By We journalists love to think we have a way with words, but frankly some of what comes out of our mouths is downright ridiculous. We’ve collected some of the funniest overheards from news and features desks around the country. Vote for your favourite below:
By Video: Reporting the Eritrean refugee crisis
There are 5,000 refugees fleeing the North African country, Eritrea, every month. It is the second biggest refugee crisis after Syria, but their stories rarely reach the world’s press. Reporters Without Borders have called Eritrea a “blackhole of information”, ranking its press freedom the worst in the world for the past eight years. Investigative
By Gary Younge delivers “brilliant, depressing and important” Cameron Memorial speech
Gary Younge’s Cameron Memorial speech was described as fascinating, powerful and important on Twitter, following the event. Mr Younge (Newspaper Journalism, 1993) delivered his speech, “Democratic Imbalance: Who Decides What’s News”, at City on 22 February. It focussed on the media’s underreporting of ethnic minorities, and on our desensitisation to
By Interview: Podcaster Helen Zaltzman
“I don’t know anyone who is interesting un-edited, to be honest,” laughs Helen Zaltzman, her voice pouring out from my smartphone speaker. “No one needs to spend that amount of time with people they don’t know!” It is 10am and I am at my kitchen table listening to the disembodied
By 6 celebrities who tried stand-up
With the rise of short, light-heated online content, it’s no surprise that the divide between journalists and comedians is thinner than ever. Perhaps that’s why more hacks are taking their skills to the stage. You can read more about that in this year’s XCity but here we’ve found six surprising
By Quiz: Which of these outlandish magazine designs are real?
Independent magazines are getting creative with production designs by using unusual materials and offbeat formats. Can you tell the real-life rags from the made-up mags?
By 25 City journalism graduates longlisted for 2016 XCity Award
Being nominated for an Oscar, interviewing Prince William and becoming Time Inc.’s youngest editor are just a few of the accomplishments City graduates have achieved this year. The nominees for the £500 XCity Award, for outstanding journalism by a City graduate, have been chosen by both alumni and members of
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By 6 ridiculous times the press ran with hoax stories
By Yashi Banymadhub and Adam Chapman In a digital age that demands immediacy, the internet can be invaluable for fishing out stories fast. However, with journalists tirelessly trawling the web for the next big break, fact-checking can fall by the wayside and even the best journos can be fooled. Here
By Old News: 2003 predicts the future of lads mags
Bauer Media announced in November it would be suspending the publication of FHM and Zoo magazines, and Playboy revealed its first non-nude cover at the beginning of February. It’s almost as if Andy Morris, former online editor at GQ and now acting deputy editor at BA High Life, predicted the
Lost in translation: What journalists say vs what they mean
Over the years, journalists have invented a lexicon of terms and phrases that only other hacks know the true meaning of. Fortunately, we’ve come up with a handy translator you can show your non-journo friends next time you see them staring blankly at one of your articles. Simply click to
By Video: 30 Seconds With Katie Hopkins
No topic is off-limits for Katie Hopkins. From children’s names to immigration to Donald Trump, the MailOnline columnist is never far from controversy. Here’s what happened when we caught up with one of Britain’s most talked about journalists in a 30 second quick fire round… You can read the full
