Bang To Rights podcast

In this episode of the Bang To Rights podcast, Dave, Jeremy and Pete look at the issue of protecting journalists' confidential sources, in the light of the recent ITV documentary on the IRA Birmingham bombings n 1974. You can watch John Ware's documentary here: https://www.itv.com/hub/the-hunt-for-the-birmingham-bombers/2a5525a0001 The podcast also includes a clip of former Guardian editor, Alan R...

In this episode of the Bang To Rights podcast, Dave, Jeremy and Pete accompany MMU journalism students on a visit to the mock courtroom at MMU's Law School building, to give them a taste of the layout and proceedures of a real Magistrates or Crown Court. We also look at the prelimary hearing for a major forthcoming trial, following the 2015 murder of Paul Massey in Salford: https://www.manchestere...

From the newspaper reporters who covered the Peterloo Massacre, to the correspondents, editors and publishers of the pro-democracy papers of the Chartist era, from Bronterre O'Brien and Helen MacFarlane, from George Orwell to the present day, a strong and vivid thread weaves a tradition of radical journalism in Manchester and across the North West of England. In this podcast, Eleanor Shember-Critc...

Welcome to the first episode of the Bang to Rights podcast, in which Manchester Metropolitan University journalism tutors examine a range of issues and debates in media law, regulation, and journalism ethics. In this first edition of the podcast, Dave Porter, Jeremy Craddock and Pete Murray look at privacy, data protection and the law, through the lens of the row over the BBC's report of the raid...