Very strong piece on the BBC’s reporting of the Israel / Gaza war by Ben de Pear in the new issue of Representology: The Journal of Media & Diversity.

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In issue 8/25 of @representology.bsky.social, former @channel4news.bsky.social editor @bendepear.bsky.social looks at the BBC‘s reporting on Gaza, concluding the Corporation largely “failed to report and describe accurately what was happening”. This leads him to draw up 5 lessons of advice.

The eighth edition of Representology: The Journal of Media & Diversity @representology.bsky.social is out now and contains my piece with Dr Christa van Raalte on mythbusting higher education's relationship with screen industries. Download for free - see below.

Wrote a short piece in this issue. And check out Ben de Pear’s piece, ‘Gaza: Five lessons for the BBC’

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Features on the death of DEI, the rise of AI, Annie Ernaux, deaf screen industries, plus: - @tvmarv.bsky.social on composer Shirley J Thompson - @jasminedotiwalaobe.bsky.social on industry ally Simon Albury - @francescasobande.bsky.social on children’s TV - cultural highlights from Lamorna Ash

A community journalism special: - @jim.londoncentric.media on @londoncentric.media - @robbiejourno.bsky.social on @glasgowbell.bsky.social - @fwildblood.bsky.social on Bradford Community Broadcasting - @migrantsrights.bsky.social on the media coverage of last summer’s racist violence

📖 @laylapa.bsky.social and Julie Firmstone on 'Developing Confidence in Community Broadcasting' with Bradford Community Broadcasting (106.6 FM) in the Spring 2025 issue, Vol.7 'Representology' journal from the Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity www.bcu.ac.uk/research/med... 📖

“I suddenly felt like I could breathe. I actually felt like I couldn't breathe until I saw someone like you on TV.” BCU Chancellor Ade Adepitan MBE tells Sir Lenny Henry why he was such an inspiration in a wide-ranging interview for Representology. Read more 👉 https://shorturl.at/M88hu

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Lovely surprise to be mentioned in this @nybooks piece over the weekend reproducing a sweeping conversation between the most lucid black intellectuals to grace Britain - CLR James & Stuart Hall www.nybooks.com/online/2024/... Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling