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25 March 2009

The Future of Newspapers, Helen Thomas on Obama and Radio Caroline
As further job losses in the regional press are announced – what is the future for journalism in the UK? A look back at pirate station Radio Caroline and the first lady of the American press on Barack Obama’s visit next week.

The Future of News

Newspapers Boys back in 1942As the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) announce that it is to shed another five hundred staff across its regional titles and two American newspapers abandon print for online only operations, David Levy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, John Naughton, Professor for the Public Understanding of Technology at the OU, and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee discuss what future there is for journalism in an online world where consumers are getting used to content for free.

Obama on Tour

Gerald Ford and Helen Thomas in 1976As first female member, and president, of the White House Correspondents Association, Helen Thomas has questioned and reported on every American president since JF Kennedy. Currently the most senior member of the White House Press Corps, she gives her view on Barack Obama and the media as the latest US president prepares to visit Britain, as does James Robbins, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent.

Pirate Radio

Radio CarolineOn the forty fifth anniversary of Radio Caroline’s first broadcast and as Richard Curtis’s new film about a pirate radio station is premiered, DJs Dave Lee Travis and Mike Pasternak aka Emperor Rosko look back at their days on the pirate radio ship.
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Steve Hewlett

Steve Hewlett is a Guardian Columnist and broadcasting consultant. He is visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at Salford University and a fellow of the Royal Television Society.


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