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Roy Greenslade

Roy Greenslade was a professor of journalism at City University and a former Guardian columnist. He was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1990 to 1991

February 2018

  • Cover of Russell Findlay's book, Acid Attack

    Media blog
    Bravery isn't enough. An acid attack shows why reporters need good bosses

    Roy Greenslade
    Near blinding of Sun journalist raises questions about how he was treated by his newspaper
  • Jeremy Corbyn at the National Manufacturing Conference in london

    Corbyn is right to warn the press – but wrong to single out foreign owners

    Roy Greenslade
    The spy claims by some papers have given the Labour leader to make some stinging points about how free the UK press really is, says Roy Greenslade
  • The last edition of New Day, 29/02/16

    Is May’s press inquiry just a way of putting Leveson 2 on the back burner?

    Roy Greenslade
    I hope the PM is sincere in her desire to save journalism for the public good. But so much depends on the scope of the review, says Roy Greenslade, professor of journalism

January 2018

  • The FT’s secret filming of the Presidents Club event.

    Media blog
    The FT’s Presidents Club scoop shows how attitudes have changed

    Roy Greenslade
    Even the tabloids thought it was sleazy – and only the Mail was left to decry ‘virtue signalling’

December 2017

  • Elizabeth Denham

    Media blog
    The data protection bill is yet another legal threat to UK press freedom

    Roy Greenslade
    Proposals to allow the information commissioner to assess journalists’ use of private information before publication could let the powerful off the hook

November 2017

  • Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was investigating political corruption, was killed by a car bomb.

    Greenslade
    Boris Johnson's £1m for press freedom: a small response to a big threat

    Roy Greenslade
    Britain’s recognition of the disgraceful reality facing brave journalists around the world is belated and limited, but welcome

October 2017

  • BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg outside 10 Downing Street in London the day after the general election

    Media blog
    How blurring of fact and comment kicked open the door to fake news

    Roy Greenslade
    In seeking to combat mainstream media output, which they regard as a form of fake news, readers have become ready recipients of fake news themselves

September 2017

  • Press baron Richard Desmond is willing to sell his Northern & Shell media group.

    Media blog
    Northern & Shell takeover may prolong Trinity Mirror's life, but its future is uncertain

    Roy Greenslade
    Bid is likely to face challenges from shareholders and regulators, and involve title mergers and staff cutbacks

August 2017

  • Jodi Cudlipp at her home in Chichester, West Sussex, in 2011.

    Lady Cudlipp obituary

  • Adrian Pogmore

    Media blog
    Publishing salacious material as public interest besmirches press freedom

    Roy Greenslade

July 2017

  • mail

    Media blog
    Reactionary politics play their part in the demise of the tabloids

    Roy Greenslade
    The UK’s popular newspapers need to address editorial tone and quality if they are to attract younger readers and compete with social media
  • Andy Coulson is understood to have parted company with the Telegraph.

    Andy Coulson's PR firm parts company with Telegraph

    Coulson Chappell, set up after he was released from jail for conspiracy to intercept voicemails, was hired to promote image of newspapers
  • Jon Snow

    Media blog
    Snow and Maitlis rows are part of a pattern of attacks on TV journalists

    Roy Greenslade
    Partisan newspapers continually try to highlight bias among broadcasters, and MPs need few lessons in criticising the BBC

June 2017

  • Theresa May appearing on The Andrew Marr Show in April.

    Media blog
    Theresa May gaffes rattle the rightwing press

    Roy Greenslade
    Exasperated Tory leaning media have been trying to divert attention from a beleaguered leader by offering anti-Corbyn material

May 2017

  • Laugh a minute. The media went into full genuflection mode after the announcement that Prince Philip was slowing down.

    Media blog
    Prince and commoner: one rule for Philip and another for Jeremy

    Roy Greenslade
    Unlike ‘retiring’ Duke of Edinburgh, Corbyn has never been given a free pass by the press, none of his mistakes excused

April 2017

  • Kelvin MacKenzie. The Sun columnist has been suspended after a column he wrote about Everton’s Ross Barkley.

    Greenslade
    MacKenzie has scored a spectacular own goal by insulting Liverpool again

  • European and US newspapers report on Trump’s decision to attack the Syrian military airbase.

    Greenslade
    US missile strike in Syria: morally right but done for the wrong reasons?

    Roy Greenslade

March 2017

  • Andy Coulson, outside the Old Bailey in central London, in July 2014.

    Andy Coulson hired as Telegraph PR adviser

  • George Osborne

    Osborne's new job confirms disturbing Tory dominance of the media

February 2017

  • David Cameron

    David Cameron asked Daily Mail owner to sack Paul Dacre over Brexit

    Former prime minister pressed Lord Rothermere to ‘rein in’ editor before EU referendum
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