- Ian Wishart is a business journalist, currently working in Brussels. He worked on regional newspapers in England and Wales until 2010. Shortlisted for UK regional education journalist of the year 2009. He was education correspondent of the Leicester Mercury between 2006 and 2010. He is now business reporter for European Voice, an Economist Group newspaper. This blog is wholly unconnected with that role and the views here are entirely personal. ________________________________
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Media paranoia
Life as a journalist in the 21st century: Press release in the morning about University of Leicester research suggesting it’s dangerous to drive while listening to your favourite football team on the radio. It’s all fairly light-hearted stuff in my … Continue reading
Posted in Read all about it
Tagged BBC, driving, journalism, Leicester City, politicians, radio, University of Leicester
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Leicester council leader tells public to “have some manners”
So this was democracy in action then. The decorum of a regular city council cabinet meeting shaken by palpable anger and frustration among normal members of the public. And when they complained that they hadn’t been listened to council leader … Continue reading
Posted in Education analysis
Tagged BBC, Clarendon Park, consultation, democracy, France, Leicester City Council, Leicester Town Hall, manners, respect, Riverside, Ross Willmott
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