#Podcast – Pursuing the issue: Lessons in campaigning journalism
February 8th, 2013Posted by Rachel McAthy in Podcast
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From regional newspapers fronting campaigns on local issues to national press, this week’s podcast looks at some of the approaches taken by those experienced in campaigning journalism, and hears about different strategies as well as how to use petition sites such as Change.org to research campaigns and gather public support.
The podcast hears from:
- Clare Sambrook, author and journalist, part of End Child Detention Now campaign, and a former winner of awards including the Paul Foot Award
- Katherine Sladdon, senior campaigner, Change.org
- Ian Murray, editor-in-chief, Southern Daily Echo and Newsquest publications in Hampshire
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Here are links to some of the campaigns mentioned in the podcast:
- Editorial relating to the Southern Daily Echo’s Turn Up or Tell ‘Em campaign
- Editorial relating to the Southern Daily Echo’s Stay Warm This Winter campaign
- Editorial on Southern Daily Echo’s petition on children’s cardiac unit
- Richard ODwyer petition on Change.org
- Reports on Clare Sambrook winning the Paul Foot Award and Bevins Prize in 2010
- Clare Sambrook’s website
