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Episode #2 of ThePicketLinePodcast, and we speak to Rebecca Long-Bailey MP on the future for students amid the current universities pay and conditions dispute. We also hear from UNISON strikers, from James McKenna of the TUC, and from members of the Ver.di union. Updates on the dispute via Twitter @manmetucu and @ucu #UCUrising. Thanks for listening

This week: the arrest of journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests in Hertfordshire; we look at Contempt of Court issues following the death of a student in Manchester last month; and we speak to Sir Bob Neill MP from the Justice Select Committee about improving media access to Family Courts and the wider justice system. The Justice Committee Report is here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmjust/339/summary.html Read more about Tortoise Media, in-depth coverage of UK and world news, and watch previous ThinkIns here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/ Our coverage of Luke O'Connor's murder and more is here: https://thenorthernquota.org/ Dave mentions two Contempt cases. GB News and the Colston statue trial, here: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/07/gb-news-accused-of-prejudicing-colston-four-trial And Rod Liddle over the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/spectator-to-face-contempt-charge-over-lawrence-trial-article/65553.article More details here about the Islamophobia Awareness Month events which Ruby discussed: https://umsu.unioncloud.org/iam And the Ofcom report Pete refers to is here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/guidance/diversity/diversity-equal-opportunities-tv-and-radio Thanks for listening @RightsBang @MMUNorthernQuota

Welcome back to Bang To Rights. We're back with a new format, new stories. In this episode, we speak to Alison Millar, director of the new film Lyra about the life and legacy of the renowned young investigative journalist Lyra McKee. Watch a trailer for the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhF6_UaEzY We also hear from Nic Newman, a co-author of the Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. We discuss the DNR's findings on "news avoidance" and the rise of TikTok with Jennifer Jones, reporter from The Scottish Sun. Read the DNR in full here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022 Catch up on more of our reporting on TheNorthernQuota.org. Podcast presenters: Aroob Quaimkhani, Pete Murray, Tanya Ullah, Zara Gallimore. Thanks

Rebecca Redican reports for The Northern Quota on the Mock COP26 conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University. Students met in a series of role-plays as members of government, NGO, or multinational company delegations to thrash out resolutions designed to confront global warming. The conference was organised by MMU's Professor Liz Price.

Recording the voices of ICU nurses and doctors treating patients with Covid-19, or a crowdsourcing journalism project to examine the future of government after the lockdown, to the sound of the Coronavirus itself, this week there's more from the crew on how journalists around the UK and beyond are responding to the health emergency, and finding innovative ways of documenting the biggest story of our lives. Listen to Radio 4's The NHS Front Line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h5l1 Read more about The Tortoise slow news website and subscribe to The Sensemaker here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/ Ofcom's survey on false claims about the virus is here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2020/half-of-uk-adults-exposed-to-false-claims-about-coronavirus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Half%20of%20UK%20adults%20exposed%20to%20false%20claims%20about%20coronavirus&utm_content=Half%20of%20UK%20adults%20exposed%20to%20false%20claims%20about%20coronavirus+CID_f74d1c411c5fe38865813ae53cdc2ba1&utm_source=updates&utm_term=news%20release The NCTJ's advice on covering Coronavirus and Covid-19 is here: https://www.nctj.com/latestnews/seven-tips-journalists-reporting-covid-19-science-media-centre Read about the MIT project to turn the structure of the virus into music here: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scientists-have-turned-structure-coronavirus-music# And you can read tributes to the late Dennis Aris on the Westmorland Gazette website: https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/18353165.tributes-paid-retired-gazette-journalist-loses-battle-coronavirus/ And also on Holdthefrontpage: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/first-rate-journalist-dies-aged-76-after-coronavirus-battle/ Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher Thanks

In a break from the Bang To Rights formula, we're joined this week by two young podcasters, Hanya Hesham and Siddra Asghar to talk about their new podcasts on racial stereotypes in the UK and on slow news. Hanya is a former MMU journalism student who's now studying international politics at the University of Manchester; Siddra is about to complete her BA in multimedia journalism at MMU. We also look at the decision to devolve powers over Contempt of Court from the Attorney General to the judges themselves. Are there harder times ahead for news reporters in court? You can hear Hanya's podcast, The Stereotyper, on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3A8W9YenH7SAlQmjqOPsZI?si=q0OdI7QNTUyeU3soEf0MXw And on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-stereotyper-podcast/id1499131891 Do search for us and subscribe on Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Thanks

We examine the expanding role of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom as the government says it is "minded" to give it an additional role policing the internet, regulating User Generated Content. Will it work? What on earth does a "proportionate and strong regulatory regime" really look like, and could it face up to Facebook? Also this week, a new member of the crew - Carmel Thomason joins us for the first time. Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. Thanks

The crew in Manchester hooks up with Ellie Shember-Critchley who's at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario this week. MMU's Northern Quota reporters work together on stories with fellow journalism students at Fanshawe's 1069thex.com, covering coronavirus, remembrance of The Holocaust, legalisation of cannabis, homelessness and more. Do read the joint coverage here: thenorthernquota.org and here: 1069thex.com Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Thanks thenorthernquota.com

We're back, and this week we tackle how news organisations report on crime, stop and search, and the portrayal of young men in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in Greater Manchester and elsewhere. It comes after a meeting at Manchester Metropolitan University organised by the Equal organisation, which brought together a range of students, academics, community organisations and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. Our reporter, Imogen Campion covered the event. You can read more here: https://thenorthernquota.org/news/andy-burnham-lot-more-needs-be-done-win-back-trust-stop-and-search There's more on the campaign work by Equal here: https://www.equalcjs.org.uk/ Also on the panel was Roxy Legane from the group Kids of Colour kidsofcolour.com And MMU Senior Lecturer Patrick Williams. You can read more about his research work here: http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sociology/staff/profile/?id=169 Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Search and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. Thanks

Bang To Rights teams up with The Media Law Podcast, to talk election law and ethics, Hong Kong, and using podcasts to reach students, lawyers - and even judges. For this special joint episode, producer-presenter Pete Murray is joined from City University's Law School by Tom Bennett, and from the MMU journalism newsroom by Ellie Shember-Critchley. You can hear more from the Media Law Podcast on Soundcloud, here: https://soundcloud.com/user-568422299 Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang and @MediaLawPodcast Thanks

We're in question time mode, with an audience of ManMetUni students. Questions on social media and the December 12 election, Russian influence, media coverage, class and Brexit, parties and Brexit, the Brexit Party and Brexit... and also our preparations for Election Night coverage on the Northern Quota https://thenorthernquota.org/ With us this week, Jonathan Rodwell, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at MMU, Liz Hannaford and Dave Porter, Natalie Carragher from MMU's aAh! magazine https://aah-magazine.co.uk/ Contact us on Twitter @RightsBang Thanks

We are joined this week by MMU journalism's Liz Hannaford to look at the latest Ofcom report into the BBC - and whether the Corporation risks becoming irrelevant to young people. We also look at issues around students registering to vote in the 12 December election, and forthcoming coverage of the campaign on thenorthernquota.org. We also speak to Lucy Chesters of Ethos magazine, which covers what it calls innovative and progressive ways of doing business. You can read more about Ethos magazine on their website: https://ethos-magazine.com/ The Ofcom report on the "lost generation" and the BBC is here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/features-and-news/bbc-risking-lost-generation There is also a separate examination of BBC radio and podcasts, and the BBC Sounds app in Ofcom's Media Nations 2019 report here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/tv-radio-and-on-demand/media-nations-2019 And you can read a full account here of the Leicester Mercury's attempt to publish the name of a teenager described as "a danger to the public" who pleaded to a series of savage assaults on a 19 year-old woman: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2019/news/judge-rejects-dailys-bid-to-name-danger-to-public-who-thought-he-had-killed-date/ Contact us @RightsBang Thanks for listening