Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected the unvaccinated tennis stars appeal to stay in the country on Public Health grounds. Theres dismay from supporters mr djokovic s family say they are very disappointed with the decision and what they have called Scandalous Behaviour from authorities. The Foreign Office has confirmed a man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas was british citizen. Police say the man is now dead all the hostages have been freed. Labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and should resign, over a series of parties at Downing Street during coronavirus restrictions. The conservative party chairman, oliver dowden, says the culture in Downing Street must be addressed. Now on bbc news, its The Media Show. Im ros atkins, welcome to this weeks edition of The Media Show. And theres no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columnist of the New York Times
Across the southwestern pacific the uk Foreign Secretary calls for russia to halt its aggression, and accuses the kremlin of waging a Disinformation Campaign to justify an invasion of ukraine. Russia denies its preparing to carry out false sabotage operations. Now on bbc news its The Media Show. Im ros atkins, welcome to this weeks edition of The Media Show. And theres no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columnist of the New York Times ben smith has announced he is leaving the paper and hes joining forces withjustin smith, no relation, who has been head of bloomberg media. Together theyre going to create a new News Organisation. They say within the next 20 years it could take on the mighty cnn, New York Times, bbc and others. Well, ben smith is our guest on The Media Show today and, ben, i would like to understand a little bit more about what you are planning. Of course and yes, thanks for having me on. I hope youll. Theres been a tonne written in the ft and thejo
his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter, and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought i had things to say. and what i didn t realise at the time was the degree to which reporting, running out and talking to people, finding out, all of that, is the nuts and bolts of everything, including column writing. so as someone who hadn t done an awful lot ofjournalism and heri
of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought i had things to say. and what i didn t realise at the time was the degree to which reporting, running out, talking to people, finding out, all of that, is the nuts and bolts of everything, including column writing. so as someone who hadn t done an awful lot ofjournalism and heriot watt didn t have a student new
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the media show: writing a first draught of history. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study