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Suzanne Moore gives the Benn lecture at Arnolfini; 26 November 2010; (Photo © Simon Chapman)

Newspaper cutbacks mean less investigation, Suzanne Moore tells Benn Lecture

by Robert Buckland Journalists need to hold those in power to account, but newspaper owners’ cutbacks in recent years mean there are fewer specialist reporters to do that, Mail on Sunday and Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore told the annual Benn Lecture in Bristol on Friday 26th November. At the same time, major changes in technology [...]

Suzanne Moore

Suzanne Moore to give 2010 Benn Lecture

Mail on Sunday columnist, Facebook personality, feminist, author, award-winning journalist and editor, and Independent candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington in this year’s General Election, Suzanne Moore gives Bristol’s fifth annual Benn Lecture on the state of the media.

Nick Davies speaks at the Arnolfini (Photos by Simon Chapman)

Nick Davies speaks at the 2009 Benn Lecture

Nick Davies gave the fourth annual NUJ Benn Lecture at the Arnolfini in Bristol

Nick Davies: Keynote speaker at the 2009 NUJ Benn Lecture (Photo by Simon Chapman)

New ideas for a responsible press

NEW ways to regulate the British press emerged following a talk by Nick Davies, the renowned journalist and media commentator, at a packed Benn Lecture 2009 organised by Bristol NUJ.

The inaugural Arnolfini/NUJ Benn Lecture -  The Media and the Political Process, with Tony Benn (Picture: Simon Chapman)

Celebrated journalist to headline 2009 Benn Lecture

One of the most influential critics of the British press – Nick Davies, author of the acclaimed Flat Earth News – is speaking in Bristol this month in the latest of the NUJ’s Benn Lectures, which began with Tony Benn in 2006