NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
29 September 2008
Monday 29 September 2008 9:00-9:45 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Monday 29 September 2008 21:30-21:58 (Radio 4 FM)
Investigative series that looks at the progress of different news stories, talking to journalists and editors about the decisions and choices they made.
In this programme Steve Hewlett focuses on the reporting of knife crime. Since the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, coverage of and concern about knife crime has been growing. But is knife crime really on the rise or is it the reporting of the issue that has changed?
