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24 April 2012

Today at Leeds Trinity

It's the call politicians dread.

Especially when they're in the eye of the political storm. 'I've got the Today programme on the line. They want you to do an interview tomorrow - with James Naughtie'

I wasn't the one getting the call. That honour went to my long-time inky-fingered colleague Susan Pape, course leader for postgraduate print and magazine journalism at Leeds Trinity, who in terms of style and delivery is very much the sleek thoroughbred to my scruffy mongrel. For a programme aimed at Her Maj, Cam and Sam 'ar Susan very much fits the bill. 

07 April 2012

Local TV; Tell Me Why I'm Wrong

Let me start out by saying that I really hope that city-based TV in Leeds and other parts of the UK actually happens, and is a success. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appears to be driving the project hard, and he's made positive noises to the effect that the broadcast media are too London-centric (which they undoubtedly are).

I have to say though that I'm a sceptic, although one who really hopes to be proven wrong.