Tony Harcup
@writerlytone.bsky.social
Tony Harcup writes about journalism - mostly in books and articles, sometimes here and at @rememberlop.bsky.social https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/tony-harcup
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IFJ- International Federation of Journalists@ifjglobal.bsky.social · 4w ago#AI🤖: The use of AI chatbots for news consumption is growing. But what impact does AI have on the newsroom? We want to hear from journalists, media workers and union representatives! 📢 Take part in our survey: surveymonkey.com/r/QLFTVC9 @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social
We're starting early for #YorkshireDay with a plug for our digitised archives on Yorkshire Miners, 1811-1945 A selection of branch membership records, publicity material and more all online at wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
Bradford-born Harry Corbett, creator of Sooty, played piano in the Guiseley fish and chip restaurant owned by his uncle Harry Ramsden.
Good turnout for Michael Meadowcroft's funeral in Leeds today - some great stories. He'll be missed.
Angie Pedley@angiepedley.bsky.social · 2mo ago
This week’s Eye workies, with the front covers from the fortnight they were born 👀 Also pictured: our dogged reporter, Luna.
Good turnout for Michael Meadowcroft's funeral in Leeds today - some great stories. He'll be missed.
Angie Pedley@angiepedley.bsky.social · 2mo agoRochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, August 2024, photo by Tanya Hepplewhite.
More of our stuff "seen in the wild" - a union noticeboard displaying some of our posters:
You gotta think even Telegraph readers aren't buying this shit as their holiday home near Bordeaux goes up in flames...
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last wk.Nighty night.
Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...
If you stood on Briggate at 8am on a weekday in 1957, and stood there again in 2026, in which year could you reach more of the city in half an hour? Samuel Bancroft has crunched the numbers. Since the 1950s, Leeds has got bigger - but the city has effectively shrunk.
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
This is all so weird in Manchester today, crowds of people stood round looking at a generic 1980s office block, Slug and Lettuce doing a roaring trade, plus a fake No 10 door, what a time to be alive
It's great to see Leeds Other Paper remembered in the People's History of Leeds, volume 2 of which was launched last night (@peopleshistorylds.bsky.social, @leedsopf.bsky.social, @leedsmuseums.bsky.social).
😍😍 Loving this and congratulations. Thank you so much for your hard work on this title!
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Here's the link if you want to find out more. Given the price of academic books these days, university libraries are likely to be the main way for anyone to actually read this book. #LibrariesAreFab.
The Routledge Companion to Journalism Education
The Routledge Companion to Journalism Education brings together a global and transdisciplinary field of scholars, practitioners, and journalism educators to provide the most contemporary, research-inf...
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Ooh, look what just arrived in the post. I'm pleased to have a chapter alongside some distinguished contributors in Karen Fowler-Watt's @routledgebooks.bsky.social companion to #JournalismEducation.
Ooh, look what just arrived in the post. I'm pleased to have a chapter alongside some distinguished contributors in Karen Fowler-Watt's @routledgebooks.bsky.social companion to #JournalismEducation.
The people's history of Leeds - that sounds good.
People's History of Leeds Celebration | Leeds Inspired
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Great piece on the @leedslibraries.bsky.social Secret Library blog celebrating Maud Hummerston - the city's first children's librarian, among other claims to fame. #LibrariesAreFab
Who Was Maud Hummerston? Leeds Libraries’ first Female Librarian
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Great piece on the @leedslibraries.bsky.social Secret Library blog celebrating Maud Hummerston - the city's first children's librarian, among other claims to fame. #LibrariesAreFab
Who Was Maud Hummerston? Leeds Libraries’ first Female Librarian
Sign up to our heritage newsletter donate to leeds libraries This week we hear from Library and Digital Assistant Rosaleen Williams, who uncovers the life, career, and incredible achievements of a …
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a big piece from me on my one true love, fanzines, for @theguardian.com. tried to include as many beloved titles as possible— thank you so much to everyone who contributed their voices to this!
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
