By Jake Helm and Nicola Blackburn chat to Ella Doyle about her interview with royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills. They also catch up with Catherine Entwistle who interviewed broadcaster Shelagh Fogarty for XCityPlus.
By Third name on the XCity Award shortlist announced: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
The outgoing editor-in-chief of gal-dem, a magazine working to amplify the voices of women and non-binary people of colour, has been shortlisted for the 2021 XCity Award.
Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 6
Today Nicola Blackburn and Jake Helm chat to Rhiannon Jenkins about her article on a City lecturer’s research into sexual harassment in the press. They are also joined by Ella Doyle, editor of book(ish), a new literary and cultural magazine.
By City Journalism partners with Bloomberg on diversity scheme
City will team up with Bloomberg and one of America’s top journalism schools next month to roll out a programme aiming at diversifying business journalism.
By China’s expelled foreign journalists
XCityPlus spoke to Chris Buckley and Amy Qin about their expulsion from China and being a correspondent in offshore.
By Four-fifths of 16- and 17-year olds have watched online pornography, shows City research
City Journalism research has shown that four-fifths of 16- and 17-year olds have watched online pornography, in a study that has been picked up by national media.
By The Five Ws Podcast: Clare Rewcastle Brown
XCityPlus ask prominent journalists in their fields the crucial who, what, why, where and when of their careers. For the first episode, Eva Levy chats to investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown.
By A piece of Diyora’s mind: Video series
For the third instalment of the series, we’re hearing from Diyora Shadijanova, opinion and personal essays editor at gal-dem and freelance journalist for publications like Cosmopolitan and the Independent. She tells us about learning to grow confidence as a journalist, and her piece that got given a shout-out at a protest!
Second name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Mary Fitzgerald
The outgoing editor of openDemocracy has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for her work in holding the government to account through its interrogation of social and political issues.
Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 5
Today, Jake Helm and Nicola Blackburn are joined by Bea Tridimas and Sophie Ward, chatting all about OCD and journalism, and a City lecturer who was caught up in the Beirut Blast last August.
City’s Jane Martinson nominated for journalist of the year
The awards recognise outstanding achievement in the fields of business, economic and financial journalism in the UK. Professor Martinson has previously judged the awards but stepped down from the judges panel this year after being nominated for her Tortoise long-read Barclay v Barclay.
By First name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Dina Aboughazala
Dina Aboughazala, the founder of an Egypt-based startup that helps local journalists, is the first name on the shortlist for the XCity Award.
