Can newspapers survive?
Monday, November 5th, 2007
In this three part series for BBC Radio 4, Kim Fletcher (British journalist and media consultant) asks: is it too soon to write the obituary of the newspaper?
The episodes will be available on line starting today.
Monday 5 November, 11.00am
A farewell to print
After 150 years of little change in the print industry, the last few years have witnessed a revolution as the internet increases its dominance on the media landscape. Readers’ attention and loyalties have become divided as papers compete with round the clock reporting and unmediated comment.
Tuesday 6 November, 11.00am
How journalism is changing
Kim Fletcher interviews Jessica Callan,the founding ‘3am girl’ on her coverage of the nightclubs of London, and the draw of celebrity journalism. And in a world where print journalists now broadcast online, Emily Bell of the Guardian discusses the impact of the internet on the print journalist.
Wednesday 7 November, 11.00am
The end of the age of influence
In 1992, after Labour’s unexpected defeat, The Sun’s headline proclaimed, ‘It was The Sun wot won it’. But what influence does the partisan press have, both in Westminster village and on the public? David Yelland, former editor of The Sun, and Peter Preston, former editor of the Guardian, discuss.
