By In recent times, it feels like journalism has taken a beating. With allegations of fake news and misinformation constantly swirling around the journalistic landscape (often aided by the toxic environment of social media), it’s sometimes easy to forget what sits at the heart of journalism: reporting in the public interest.
By Food writers reveal which ingredient they’d like to eradicate from the earth
Do preserved lemons taste like toilet cleaner? Is it a crime to eat cottage cheese out of the tub? Should you ever trust someone who eats tongue? Ella Doyle discovers which ingredient food writers would like to eradicate from the earth.
By Quiz: Which work-from-home journalist are you?
Which work-from-home journalist are you? Take Chiara Wilkinson’s quiz to find out what kind of journalist you’ve turned into over lockdown.
By Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 2
Today, Jake Helm and Nicola Blackburn catch up with Emily Stearn and Frankie Lister-Fell. Hear about Frankie’s interviews with the journalists who reported from the Capitol in January and Emily’s piece about Paul Lashmar’s departure from City.
By A piece of Faima’s mind: Video series
For the second instalment of ‘A Piece of Their Minds’, Charlotte Rawlings speaks to Faima Bakar, a lifestyle journalist turned freelancer and a staff writer for Journo Resources.
By The best journalism ever written, as recommended by journalists
There are moments in every journalist’s career when you feel at a loss for inspiration, struggling to fill the blank page with words. When the ideas falter, inspiration can be found from fellow writers. Hadley Freeman, Simon Hattenstone, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Helena Lee reveal their recommended reads.
By Al Jazeera producer on making global documentaries from her living room
Like many television journalists under lockdown last April, Al Jazeera’s senior digital producer Ali Rae was frustrated that on-the-ground reporting and filmmaking had paused. There’s little one can produce from the confines of one’s home. Or so you might think.
By Done! Quick delicious lunches for the busy journalist
Stuck for ideas for lunch? Isabelle Gray gives her top recipe tips for the busy and hungry journalists among you.
By How Gay News paved the way for LGBTQI+ journalism in the UK
“It’s hard to imagine the diverse, thriving LGBTQI+ landscape we live in today without publications like Gay News.”
These words were spoken by DIVA editor Carrie Lyell about the British LGBTQI+ newspaper which ran between 1972 and 1983. Filled with wit, satire, and biting critiques of heteronormativity, the paper constantly pushed boundaries in a time when gay love faced huge barriers.
With the 50th anniversary of the iconic publication fast approaching in June, XCityPlus spoke to pioneering LGBTQI+ journalists about the legacy of Gay News and what it means to them.
By Proportion of female experts on broadcast media plummets during the pandemic
The use of women experts in TV news programmes has gone “backwards” during the pandemic, according to the lead researcher of a City project.
By Inside the Financial Times’ Wirecard investigation
A poster looms on the wall behind Paul Murphy. A man is pictured in two side-by-side images, bearded in one, clean-shaven in the other and smirking in both. “Fraud in the billions”, the headline exclaims. And below, in smaller print: “Can you provide any information on Jan MARSALEK’s whereabouts?”
By 11 must-follow eco accounts on Instagram
Bringing together powerful photojournalism, data journalism, and the stories of people across the world, here are 11 of the best Instagram accounts to follow to boost your eco-education.
