Iran hangs journalist Ruhollah Zam, 47, for inspiring 2017 protests

Iran on Saturday executed an exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.  Ruhollah Zam, 47, was killed a little more than a year after authorities tricked him into traveling to Iraq, where he was abducted. Zam was one of several opposition figures successfully seized by Iranian intelligence operatives … Read more

Former ABC journalist Emma Alberici lashes out at trolls and defends appearance on Sunrise

Former ABC journalist Emma Alberici lashes out at trolls and defends her appearance on Channel Seven’s Sunrise plugging Compare The Market By Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:12 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 08:12 GMT, 10 December 2020 Former ABC journalist Emma Alberici has hit back at trolls after she was slammed … Read more

Meet the ABC’s glamorous business host Elysse Morgan: Fans go wild over the journalist

Meet the ABC’s glamorous business host Elysse Morgan: Fans go wild over the journalist – who they say is a perfect mixture of beauty and brains By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:33 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 00:53 GMT, 10 December 2020 She has been praised for her hard hitting interviews … Read more

Moment police tell ‘citizen journalist’ to ‘f*** off’ before arresting him for ‘terrorism’

This is the moment a man is kneed in the back and arrested for by police officers for recording outside their station.  Kolee Berks was filming the ‘comings and goings’ of High Wycombe police station in Buckinghamshire when officers arrested him, despite him apparently committing ‘no offence’.   Kolee says he was conducting a ‘legal audit’ of … Read more

Journalist Ray Martin reveals his best ever interviews

Ray Martin is one of Australia’s most iconic TV journalists, with a career spanning over 50 years.  On Saturday, the 75-year-old revealed his three favourite interview subjects – and those that left him the most starstruck.  The TV star told Stellar Magazine he has what he calls his, ”holy trinity’ – three of the most … Read more

Veteran BBC journalist and his boyfriend are found dead

Veteran BBC journalist and his male partner are found dead: Mystery as ex-political correspondent, 68, who rebuilt career after alcohol left him homeless dies in his bedroom with no injuries John Stevenson was found dead in March at his home in Aberdare, South Wales Police broke in and discovered the broadcaster’s body yards from his partner’s … Read more

Dutch journalist smiles and waves as he gatecrashes top-secret EU Zoom meeting

Dutch journalist smiles and waves as he gatecrashes top-secret EU Zoom meeting after defence minister accidentally posted login details online Daniel Verlaan of RTL Nieuws suddenly appeared in defence ministers’ Zoom He waved and smiled as he was visibly shocked he had managed to get it The Dutch Defence Minister had tweeted a photo showing … Read more

BBC urged to diversify news staff by senior broadcast journalist

A BBC executive has urged the broadcaster to diversify its senior news staff because editorial meetings should not be ‘dominated by what white people think’. Head of newsgathering Jonathan Munro says top news spots at the BBC have been predominately held by white men. When he joined in 2014, every person on his team was a … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘said his partner would be angry if ex-BBC journalist wasn’t given job’

The civil war in Downing Street after the ousting of two top aides took another dramatic turn last night as a slew of sensational new claims emerged. Among them was the suggestion that Boris Johnson appointed his new TV spokesman – former BBC and ITV journalist Allegra Stratton – to appease fiancee Carrie Symonds and prevent … Read more

BBC probe Earl Spencer’s claim journalist Martin Bashir behind Princess Diana’s Panorama interview 

The BBC was last night forced into a humiliating U-turn in the furious row over its historic interview with Princess Diana. The corporation said it would hold a fresh inquiry into claims from Diana’s brother that Martin Bashir secured the sensational scoop in 1995 through ‘sheer dishonesty’.  Charles Spencer says the journalist showed him forged … Read more