectivity,' as he told me, has been winning in a series of battles, many around how to cover race."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html?smid=fb-share

Staff members’ demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post. Part of the story starts in Ferguson, Mo.

08/06/2020

We're taking a break tonight, but we'll be back soon with news of the next meeting, so watch this space. Meanwhile, if you didn't catch last week's meeting, Reporting Covid-19: An International View, you can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmwmMuSpV4&feature=youtu.be

Speakers Nina Lakhani Environmental Justice correspondent at Guardian US, author of Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Rehad Desai South Africa-based producer & direc...

07/06/2020

Newspaper faced anger over claim that ‘Buildings Matter, Too’, suggesting equivalence between property damage and black lives

05/06/2020

Newspaper drops initial defence of ‘Send in the troops’ piece that called for Donald Trump to use military against protesters

04/06/2020

At least 63 professional journalists were killed doing their jobs in 2018, a 15 percent increase over last year, Reporters Without Borders said.

03/06/2020

Our next meeting will be on Monday 15 June - watch this space

02/06/2020

Solidarity with our brave colleagues, trying to show us what's happening in the world while putting themselves at risk

Channel 7 has labelled an incident involving a reporter and her cameraman being knocked down by police in Washington DC as “wanton thuggery”.

01/06/2020

01/06/2020

Tune in here at 7pm tonight for an international view on reporting on the Covid-19 crisis. Facebook Live

31/05/2020

Another insightful report from the US by Nina Lakhani. Hear her speak about reporting on Covid-19 in the States at our meeting live on this page tomorrow, 7pm Monday 1 June

Demand for aid at food banks has soared since coronavirus has forced the economy to close and resulted in millions out of work

28/05/2020

Trade union membership on the rise

Fears of redundancy and personal safety driving rise in joiners after years of decline

26/05/2020

Coronavirus is novel to the world, but the impact on native communities is anything but a new experience