Raymond Snoddy

London

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Writer and media consultant. Former media editor of @thetimes and @FT, and presenter of @newswatchbbc. Now a free agent.

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Articles

Here’s a cack-handed idea the BBC could do without

2 weeks ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionThe Beeb is facing accusations that it is altering content to win over Reform voters. At a time when there was never a greater need for proper journalism, the BBC cannot make another serious misjudgement. Not for the first time the BBC is facing serious questions about its approach to journalism.
Time for journalists to do their job properly when it comes to Reform

3 weeks ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionIf Reform is claiming, as it is, to be a party capable of governing this country, then the media must subject it to the same kind of scrutiny applied to Labour or the Conservatives. Whether they realise it or not, media organisations in the UK should be giving a lot more thought to how to cover Nigel Farage and Reform UK.
A rare feel-good week for publishing

1 month ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionFrom The Guardian‘s positive results to the sale of the Telegraph and National World, UK media brands still make sound business sense and can attract significant investment. There are not many weeks when you are almost spoiled for choice in deciding which bit of good news about the publishing industry to focus on first.
Who’d shut down a whole department just to get rid of one politician?

1 month ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionClosing down DCMS could bring savings as its various functions are moved to other departments, but is it worth losing a dedicated voice for media and other creative industries at the cabinet table? It seems a touch extreme, even in the current febrile state of politics, to be planning to close down the Department for Culture, Media & Sport just to get rid of Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary.
The UK risks damaging its soft power at a dangerous time

1 month ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

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Don’t normalise Farage. He is anything but normal

1 month ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionNews outlets must properly interrogate Reform on how effectively they run things, not report uncritically on the social division they stir. The media is facing enormous challenges over how it reports on two important continuing stories — one domestic, the other foreign. The first is how the Reform party and its leader Nigel Farage are questioned and held to account after their unexpectedly strong showing in last week’s local elections in England.
Time for deeds, not words, from our media titans

2 months ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionFrom the new Observer to Ofcom’s new code to the BBC review, the UK’s biggest media names have a chance to prove their worth right now. There have been some signs of rebirth in the British media in recent days — in newspapers, broadcasting and regulation — or, in some cases, signs that at last things are being done that should have been done a long time ago.
The role of podcasts in Donald Trump’s victory cannot be overlooked

2 months ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

Adwanted UK are the audio experts operating at the centre of audio trading, distribution and analytic processing. Contact us for on J-ET, Audiotrack or our RAJAR data engine. To access our audio industry directory, visit audioscape.info and to find your new job in audio visit The Media Leader Jobs, a dedicated marketplace for media, advertising and adtech roles.
Journalists’ path to the truth has never been rockier

2 months ago | uk.themedialeader.com | Raymond Snoddy

OpinionFrom trust to news avoidance, from ‘jokes’ of death to actual deaths, there are serious problems facing journalists and journalism, and solutions are as yet unclear. April is the cruellest of months for journalists and journalism. Except that most other months are not much better. We have long been familiar with the ancient challenge of how to replace revenue from declining print sales with digital sales in a difficult world.
Why are people not bothered?

2 months ago | inpublishing.co.uk | Ray Snoddy |Raymond Snoddy

You can gain a number of important insights into the remarkable career of investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who uncovered the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in three recent tweets. The first is almost lengthy by the normal standards of Twitter, now called X. It read: “Polite reminder. Trump and Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies, same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart.