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Readers Editor

Emotionally charged issue demands media sensitivity

How should newspapers handle stories which have at their heart highly emotional belief systems held by two seemingly irreconcilable parties?

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Inside Readers Editor

Savile abuse scandal sure to put Leveson in the shade

Friday, 12 October 2012

The media and the associated culture of the worship of celebrity are about to come under scrutiny like never before.
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Can tidal wave of rumours drown out truth forever?

Saturday, 6 October 2012

What lessons can be learned from the Jimmy Savile controversy? Quite a lot, I fear. First of all, the man is dead and can't defend himself.

Chilling message from journalist who paid for bravery

Friday, 21 September 2012

The excellent Culture Night returns tonight to Belfast and a host of other towns and cities around the Province. If you fancy something that lends support to a worthwhile cause, you could do worse than come along to the Tele tonight for an Amnesty International reading and discussion.
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Why it’s never too late to right the wrongs of history

Friday, 14 September 2012

They never really get it, do they? The authorities, I mean. On the issue of secrecy.
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Caleb Foundation probe wasn’t an attack on unionists

Friday, 7 September 2012

Some criticism has been made relating to the Belfast Telegraph’s article last week on the extent of influence of the previously little-known Caleb Foundation on the moral agenda of some unionist politicians.
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Press storm timed to perfection as media verdict looms

Friday, 31 August 2012

Sorry, but I refuse to play the game. Prince Harry is a tube and he got what he deserved. Yes, the language is strong. But he's third in line to the throne, for heaven’s sake.
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Style sheets reveal a newspaper’s true colours

Friday, 3 August 2012

One way newspapers make sense of an ever-changing, always-energetic language is to impose order through a style book.
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When the right form of words is very hard to beat

Saturday, 28 July 2012

As regular readers will know, one of the joys of a Readers' Editor column is the things you learn, thanks to the diligence of your actual readers (to coin a phrase).
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Media freedom is precious. Do not jeopardise it

Saturday, 21 July 2012

Is it possible for some good to emerge from the legal and media firestorm that erupted after the murder of Michaela McAreavey and the subsequent trial of two suspects?
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In times of conflict the Press must retain neutrality

Saturday, 30 June 2012

A key pillar of media freedom is the ability to report conflict without harassment. The definition of conflict can be a wide term, covering, for example, strikes and neighbourhood disputes, as well as the more obvious civil disturbances, terrorism and war.
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