Bang To Rights podcast

The crew tackles arts spending for the North West after Brexit; who are the anonymous sources in Downing Street? how are Hong Kong journalists dealing with attacks by the police and by suspicious protesters? Read our students' research into post-Brexit spending here: https://thenorthernquota.org/politics/final-year-students-examine-how-brexit-will-affect-arts-and-culture-manchester We're on Twitte...

MMU journalism students assess the possible impact of a "No Deal" Brexit on the arts and culture sector in Manchester and the North West of England - and the picture's not rosy. With Ellie Richards-Coldicott, Pruthvi Khilosia, Natalie Carragher and Vince Hunt. You can read more details on https://thenorthernquota.org/ Thanks

The crew looks at the BBC radio investigation of The Times' highly controversial series of reports on the "Muslim foster care row" in Tower Hamlets, IPSO stands its ground over independence from the proprietors, coverage of racist chants at the England-Bulgaria match, and how the Supreme Court's Lady Hale has become the star of a children's book. You can listen to the whole of BBC Radio 4's The Co...

A quickfire round this week, as we look at Coleen Rooney's investigation into her Instagram leaks, will Prince Harry go into the witness box on phone hacking? and how the Sunday Times came to name Yousef Makki's killer Josh Molnar before his 18th birthday. You can hear the episode where we visit the MMU Law School's court room here: https://soundcloud.com/mmunorthernquota/bang-to-rights-5-mmu-law-...

The crew meets in the MMU newsroom to unpick the legal case behind the Duke and Duchess of Sussex' action against the Mail on Sunday. We explore the impact on the BBC's view of its own diversity and impartiality amid the Naga Munchetty row, and we speak to veteran political commentator Matthew D'Ancona of Tortoise News about safe campuses, and - inevitably - Brexit. You can read the report from th...

The crew meets in emergency session following the Supreme Court ruling against the Government's prorogation of Parliament. We look at how the best of the legal journalists have covered the case and helped make sense for the public of complex law, how live streams from court and Parliament have become "must see TV", and why politics podasts are one of the Brexit winners.

We're back, with Season Three of the podcast. The crew look at whether The Sun was right to publish its story this week about a tragedy in Ben Stokes' family, even though it happened before he was born. MMU journalism student Daniel Davies describes his first day as a court reporter covering a live, high-profile case. And we speak to Sally Reardon and Marcus Keppel-Palmer from University of the We...

In this special edition of the podcast, Pete Murray speaks to Carole Watson from the University of Sunderland on the decision at the High Court to grant a lifelong anonymity order on the man found guilty in 2015 of terrorism offences. Known only as RXG, he is the youngest person ever convicted under the UK Terrorism Act. Follow us on Twitter @RightsBang Thanks

This week, the crew look at Brexit coverage, opinions on the media from the #PeoplesVote march. We examine the actual numbers on that march with MMU crowd science expert Prof Keith Still. We debate columnists vs journalists, the EU Copyright Directive, and whether the toxic Brexit genie will ever crawl back inside its bottle. For links to the work of Keith Still and his students on crowd numbers,...

This week: how MMU's Northern Quota covered the Utrecht tram attack; we also review the BBC Storyville documentary, "The Cleaners" on the outsourced contract workers who have to view graphic online images on behalf of the internet giants; how UK media responded to footage from the Christchurch gunman; and how UK journalists have covered climate change. Read NQ's report on the Utrecht shootings her...

We hear from Bristol Central MP, Jo Stevens on how her constituency has been targeted by Facebook adverts apparently paid for by the pro-Brexit group, Britain's Future. Also in this episode: how a court reporter in Australia has successfully sued her employers for PTSD, and what other news organisations are doing to help journalists avoid psychological injury through stress at work. For much more...

This week, we look at the ruling by McFarlane LJ against lifting the lifelong injunction against publishing the new identities of the James Bulger killers. We examine Lord Paddick's proposal to ban news organisations from publishing the names of people arrested by police but not charged. Also, the issue of meaning in defamation cases. And did someone in Downing Street secretly meet up with the Cam...

This week, we hear from in-house lawyer at The Guardian, Gillian Phillips about data, and the risks to journalism from new legislation on data protection. "Keep less" is Gill's advice to many of the reporters at The Guardian. We also hear from Amanda Coleman, head of comms at Greater Manchester Police on how they handle journalists' questions on high-profile cases and investigations. Follow us on...

As UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright heads into talks with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the BtR team looks at the report from MPs' 18-month investigation into "fake news", Facebook and Google, and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. We also discuss the "State of Hate 2019" report from the HOPE Not Hate anti-racism organisation. And there's also a look ahead to reporting this evening from our Northern...

The long-awaited Cairncross report was published on Tuesday, so we focus this week on proposals to change charities law to include non-profit news operations, plans for a monopolies investigation into Google and Facebook, and much more. Joining us in the studio, Merion Jones from the Bureau for Investigative Journalism. We also look at reporting from Manchester Coroner's Court. The full 150+ page...

In this edition, we look at privacy and the social media platforms, the prospect of UK regulation to secure better online safety for children and young people, and whether the Mueller investigation in the United States might lead to changes in public attitudes to Facebook. We're joined this week by Madeline Palacz from press regulator, IPSO, and by Rob Peaslee, from Texas Tech University's journal...

This week, we examine diversity - diversity in the workforce, diversity in coverage, and diversity among journalism students. We look at the Oscar nomination for The Guardian's documentary, Black Sheep, an update from the Sir Philip Green #MeToo injunction case, Facebook, defamation, and the latest crop of local democracy reporter jobs. Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Thanks for listening

Welcome to Season 2 of Bang to Rights. We're back with an episode looking at privacy issues around the coverage of the arrest in December of a couple in connection with the drone flights around Gatwick airport. Dave, Jez and Pete examine the threat of "Cliff's law" legislation in the wake of the drones episode. We also look at coverage in the M.E.N. and elsewhere of the trial of Mark Fellows and S...

In this episode, Pete is joined by MMU's Deborah Linton to talk about the safety of journalists online, and in conflict zones. We speak to Stephanie Finnegan from Leeds Live and the Leeds Examiner about how she successfully challenged reporting restrictions on the Contempt of Court case over the EDL's Tommy Robinson's Facebook Live. We also hear from Hannah Storm, director of the International New...

This episode of the podcast comes from the annual skills conference of the National Council for the Training of Journalists, held at Harlow College in Essex. We speak to Jo Webster, Reuters' managing editor for strategy and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa about the international news agency's work to safeguard the physical and mental wellbeing of staff. We also hear from Ros Taylo...

In a busy edition of the podcast, Northern Quota reporter Amy Viera speaks to anti-fracking activist Richard Roberts about his experience as one of three protesters jailed over the Preston New Road demonstrations. We hear from MPs such as Wigan's Lisa Nandy on the future of Johnston Press. In the studio, we debate juveniles in the justice system with Mary Maguire from MMU Law School. And Pete Murr...

In this episode, we look into media coverage of #Brexit - has it helped or hindered public understanding of the issue. Have politics and partisanship obscured the story and deepened mistrust in journalism? Or, has good journalism helped expose the frailties and fibs of politicians? Jez and Pete from Manchester Metropolitan University's journalism unit are joined by MMU's Brexit expert Dr Kathryn S...

In this episode, we hear from the DCMS Select Committee inquiry into fake news and branding of political adverts online. MMU's Ellie Shember-Critchley on how the industry should change the way newsrooms approach families affected by major events such as the Arena bombing. And Dave, Jez and Pete reply to students' questions on not identifying vulnerable people in a story on asylum seekers, and whet...

In this episode, we speak to employment lawyer Sarah Russell about Non Disclosure Agreements. Pete interviews investigative journalist Barry McCafferty from TheDetail.tv in Northern Ireland about his arrest over documents used in the documentary No Stone Unturned. And we have the first part of Dave's in-depth interview with David Collins, whose work at the Daily Mirror helped lead to the convictio...

In this edition of the podcast, Dave, Jeremy and Pete examing the breaking story of the injunction which briefly prevented media naming Sir Philip Green as the business executive at the centre of the Daily Telegraph story about sexual and racial abuse claims. We are also joined by Richard Jones from the University of Huddersfield, who is researching the future of court reporting. Thanks