David Batty
@david_batty
Senior reporter for @guardian; visiting lecturer at @cityjournalism; freelance editorial trainer.
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http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidbatty 23-07-2008 17:00:03
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For those raising concern about whether Mark Smith actually existed following the coverage of his resignation by Hind Hassan here he is talking to Mishal Husain about why he did so and his worries over UK arms sales to Israel
I used my acceptance speech last night at Society of Editors UK to call for greater diversity in the British media. Columnists should not just be non-disabled white blokes from St. Paul’s school.
A word on Allison Pearson free speech row and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. Today on The News Agents, we asked her to appear. She said ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’ You gotta love a free speech warrior
Our Foreign Secretary David Lammy says ‘there are no journalists in Gaza’. So who is taking the pictures on our TV screens? Whose are the bylines on newspaper reports? Who are the journalists winning all the awards? Palestinian journalists risking their lives to bring the news.
Excellent news that we will now have transparency in all family courts. This is vitally important for public confidence and helping to improve practice. Thanks to Hannah Summers and Louise Tickle for leading in this work. bbc.com/news/articles/…
alan rusbridger No ruling on whether phone hacking took place at the squeaky-clean Sun, no messy trial, no discussion of email deletion, shoving most of the blame onto arms-length private investigators, fuzziness around whether Rebekah Brooks was aware of it. I imagine they'll be delighted.