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Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns

Raising awareness of inequality and deserving causes through communication
'The right is on the rise': UK's democracy is too fragile to be 'complacent' about Trump, experts say
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

'The right is on the rise': UK's democracy is too fragile to be 'complacent' about Trump, experts say

From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools
Andrew Tate
Conspiracy theories

From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools

News has been reduced to sensationalist clickbait in 2024 – there has to be a better way
Rob Orchard

News has been reduced to sensationalist clickbait in 2024 – there has to be a better way

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Britain's Tory-sympathising press is 'terrible' for democracy, experts warn
Freedom of the Press

Britain's Tory-sympathising press is 'terrible' for democracy, experts warn

GB News slammed as Laurence Fox suspended over 'misogynistic attack' on female journalist
gb news
GB News

GB News slammed as Laurence Fox suspended over 'misogynistic attack' on female journalist

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars
Illustration showing devices used in the spread of culture wars
Education

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars

Jack Nicholson can stand on his balcony if he wants. You don't need to see it
Jack Nicholson showing off that grin in As Good As It Gets. Photo: Maximum Film / Alamy Stock Photo
Social media

Jack Nicholson can stand on his balcony if he wants. You don't need to see it

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital
Taylor Swift greets Swifties during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo Credit Brent Perniac/AdMedia/Sipa USA
Opinion

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital

Gal-dem is closing but its legacy lifting up new voices in media will live on
person holding a gal-dem magazine cover titled 'the roaring twenties
Media

Gal-dem is closing but its legacy lifting up new voices in media will live on

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC's coffin and I won't be renewing my licence fee
Rose Morelli

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC's coffin and I won't be renewing my licence fee

‘Without us there'd have been no Partygate scandal broken’: Mirror and Express journalists strike over pay
Journalist and general secretary of the NUJ Michelle Stanistreet joins striking journalist outside a reach newsroom in London's Canary Wharf
Strike action

‘Without us there'd have been no Partygate scandal broken’: Mirror and Express journalists strike over pay

Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn: Here are better ways he could have spent that money
Elon Musk Twitter
Social media

Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn: Here are better ways he could have spent that money

Big Issue launches media training scheme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds
The Big Issue has launched the Breakthrough media training programme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds.
News

Big Issue launches media training scheme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds

How can we sniff out the real news from the bad news?
John Bird

How can we sniff out the real news from the bad news?

Lets be honest, attacks on Naga Munchetty aren't all about impartiality
Mic Wright

Lets be honest, attacks on Naga Munchetty aren't all about impartiality

John Bird: Fear sells, but let's not lose the facts amid the panic
John Bird

John Bird: Fear sells, but let's not lose the facts amid the panic

The media still has a long way to go in portraying mental health accurately
Health

The media still has a long way to go in portraying mental health accurately

John Bird: Trial by media, and why we should fear it
John Bird

John Bird: Trial by media, and why we should fear it

Reed All About It: S-Town host Brian Reed on the podcast phenomenon
Brian Reed - S-Town
Radio

Reed All About It: S-Town host Brian Reed on the podcast phenomenon

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From Trump to Le Pen, we must challenge extreme views with tough questions
Samira Ahmed

From Trump to Le Pen, we must challenge extreme views with tough questions

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