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‘News isn't just another business’
MICHELLE STANISTREET, who is stepping down from leadership of the National Union of Journalists after 13 years, speaks to the Morning Star on what's wrong with the media industry – and how to address it
The NUJ's Michelle Stanistreet
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If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
MICHELLE STANISTREET is stepping down as leader of the National Union of Journalists, a role she has held since 2011.
It’s been, as she frankly acknowledges, “an extremely challenging time” for the industry.
As soon as she was in post evidence that Rupert Murdoch title News of the World had hacked the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler spurred a national conversation about media ethics — and the corrupting influence of ownership by a handful of plutocratic press barons, concerns that led to the Leveson Inquiry.
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