HACKS AND FLACKS: CAN IT EVER BE A MARRIAGE?

19/05/2009

With early polling giving the Hacks a slight victory in Monday's hotly contested panel debate at the Foreign Press Association, experts weigh in on the results.
 

To access a podcast of the evening's debate, please visit The Media Society Blog featuring videos, podcasts and images of all our events.

In his Guardian blog, panelist Roy Greenslade reveals the secret to his team's success:

"though some journalists failed to do the job properly, the overall aim of journalism is to try to tell the truth on behalf of society."

John Mair, Media Society Director of Programmes, comes to a similar conclusion in his journalism.co.uk blog.