Alison Hastings
Trustee
Blog posts in total 3
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BBC Trust seminar on impartiality and the BBC's Arts coverage
From gathering together on the sofa to watch a film as a family to spending the evening at the ballet, in different ways the arts touch and enrich almost all of our lives. At the BBC Trust we know that licence fee payers are interested in the arts – be it television drama, film, theatre, music, ...
BBC Trust seminar on impartiality and the BBC's reporting on Africa
Do journalists reporting on Africa swing too easily between 'troubled continent' and 'Africa rising' stereotypes? Should the work of NGOs and the extent of their influence on the media agenda receive greater scrutiny? Does the BBC disproportionately cover some African countries more than others?
Trusting what you see and hear: the media's role in covering science accurately
Climate change is 90 per cent likely to have been caused by humans. That was the conclusion of the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007. So how does the BBC as a broadcaster go about reporting this, ensuring that the dominant opinion is reflected, but that an appropriate...
