Author Archives: Roy Greenslade
Ex-journalist dies in saline drip sabotage
The death of a former Manchester Evening News journalist is being examined by police investigating the sabotage of saline drips at Stepping Hill hospital in Cheshire.Bill Dickson, the paper’s news editor in the 1970s and 80s, died on 31 December, aged … Continue reading
What we can learn about the future from Muswell Hill…
The formation of hyperlocal news sites appears to be going into hyperdrive in north London’s Muswell Hill.In the last couple of months a raft of rival sites have emerged to serve the area. Tom O’Brien, founder of one them, said:”It feels like an intere… Continue reading
Mail wins some praise from rivals for Lawrence convictions – but not enough
It would be churlish not to recognise the enormous, and crucial, role played by the Daily Mail in securing convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence.But there is churlishness all the same. A couple of months ago, while speaking at a Goldsmiths sem… Continue reading
News International launches Sun – and News of the World – archive website
Is The Sun about to put up an online paywall? Gordon MacMillan, social media editor at Haymarket, points to a clue that suggests – at least to him – that the paper’s publisher, News International, might well be heading in that direction.That clue is th… Continue reading
Day the Mirror defamed an Irish town as full of drinkers with more guns than potatoes
Thirty years ago the Daily Mirror described the inhabitants of an Irish town as daytime drinkers who wore flat caps and had dirt on their trousers. According to the article, the people of Castleblayney in Co Monaghan tended to hang around outside the t… Continue reading
Row over ethics as judge orders college to surrender IRA tapes
Today’s Belfast Telegraph splash headline, “Fury as IRA tapes turned over” (not online) follows a piece in yesterday’s Irish edition of the Sunday Times, “Tale of the tapes” (behind a paywall).Yet the story deserves wide readership by journalists and j… Continue reading
Swedish editor charged over investigative story
Three journalists, including the editor-in-chief of one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, have been charged after purchasing a gun in order to demonstrate how easy it is to obtain illegal weapons.Expressen editor Thomas Mattsson was charged along with a … Continue reading
STV agrees surprise deal with Rangers
Scotland’s main ITV channel, STV, has agreed to go into partnership with one of Glasgow’s football teams, Rangers.The club announced the deal on its website yesterday, stating that they “are working together to capitalise on commercial and brand opport… Continue reading
Sue Carroll obituary
Tabloid journalist who championed the underdog in her sharp and heartfelt columnsThe tabloid journalist Sue Carroll, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 58, managed to be sharp without being bitchy and won the affection of both readers and, ver… Continue reading
Grammar schools worked. Now we must reinvent them | Roy Greenslade
While selection at 11 is wrong, grammar schools provided a step on the ladder to a better life. Their value should not be dismissedMelissa Benn is concerned about the creeping return of the grammar school. Thirty years ago I would have been nodding vig… Continue reading »