9 December 2003 – Six months after creating an urban myth about asylum-seekers with a blazing front page, The Sun has published a brief item headlined ‘Missing Swans’ – ON PAGE 41 of its Saturday 6 December edition – pre-empting … Continue reading
9 July 2003 – Cutting through the acres of newsprint and airtime devoted to the current debacle between Downing Street and the BBC – the message for journalists (and their editors) is simple – get back to basics. At some … Continue reading
19 January 2003 – Journalism has come under attack from all quarters recently: from the UNHCR, from the police, and from within its own ranks. There has been anger over the coverage of the murder of DC Oake, the arrest … Continue reading
10 January 2003 – Nikola Medic, a freelance journalist from Serbia who sought asylum in the UK in 1992, has been appointed as Communications Officer to the PressWise Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and the Media (RAM) Project. His main task will be … Continue reading
2 August 2002 – After a six month hiatus during which lack of funding threatened to terminate the activities of The PressWise Trust, fresh funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has put the Trust back on track. The rescue package … Continue reading
19 September 2001 – The emotional turmoil generated by last week’s calculated atrocity in New York has left most people feeling vulnerable and unsure. The pundits have been in overdrive and amidst the welter of confusing analysis and bellicose rhetoric … Continue reading
23 April 2001 – There are still seven weeks to go before a probable general election (it is going to seem longer), but already it has become clear that the issue of refugees and asylum seekers is going to be … Continue reading