By 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.
By Stay-at-home cinema: Film critics reveal the cinema set-ups that got them through lockdown
Attendance at British cinemas in 2020 was 75 per cent down on the 176m admissions in 2019. Among those unable to attend due to the pandemic were film critics. Four of the UK’s leading film critics reveal to XCityPlus the home cinema set-up that’s got them through lockdown and what they miss about the silver screen.
By 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.
By A toolkit for journalists writing about trans activism
As our newsrooms continue to broaden and diversify, it’s important to ensure journalists stay as informed as they can be. Over the past few years, trans people have experienced a historic groundswell in media visibility: from celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox and Elliot Page on glossy magazine covers, to TV shows like Transparent and Pose.
By Escape to the country: Young journalists leaving London
For decades, London has enticed thousands of budding young journalists eager to make their mark in the one of the world’s most established and prestigious media hubs. While Fleet Street’s heyday as London’s journalism epicentre may be over, London still houses just over 50 per cent of the UK’s journalists.
By Tackling COVID-19 vaccine myths: Q&A with Laura Garcia
The COVID-19 vaccination programme is a light at the end of the tunnel for those whose lives have ground to a halt due to the pandemic. But the success of that programme is being impeded by myths being spread online. XCityPlus spoke to Laura Garcia about how misinformation and disinformation is spread and the causes behind vaccine hesitancy.
By The morning routine of a student journalist in lockdown
Eva Levy talks about her morning routine as a student journalist and gives her top tips on maximising productivity.
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 Journalism, OCD, and me
Since starting my Journalism Master’s in September 2020, I’ve noticed my nit-picking perfectionism and incessant checking more than once. After each sentence I write, I have a habit of going back to the beginning of the piece and reading it all through again to make sure it still flows.
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.
By Four times journalists hit back at Twitter trolls
The classic advice given to children is to “turn the other cheek” if someone is bothering them: Don’t give people the satisfaction of a reaction. But life online means abuse has found a home in people’s very own notifications and it soon becomes hard to ignore. Journalism especially invites a world of criticism and although social media gives journalists more exposure, it comes at a price.
By Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 4
Today, Jake Helm and Nicola Blackburn chat with Cara Laskaris and Eloise Feilden about City’s new podcasting module and those magical “lightbulb moments” all writers dream of.
