Bang To Rights podcast

Bang To Rights is back - with a guided walking tour around some of the milestones in the history of journalism in Manchester. We start with the foundation of The Manchester Guardian in response to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, and follow the traditions of radical journalism right up to the present day.

Our thanks to Kathy Davies of Sheffield Hallam University, Helen Pidd of The Guardian, Joshi Hermann, founder of The Mill, and to Conrad Bower, co-founder of The Meteor.

Presented by Dr Eleanor Shember-Critchley and Pete Murray of Man Met Uni's multimedia journalism department

Recording the voices of ICU nurses and doctors treating patients with Covid-19, or a crowdsourcing journalism project to examine the future of government after the lockdown, to the sound of the Coronavirus itself, this week there's more from the crew on how journalists around the UK and beyond are responding to the health emergency, and finding innovative ways of documenting the biggest story of our lives.

Listen to Radio 4's The NHS Front Line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h5l1

Read more about The Tortoise slow news website and subscribe to The Sensemaker here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/

Ofcom's survey on false claims about the virus is here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2020/half-of-uk-adults-exposed-to-false-claims-about-coronavirus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Half%20of%20UK%20adults%20exposed%20to%20false%20claims%20about%20coronavirus&utm_content=Half%20of%20UK%20adults%20exposed%20to%20false%20claims%20about%20coronavirus+CID_f74d1c411c5fe38865813ae53cdc2ba1&utm_source=updates&utm_term=news%20release

The NCTJ's advice on covering Coronavirus and Covid-19 is here: https://www.nctj.com/latestnews/seven-tips-journalists-reporting-covid-19-science-media-centre

Read about the MIT project to turn the structure of the virus into music here:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scientists-have-turned-structure-coronavirus-music#

And you can read tributes to the late Dennis Aris on the Westmorland Gazette website:

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/18353165.tributes-paid-retired-gazette-journalist-loses-battle-coronavirus/

And also on Holdthefrontpage:

https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/first-rate-journalist-dies-aged-76-after-coronavirus-battle/

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In a bumper episode, we speak to journalists from Lancashire to The Hague, Italy to Hong Kong about how Coronavirus and the Covid-19 lockdown has changed their working lives, and how it feels to be covering the biggest news story of a generation - as well as the joys of translating Dutch poetry!

Huge thanks to all who took part this week.

Liz Hannaford's report on the work of our former students is here:

https://thenorthernquota.org/news/manchester-met-journalism-graduates-reporting-coronavirus-stories-across-our-region

You can read more about the Timperley guitar shop finding a surge in business during the Covid-19 clampdown on the BBC News website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-52008753/coronavirus-surge-in-guitar-and-ukelele-sales-as-people-try-to-fill-their-time

Do check out the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast on international justice:

https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/category/episodes/

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In a break from the Bang To Rights formula, we're joined this week by two young podcasters, Hanya Hesham and Siddra Asghar to talk about their new podcasts on racial stereotypes in the UK and on slow news. Hanya is a former MMU journalism student who's now studying international politics at the University of Manchester; Siddra is about to complete her BA in multimedia journalism at MMU.

We also look at the decision to devolve powers over Contempt of Court from the Attorney General to the judges themselves. Are there harder times ahead for news reporters in court?

You can hear Hanya's podcast, The Stereotyper, on Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/3A8W9YenH7SAlQmjqOPsZI?si=q0OdI7QNTUyeU3soEf0MXw

And on Apple Podcasts here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-stereotyper-podcast/id1499131891

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We speak to freelance reporter Jan Disley about how to approach bereaved families or close friends when you're asked to call them for comments - what's known in the trade as a "death knock". Respect, attentiveness and good research are all important, she says. All of these can help put someone at ease and help unlock an individual's story from the shock and tragedy.

Also joining us, MMU's Dawn Bryan as we look at the Ofcom's review of Public Service Broadcasting, and the prospects for The Times' radio project.

Here are some examples of Jan's work:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1042000/war-widows-pension-injustice-army-veterans

https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/gallery/dunblane-7497763

The Ofcom review of Public Service Broadcasting 2014-18 is here: https://www.smallscreenbigdebate.co.uk/what-is-ssbd/ssbd-five-year-review

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We examine the expanding role of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom as the government says it is "minded" to give it an additional role policing the internet, regulating User Generated Content. Will it work? What on earth does a "proportionate and strong regulatory regime" really look like, and could it face up to Facebook?

Also this week, a new member of the crew - Carmel Thomason joins us for the first time.

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This week, we're joined by a studio audience of MMU multimedia journalism students and by Claire Sanderson, editor-in-chief of Women's Health magazine. Claire talks to us about mental health, diversity in the industry, gender inequality in pay, and how she learned to be proud of her Welsh accent.

You can read the magazine online here:

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/

And read our students' reporting of Claire's lecture and today's podcast recording here:

https://thenorthernquota.org/

And follow our students' wider news coverage on Twitter @northernquota

Thanks to @mscrow Eleanor Shember-Critchley for taking over the presenter's mic this week

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The crew in Manchester hooks up with Ellie Shember-Critchley who's at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario this week. MMU's Northern Quota reporters work together on stories with fellow journalism students at Fanshawe's 1069thex.com, covering coronavirus, remembrance of The Holocaust, legalisation of cannabis, homelessness and more.

Do read the joint coverage here:

thenorthernquota.org

and here:

1069thex.com

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This week, the crew looks at cameras in Crown Court, how the decision could change coverage of high profile criminal cases, and whether it will help public understanding of how the courts work.

We also look at changes to the Westminister lobby system under the new Conservative government. Does live Tweeting from the Downing Street briefing room mean more transparency? Who is James Slack and will we see him on camera any time soon?

Also: Contempt in Scotland and the Alex Salmond trial, and The Daily Mail buying the i newspaper is referred to Ofcom.

You can find more on the Lord Advocate's guidance on Contempt of Court here:

https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-policy-and-guidance?showall=&start=4

And The Guardian's Today in Focus podcast on the Government and the BBC is here:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jan/20/can-the-bbc-win-its-battle-with-the-government

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We're back, and this week we tackle how news organisations report on crime, stop and search, and the portrayal of young men in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in Greater Manchester and elsewhere. It comes after a meeting at Manchester Metropolitan University organised by the Equal organisation, which brought together a range of students, academics, community organisations and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

Our reporter, Imogen Campion covered the event. You can read more here:

https://thenorthernquota.org/news/andy-burnham-lot-more-needs-be-done-win-back-trust-stop-and-search

There's more on the campaign work by Equal here:

https://www.equalcjs.org.uk/

Also on the panel was Roxy Legane from the group Kids of Colour

kidsofcolour.com

And MMU Senior Lecturer Patrick Williams. You can read more about his research work here:

http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sociology/staff/profile/?id=169

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