Northampton Square
London EC1V
UK
City University London/ London Press Club event in the lead-up to the General Election. Chaired by City Professor of Journalism and Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade. The panel will include, subject to work commitments: Heather Brooke, City journalism professor and award-winning journalist behind the MPs’ expenses scandal; Stephen Bush, formerly of the Telegraph and now editor of the New Statesman’s Staggers political blog; Michael Crick, Channel 4 News political correspondent and PSA journalist of the year; Anne McElvoy, public policy editor for The Economist and Evening Standard columnist; and Steve Richards, broadcaster and chief political columnist for The Independent
Are politicians or the system to blame for rising levels of public disenchantment? How much fault lies with the public itself for not getting more involved, whether by attending council meetings, backing investigative journalism or just making the effort to vote? We also look at apathy, asking whether it’s a lack of knowledge about civic institutions, frustrations based on past experience, or just plain laziness.
The event is the latest in a series of London Press Club debates at venues including the Telegraph, the News Building and the British Library covering investigative journalism, women in media and campaigning journalism.