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
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 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
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
big rip-off. o donnell: also on capitol hill, the landmark agreement by republicans and democrats on gun legislation. targeting gay pride events. the new video tonight of those 31 men with alleged ties to a white nationalist group, arrested, piled in the back of a u-haul. extreme weather. dangerous flooding shuts down yellowstone, with more than 170 million americans set to face temperatures over 90 degrees. our exclusive interview with the first woman to serve as secretary of the army. do yo still think there s a problem with sexual assault and harassment in the u.s. army? and, jennifer hudson makes history at the 75th annual tony awards. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, many americans are worrying about their retirement funds, as stocks dropped to new lows for the year. investors be
and unfairly treated january 6 hostages. you see the spirit from the hostages. that s what they are is hostages. they have been treated terribly. very unfairly. you know that. everybody knows that. he calls them hostages. many of the january 6 insurrectionists plotted murders. at least seven of the people you see in this video are running for office this year. three legal defeats for trump if less than 24 hours, including an unexpected order from judge cannon in the classified documents case. president biden tells israel s benjamin netanyahu that attacks on aid workers are unacceptable. efforts within israel to oust the prime minister reach a fever pitch. we begin tonight in oklahoma. a town that voted this week to remove city council member judd blevins after local activists discovered that not only did he lead an oklahoma chapter of the white national group, but he was one of the neo-nazis chanting, jews will not replace us in charlottesville, virginia, in august, 2