Ofcom clears broadcasters after complaints, but tells them to consider explicit warnings before airing 'challenging' footageRead the full Ofcom ruling on TV news coverge of Woolwich killing (P22)Ofcom has told broadcasters including ITV and the BBC to learn lessons after they aired graphic coverage of soldier Lee Rigby's murder, including warning about the "looping" of explicit mobile phone footage of one of the attackers.The media regulator has officially cleared nine news and current affairs broadcasters – including ITV News, BBC News and Sky News - after investigating almost 700 complaints about coverage of the Woolwich attack in May.Ofcom said that in this case the explicit material was "justified by the context" due to the "significance of the right to freedom of expression in this case because news programming has a duty to inform the public".However, Ofcom also used the 30-page ruling published on Monday to warn broadcasters after becoming concerned about a "few aspects of some news coverage" of the incident during its investigation.The media regulator highlighted concerns over regional news bulletin ITV London Tonight showing a graphic mobile phone sequence of one of the murderers with a machete and blood on his hands four times on a "loop", without audio and without being preceded by a specific warning."We were concerned about the repetition of the same material four times without audio, particularly as this was the first time this material was shown on UK... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Peter Swanson's latest "ingenious" murder mystery Nine Lives has been scooped by Faber and will publish next spring. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-16 00:06:48 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK imprint Piccadilly Press has teamed up with Konnie Huq to celebrate National Teachers’ Day, delivering two free online lessons on 5th October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 15:28:41 UTC ]
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Newspapers to cover ‘all views’ and ‘not just the popular ones’, indicating the Murdoch empire may continue its pattern of climate science denialGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingNews Corp Australia has confirmed it will ramp up its company-wide coverage of climate change next... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-09-10 20:00:05 UTC ]
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Lucy Caldwell has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for the third time, in a year dominated by new voices. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 09:37:40 UTC ]
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BBC Books is releasing Match of the Day: Top 10 of Everything by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, to accompany a new 30-episode series of the hit BBC Sounds podcast. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 02:05:35 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Orbit has won a three-way auction for two novels from Thomas D Lee, including his debut Perilous Times. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-09 22:54:38 UTC ]
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Choose from early readers, middle grade, or young adult age categories to find your next kids' science fiction and fantasy graphic novel. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-09-07 11:45:00 UTC ]
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In 'The Jesus I Know' (Thomas Nelson, Nov. 30), Gifford talks with celebrities about the ways Jesus has impacted their lives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A new paid externship program aims to entice students from underrepresented groups to consider a career in educational publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has claimed its seventh week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot in paperback, selling 15,353 copies last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-24 07:26:01 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has topped all but one of the UK's regional bestseller charts, with only Central Scotland crowning Douglas Stuart's Booker-winner Shuggie Bain (Picador) instead. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 02:44:13 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has bounced back to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, for an 11th week in total and a sixth week in paperback. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-16 16:44:24 UTC ]
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Laura Dave’s suspense novel is impossible to put down. But how satisfying is that conclusion? Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Hugo Gernsback once said SFF writers impart knowledge without out making us aware we're being taught. So what do they actually teach us? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-08-12 10:37:00 UTC ]
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The National Literacy Trust (NLT) and Audible have teamed up to bring audiobooks to young people in custody, as well as introducing podcast-making lessons. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-10 19:50:50 UTC ]
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An FBI informant in a Mississippi group in the 1960s witnessed both evil and ineptitude. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new books from Kristen Radtke and Lizzy Stewart, as well as a first graphic novel from Anne Carson. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-07-29 09:00:05 UTC ]
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Yesterday, during the women’s gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Simone Biles, of the USA, lost her bearings while performing a vault, and stumbled as she landed. Soon after, she left the venue, accompanied by a medical official; when she returned, it was only to watch her... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-28 12:41:18 UTC ]
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Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a fairly wild essay by Miguel Esteban who, at the tender age of 14, commissioned a now-famous essay on race in science fiction from Octavia Butler. The whole piece is worth a read (the gall of teenage boys! the grace of Octavia!) but... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-07-26 13:40:52 UTC ]
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In late May, over the Memorial Day weekend, the top story on NBC’s Meet the Press was a recent vote by Republican senators to kill the prospect of an independent, fully bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. (Six Republicans backed the commission, but... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-26 12:44:33 UTC ]
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