So interesting, thank you!

Will A.I. Save the News? Artificial intelligence could hollow out the media business—but it also has the power to enhance journalism.

“A.I. could improve the news—if it doesn’t destroy it in the process,” Joshua Rothman writes. In a new column, he explores how artificial intelligence could enhance journalism—or hollow out the industry.

‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so littl...

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Wow, congratulations!!

Government Joins Reddit In Bid To Step Up Its Online Communications Strategy The government has set up an account on Reddit as part of its effort to use more modern forms of media to get cut through.

EXC: The government has set up a Reddit account to try to get more cut through with the public

@politicshome.bsky.social understands special advisers were told at a recent away day that govt comms must adapt to more modern media

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday.

More worrying infringements on press freedom in Turkey and elsewhere.

Turkey ranks 158 out of 180 in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders.

Barbara Hepworth’s string sculptures exhibited in public for first time Artist’s fascination with string is focus of show opening next week with works not seen beyond private collections For more than 60 years, Barbara Hepworth’s Winged Figure has loomed over London’s Oxford Street, hanging off the side of its John Lewis…

Barbara Hepworth’s string sculptures exhibited in public for first time

"Misinformation and disinformation can no longer be viewed simply as an academic nuisance, but rather they are a societal threat. Only if we recognise that threat and act proportionately can we respond to the danger..."

- The Lancet

British soft power? Invest in culture – at home but especially abroad Except for one position: Lisa Nandy was appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS), having spent the past few months, and years even, shadowing the development portfolio. It ...

Interesting thoughts from Marta Foresti on the potential for a new story of Britain in and with the world, where soft power is the outcome of a culture of co-creation. odi.org/en/insights/...

Jack leaves Sam Podcast Episode · Politics At Jack And Sam's · 13/01/2025 · 20m

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Je suis Lucy Mangan

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I loved this too! Have the same edition 🩰

This show has audience participation

Me too. I still think about it years later.

Scott Trust approves sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media Observer sold: The Scott Trust board has given the go-ahead for Tortoise Media to acquire The Observer, it was announced on Friday 6 December.

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The FT's Influential Women of 2024. What a line-up on.ft.com/3ZBsSUh

Hard to believe we still haven’t cracked this 40 years later. RIP Paddy Coulter. amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...