Bang To Rights podcast

Dr Liz Hannaford from the Multimedia Journalism section of Manchester Metropolitan University describes the set up in her home office for recording a video "simulrec".

MMU multimedia journalism students Alicia Russell and Rosa Bown join tutor Pete Murray on a walking tour around the history of radical journalism in Manchester. In this podcast, they speak to researcher Kathy Davies about the Manchester Guardian archive, to current Northern Editor Helen Pidd, also Joshi Herrmann from the Manchester Mill, and founding editor of the Manchester Meteor, Conrad Bower.

Episode #2 of ThePicketLinePodcast, and we speak to Rebecca Long-Bailey MP on the future for students amid the current universities pay and conditions dispute. We also hear from UNISON strikers, from James McKenna of the TUC, and from members of the Ver.di union. Updates on the dispute via Twitter @manmetucu and @ucu #UCUrising. Thanks for listening

Welcome to an episode of ThePicketLinePodcast, as members of the University and College Union join strike action across the sector. We speak to UCU general secretary Jo Grady, and to students and UCU members about today's action. We'll be back on Friday (25/11) with another episode. For more info about the UCU campaign, go to UCU.org.uk Solidarity, and thanks for listening

This week: the arrest of journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests in Hertfordshire; we look at Contempt of Court issues following the death of a student in Manchester last month; and we speak to Sir Bob Neill MP from the Justice Select Committee about improving media access to Family Courts and the wider justice system. The Justice Committee Report is here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa...

In the new format for Bang To Rights, we're heading out into Manchester City Centre for an audio tour of the National Trust's "sky park" urban regeneration project at the Castlefield Viaduct. You can find out more about the project here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/castlefield-viaduct You can read more news and reporting on sport, fashion, politics and entertainment at TheNorthernQuota https:...

Welcome back to Bang To Rights. We're back with a new format, new stories. In this episode, we speak to Alison Millar, director of the new film Lyra about the life and legacy of the renowned young investigative journalist Lyra McKee. Watch a trailer for the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhF6_UaEzY We also hear from Nic Newman, a co-author of the Digital News Report from the Reuters I...

Rebecca Redican presents this week's NQ Live programme. We report on the Budget, the "Girls Night In" boycott in Manchester, protesting against drinks and injection spiking, and on the hopes among the Man Met delegation travelling to Glasgow for COP26. Follow all the Northern Quota news at https://thenorthernquota.org/

Rebecca Redican reports for The Northern Quota on the Mock COP26 conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University. Students met in a series of role-plays as members of government, NGO, or multinational company delegations to thrash out resolutions designed to confront global warming. The conference was organised by MMU's Professor Liz Price.

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 He...

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 o...

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 i...

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 lo...

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 Bry...

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...

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' reporti...

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: 10...

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 w...

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 Mayo...

In a bumper show, we speak to Rebecca Day, live news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, on covering the range of breaking news stories around the region. We hear from Abbas Panjwani at Full Fact about how the fact-checking charity is developing AI tools to scrutinise statistics and public data and how politicans or others. And we have an update from our election coordinator Liz Hannaford abo...

Bang To Rights teams up with The Media Law Podcast, to talk election law and ethics, Hong Kong, and using podcasts to reach students, lawyers - and even judges. For this special joint episode, producer-presenter Pete Murray is joined from City University's Law School by Tom Bennett, and from the MMU journalism newsroom by Ellie Shember-Critchley. You can hear more from the Media Law Podcast on Sou...

The crew is joined by Lexi Kirkonnell-Kawana from IMPRESS to look at the press regulator's new guidance on using opinion poll data correctly. Pitfalls and good practice, coming bang on time for the blizzard of pre-election polling data. You can read more on the guidance here: https://impress.press/regulation/consultations.html We also debate the ITV Leaders Debate - was it fair to exclude Jo Swins...

We're in question time mode, with an audience of ManMetUni students. Questions on social media and the December 12 election, Russian influence, media coverage, class and Brexit, parties and Brexit, the Brexit Party and Brexit... and also our preparations for Election Night coverage on the Northern Quota https://thenorthernquota.org/ With us this week, Jonathan Rodwell, senior lecturer in politics...

Our special guest this week is the journalist Louise Tickle, who's been a leading figure in the campaign to give journalists better access to the family courts, a vital but much misunderstood area of the law. That campaign has led to the publication of by the President of the Family Division of the first ever guidance on reporters' access to the courts. Jez looks at the postumous appeal which bega...

We are joined this week by MMU journalism's Liz Hannaford to look at the latest Ofcom report into the BBC - and whether the Corporation risks becoming irrelevant to young people. We also look at issues around students registering to vote in the 12 December election, and forthcoming coverage of the campaign on thenorthernquota.org. We also speak to Lucy Chesters of Ethos magazine, which covers what...