Best Louise Usher Podcasts (2025)

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Don't ignore the DR but also do this (diet, lifestyle and taking control)

6d ago

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Welcome to you if you hopped over from Facebook after I mentioned this podcastPeople don't always know how much diet and lifestyle can help you. I wasn't expecting some hate on how well I am, simply because I am in remission. But I feel so sad for the person who commented "You can't have been that bad then" If you feel I can help, reach out: Facebo…

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GLP1 and IBD - will they let you take Mounjaro? 38:37

3M ago38:37

38:37

🎙 Autoimmune Life | Episode Title: GLP-1 Drugs and IBD – What You Need to Know In this episode of Autoimmune Life, we dive into the hot topic of GLP-1 receptor weight loss medications—like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy—and their implications for people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. As…

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Mental Health and Autoimmune Disease 34:47

5M ago34:47

34:47

This episode addresses how bad mental health can feel when you have autoimmune disease.Please know this is not advice as I am not qualified to give advice for mental health issues. If you need help with this, please reach out to the appropriate professional. Interested in sponsoring this podcast? Email me. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/registered…

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This is the Top Crohns Disease podcast! 38:14

7M ago38:14

38:14

Many thanks to the website who listed this podcast within the top podcasts to listen to. While we don't only talk about Crohns disease, in this episode, we do.Also, finding ways to manage your mindset around this illness. We talk about labelling within hotels and how they are (or are not) catering for people with dietary requirements. New book out:…

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Do you push yourself too hard? 26:12

8M ago26:12

26:12

In this episode we talk about how much we can push ourselves. Sometimes its to 'fit in' and not let our autoimmunity get the bettr of us. Is this you? Do get in touch. https://substack.com/@lusherlife?utm_source=profile-page Read more and see what's happening here. Find the YouTube channel I discussed here: https://www.youtube.com/@registerednutrit…

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J-Lab Episode 42: An ethical approach to crime reporting and true crime content, with Bethany Usher 56:42

9M ago56:42

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As the public’s fascination with crime stories grows, so too does the responsibility of those who bring these stories to light. Whether through traditional journalism or increasingly popular true crime content, the way these narratives are crafted can shape perceptions, impact communities and, significantly, affect the lives of victims and their fa…

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Working with Autoimmune illness 25:26

11M ago25:26

25:26

In this episode I discuss losing my hearing and how I can continue to work given the difficulties with living with an Autoimmune Illness. Finally, I am embracing doing the thing I truly love. YouTube http://www.youtube.com/louiseusherFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louis…

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Struggling to work with autoimmune illness? 15:40

1y ago15:40

15:40

Navigating illness and trying to fit in with a normal working life.Is it for you?Is there another way? Can you live the dream? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louiseusher.co.uk (blog)Nutrition: http://lusherlifenutrition.blogspot.co.ukInstagram:http://www.instagram.com/l…

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Going for dinner but not eating 16:27

1y ago16:27

16:27

This podcast visits the issues we can sometimes have when faced with Crohns disease and a dinner party.People find things funny, when they aren't.What would you do? Eat and suck it up, knowing you might pay for that later? Want to read some more like this?https://substack.com/@lusherlife?utm_source=profile-page *Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lo…

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Autoimmune Life and how we live it 26:41

1y ago26:41

26:41

In this episode I speak to you about a few changes and also, I mention Substack, where you can start a new practice to help with your wellbeing. I would love to have you as a part of the family. https://substack.com/@lusherlife?utm_source=profile-page Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog…

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J-Lab Episode 41: Breaking the RAAC in schools story with Jessica Hill 37:06

1y ago37:06

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Our guest on this episode is Jessica Hill, senior investigations and features reporter for Schools Week and FE Week. Jessica was the first journalist to reveal to the general public how reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was ‘a ticking time bomb’ making school buildings ‘liable to collapse’. She brought the scale of the danger to an even…

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J-Lab Episode 40: Going undercover with Paul Morgan-Bentley of The Times 35:21

1+ y ago35:21

35:21

Our guest on this episode is Paul Morgan-Bentley, head of investigations at The Times newspaper, who has just scooped Investigation of the Year at the Press Awards for undercover reporting that exposed the force-fitting of British Gas meters in the homes of vulnerable people.In our conversation, Paul explains how he reported this story, why he thin…

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J-Lab Episode 39: Reporting the Grenfell cladding scandal, with Martina Lees of the Sunday Times 24:28

2y ago24:28

24:28

Our guest on the latest episode of the J-Lab podcast is Martina Lees, a senior writer for the Sunday Times. Next month sees the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster, when fire destroyed a 23-storey tower block in West London, killing 72 people. Martina has spent much of the last few years seeking answers to why the disaster really happe…

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J-Lab Episode 38: Analytical journalism with BBC Newsnight's Hannah Barnes 31:17

2+ y ago31:17

31:17

Our J-Lab guest this episode is Hannah Barnes, investigations producer for the BBC’s Newsnight programme.Hannah’s reports with science correspondent Deborah Cohen and her subsequent book about the rise and fall of the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) for children at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in north London are the re…

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J-Lab Episode 37: Reporting family courts with Louise Tickle 30:52

3y ago30:52

30:52

Around 4,300 cases a week are heard in the family courts in England and Wales and the number of applications for children to be taken into council care has is around 13,000 each year. And yet remarkably little is known by most people about what goes on in family courts.In this latest episode, our guest is Louise Tickle, a multi-award winning freela…

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J-Lab Episode 36: Reporting Russia with Meduza's Ivan Kolpakov 31:38

3+ y ago31:38

31:38

New laws banning independent coverage of the invasion of Ukraine have forced many news outlets to leave Russia.Meduza claims to be Russia’s biggest independent media outlet even though its editors have been based, in exile, in neighbouring Latvia for most of the last 10 years.In recent years Meduza’s reporting has ranged from exposing the presence …

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J-Lab Episode 35: Reimagining local news with Joshi Herrmann of The Mill 33:40

3+ y ago33:40

33:40

Our guest this time is Joshi Herrmann, who began the pandemic intending to write a book in the Czech Republic… but instead launched a venture in Manchester that shows there might after all be a viable future for good quality, local news reporting.In just 18 months, Joshi Herrmann has signed up 16,000 free subscribers (and more than 1,000 paid) to T…

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J-Lab Episode 34: Freelancing as a foreign correspondent, with Jessie Williams 22:51

3+ y ago22:51

22:51

In this episode, our guest is a journalist who has had three features shortlisted for this year’s British Journalism Awards – in one, she meets women who clear landmines in Lebanon, in another she talks to female footballers tackling France’s on-pitch hijab ban, while in the third she reports on the conditions endured by asylum seekers in the contr…

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'Holiday' difficulties in the autoimmune life 12:24

3+ y ago12:24

12:24

My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? My romance novel now out on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LusherLife Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louiseusher.co.uk (blog)Nutri…

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J-Lab Episode 33: Open source investigations with Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat 30:27

4y ago30:27

30:27

Eliot Higgins is founder of online investigative collective Bellingcat which, over the last 10 years, has used open source investigation techniques to prove that Syria’s regime used chemical weapons against its citizens, find evidence of Russian involvement in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and unmask the “kill teams” who poisoned R…

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J-Lab Episode 32: Exposing doping in sport, with Nick Harris of the Mail on Sunday 32:45

4y ago32:45

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If you've seen Oscar-winning documentary Icarus, you’ll no doubt have been astounded by the scale of the state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes. And in this episode of J-Lab – a podcast brought to you by the Civic Journalism Lab at Newcastle University – our guest is Nick Harris, one of the two Mail on Sunday investigative journalists who expos…

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The best way to deal with new symptoms - and, learning to accept this autoimmune life. 13:28

4y ago13:28

13:28

My Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/louiseusher My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? My romance novel now out on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LusherLife Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseushe…

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How to go public with your disease on social media 27:24

4y ago27:24

27:24

My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? My romance novel now out on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LusherLife Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louiseusher.co.uk (blog)Nutri…

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Let's talk biologics 13:21

4y ago13:21

13:21

My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louiseusher.co.uk (blog)Nutrition: http://lusherlifenutrition.blogspot.co.ukInstagram:http://www.instagram.com/lusher.lifePintrest: https://uk…

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J-Lab Episode 31: Reporting county lines drugs gangs and knife crime, with Annabel Deas 26:26

4y ago26:26

26:26

Annabel Deas, an investigative journalist who works for BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio 4, has just won the Orwell Prize for Hope High, a seven-part podcast documenting the year she spent with a community in Huddersfield where a number of children were being exploited by county lines drug dealers. Judges described Hope High as “British public service jo…

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J-Lab Episode 30: Holding Victoria Beckham and James Norton to account, with Katie Hind 27:53

4y ago27:53

27:53

The appetite for showbiz and celebrity news has only increased during the last 12 months and our guest for this episode is Katie Hind, showbiz editor at the Mail on Sunday newspaper. In the last year alone, Katie has broken stories that forced Victoria Beckham to withdraw her application for government furlough money; that blew the whistle on James…

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J-Lab Episode 29: Failures of state, with George Arbuthnott of the Sunday Times Insight team 27:13

4+ y ago27:13

27:13

George Arbuthnott and Jonathan Calvert of the Sunday Times Insight team have published the first major book telling the inside story of Britain's battle with coronavirus and exposing failures at the top of government which may have cost thousands of lives.In this episode, George explains the reporting behind the story and discusses the methods used…

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J-Lab Episode 28: Reporting war rape, with Christina Lamb of the Sunday Times 39:50

4+ y ago39:50

39:50

Our guest for this episode of the J-Lab podcast is Christina Lamb, award-winning chief foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times. Christina has spent more than 30 years covering wars and conflicts around the world. She has written nine books, including one with Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban in northern Pakistan because of her campa…

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J-Lab Episode 27: Decolonising journalism with Zing Tsjeng 24:09

4+ y ago24:09

24:09

Our guest for this episode is Zing Tsjeng, the executive editor of VICE UK. Most recently, Zing ruffled a few establishment feathers with her Empires of Dirt short-form video series about British colonialism. Zing is a podcaster too, host of United Zingdom on BBC Sounds. She launched the UK edition of women’s website Broadly, while her four-book se…

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Could autoimmune illness be heredatory? 13:25

4+ y ago13:25

13:25

In this episode I speak about my feelings towards coming out of lockdown in the Uk, as well as the concerns that come with being a parent with an autoimmune illness. Could this be passed on? What are the initial signs of the disease? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseusherBlog: http://www.louis…

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J-Lab Episode 26: Reporting China's detention centres 41:20

4+ y ago41:20

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Reporting by journalists like the BBC's John Sudworth has revealed the scale and severity of the Chinese government's large network of detention camps, in which more than a million Uighurs and other minorities are thought to have been detained, mistreated and abused.And in the last couple of weeks, in addition to the heavy restrictions already plac…

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J-Lab Episode 25: The prince and the billionaire, with Stephanie Kirchgaessner 27:35

4+ y ago27:35

27:35

Stephanie Kirchgaessner’s exclusive investigative report of January 2020 about a multi-billionaire, a royal prince, phone hacking and murder was jaw-dropping. And it won the Guardian’s investigations correspondent in Washington DC a British Journalism Award in recent months.In this latest episode of J-Lab – a podcast brought to you by the Civic Jou…

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J-Lab Episode 24: Reporting Project Big Picture, with Telegraph chief football writer Sam Wallace 26:21

4+ y ago26:21

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In a year that has seen very little live sport, the Telegraph’s chief football writer, Sam Wallace, unearthed a story that rocked the world of football: plans to reduce the size of the top division in England, scrap or modify some of the cup competitions and introduce B teams.In this episode, Sam gives some insight into how he got hold of these con…

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J-Lab Episode 23: Reporting domestic abuse by police officers, with Alexandra Heal of TBIJ 20:39

4+ y ago20:39

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Alexandra Heal is an investigative reporter whose work for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on domestic abuse by police officers won her the Private Eye Paul Foot Award 2020. Alexandra’s reporting has also led to lawyers submitting a nationwide "super-complaint" with police regulators.In this episode, Alexandra explains how her research and r…

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My Youtube channel is joining the autoimmune diet and me - plus offering you consults 9:26

4+ y ago9:26

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If you would like to talk over your health struggles, I'm here for you! Email me: [email protected] My youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/louiseusher My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? My romance novel now out on Etsy: https://www.e…

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Autoimmune diet and me on all platforms? what do you think? 8:35

4+ y ago8:35

8:35

This podcast has been successfully running for quite some time now and I'm beginning to think it would be an excellent idea to share the information we have here on the other platforms, like Instagram and youtube. I have a lovely audience there and I share lots of bits of life with autoimmune illness but seldom package it up like that... so... shal…

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J-Lab Episode 22: Redeeming the vox pop, with the Guardian's John Harris 36:57

4+ y ago36:57

36:57

Vox pops are much maligned, seen by some as the lowest form of journalism. Just filler at the end of a news package on TV or radio bulletins. A tick box exercise to include different voices. But over the last 10 years, the Guardian’s John Harris and John Domokos have discovered that vox pops, done thoughtfully, given time and conducted with an open…

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J-Lab Episode 21: Reporting the care homes crisis, with Nick Martin of Sky News 29:03

5y ago29:03

29:03

Nick Martin of Sky News was one of the first journalists to report the coronavirus crisis inside care homes. His reporting was eventually praised by health secretary Matt Hancock, who promised to increase access to testing and send more PPE to care homes.In this episode of the J-Lab podcast, Nick – who began his career on the Whitley Bay Guardan, N…

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J-Lab Episode 20: Breaking the Dominic Cummings story, with the Daily Mirror's Pippa Crear 34:13

5y ago34:13

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It was one of the biggest news stories of the year: an important insight into our country’s handling of the coronavirus and a slightly bizarre tale of politics and power in a pandemic.The flouting of lockdown rules had already cost a government scientist and Scotland's chief medical officer their jobs. So when the prime minister’s controversial chi…

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part 2-autoimmune life 5:21

5y ago5:21

5:21

Get the book I mentioned here: https://amzn.to/3o31oCo Or on Apple Books (digital or gift it) https://books.apple.com/gb/book/covid-19-how-it-made-us-feel/id1514376602 I write creative non-fiction from all over the world. Travel reviews and general life writing see me fill my passion. Find my books on Amazon.. My website: http://www.louiseusher.co.…

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part 1 - autoimmune life and antibodies 5:37

5y ago5:37

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Get the book I mentioned here: https://amzn.to/3o31oCo Or on Apple Books (digital or gift it) https://books.apple.com/gb/book/covid-19-how-it-made-us-feel/id1514376602 I write creative non-fiction from all over the world. Travel reviews and general life writing see me fill my passion. Find my books on Amazon.. My website: http://www.louiseusher.co.…

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Blood glucose levels and working out 15:12

5y ago15:12

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Get the book I mentioned here: https://amzn.to/3o31oCo Or on Apple Books (digital or gift it) https://books.apple.com/gb/book/covid-19-how-it-made-us-feel/id1514376602 I write creative non-fiction from all over the world. Travel reviews and general life writing see me fill my passion. Find my books on Amazon.. My website: http://www.louiseusher.co.…

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Autoimmune diet - receiving from pneumonia 12:26

5y ago12:26

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Get the book I mentioned here: https://amzn.to/3o31oCo Or on Apple Books (digital or gift it) https://books.apple.com/gb/book/covid-19-how-it-made-us-feel/id1514376602 I write creative non-fiction from all over the world. Travel reviews and general life writing see me fill my passion. Find my books on Amazon.. My website: http://www.louiseusher.co.…

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Autoimmune diet during lockdown 17:08

5+ y ago17:08

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How is the diet going during lockdown in the UK? Come along with me on this walk...let's chat. My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? http://www.louiseusher.co.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwritesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/louiseu…

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J-Lab Episode 19: Reporting Covid-19 28:35

5+ y ago28:35

28:35

In this episode, we focus on how journalists are meeting the challenges of reporting the coronavirus crisis. We talk to Nico Piro, a foreign correspondent for Italian TV station TG3, about how he is using mobile journalism skills — learned while reporting conflicts in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, the ebola epidemic of 2015 and refugee crises in Gr…

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J-Lab Episode 18: Q&A with Yvonne Ridley on Official Secrets 25:50

5+ y ago25:50

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Official Secrets is the name of a film released at the end of last year, which tells the true story of Katharine Gun, a GCHQ whistleblower who leaked information to the Observer newspaper about a dirty tricks campaign by US and UK intelligence agencies as they tried to justify invading Iraq. On this episode, we speak with Yvonne Ridley, the journal…

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J-Lab Episode 17: Press regulation with former IPSO chair Sir Alan Moses 27:35

5+ y ago27:35

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Unlike broadcasters, the UK press – in print or online – has no state regulator like Ofcom requiring it to be impartial. There are many implications to this – and the press must balance this freedom to probe, investigate and criticize with a responsibility to report accurately, ethically, fairly and sensitively.In some people's eyes, there is littl…

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Ankylosing Spondylitis diagnosis 18:51

5+ y ago18:51

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Since i spoke to you last over a year ago I have been diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis.Find out how this has affected me and what I do to manage it. My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? http://www.louiseusher.co.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.c…

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J-Lab Episode 16: Q&A with crime reporter Duncan Campbell 46:09

5+ y ago46:09

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Duncan Campbell was the crime correspondent of the Guardian and chairman of the Crime Reporters’ Association. He has written four books on crime, including his latest, We’ll All Be Murdered in Our Beds, the Shocking History of Crime Reporting in Britain. Most recently, he acted as consultant on King of Thieves, the 2018 film starring Michael Caine …

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J-Lab Episode 15: HuffPost UK's Jess Brammar and Emma Youle 57:33

5+ y ago57:33

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HuffPost UK executive editor Jess Brammar, who’s a former deputy editor of Newsnight, gives us her thoughts on investigative reporting in a digital age. And HuffPost UK special correspondent Emma Youle — who is a previous winner of the Paul Foot award — describes how she and colleagues discovered that Kensington and Chelsea council made £129 millio…

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