Radical Journalism: Then and Now

Abstract

A panel contribution to a workshop on the enduring impact of Power Without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and, the Internet in Britain, by James Curran and Jean Seaton (Routledge). The fifth in a series of workshops centred on the legacy of James Curran and Jean Seaton’s Power without Responsibility looks at the history of alternative forms of journalism and addresses the need for a diverse range of news that mainstream media and commercial platforms cannot sponsor or deliver. Workshop five – Radical journalism: then and now CHAIR: Huw Richards • Omega Douglas (Dr, Goldsmiths) • Des Freedman (Professor, Goldsmiths) • Kevin Gilmartin (Professor, Caltech) • Anthony Mcnicholas (Dr, Westminster