Newspapers & magazines

Zahra Joya: the Afghan reporter who fled the Taliban – and kept telling the truth about women

As a child in Afghanistan, she pretended to be a boy in order to get an education, before starting her own women’s news agency. Now living in Britain, her fight continues

Annie Kelly

22, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM

Ministers urged to stop ‘hiding from scrutiny’ by blocking FoI requests

Six departments spent total of at least £500k in four years trying to block requests, openDemocracy finds

Ben Quinn

21, Sep, 2021 @4:00 PM

Picture Stories review – how one news magazine blew up British photography

By chronicling day-to-day life in 1940s Britain, Picture Post became a visual media pioneer, as Rob West’s inspiring documentary reveals

Phil Hoad

21, Sep, 2021 @1:00 PM

Rupert Murdoch’s launch of talkTV is about opportunism as much as ideology | Emily Bell

Piers Morgan will be presenting a nightly talkshow in this new venture aimed at outflanking the ailing GB News, says Emily Bell of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism

Emily Bell

19, Sep, 2021 @5:07 PM

Jonathan Mirsky: reporter who went from Mao fan to fierce Beijing critic

The career of the Observer’s former China correspondent who died last week, was marked by a willingness to review his convictions

Peter Beaumont

19, Sep, 2021 @6:15 AM

Sean Spicer claims press treats Jen Psaki better: ‘I walked into the lion’s den’

Trump’s former press secretary makes remark to New York Times, saying Psaki ‘walks into a bunch of kittens’

Martin Pengelly in New York

18, Sep, 2021 @1:24 PM

‘The cover is like a piece of art in itself’: 32 years of Guardian Weekend magazine

Since its creation in late 1988, the Guardian’s Saturday supplement has been lauded for front covers and features that have caught the eye and sparked joy or sometimes controversy. As its final edition is published, some of the team who worked on it explain how they brought the magazine to life

Sam Wolfson

18, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM

Opinion writing has changed a lot since I started out. It’s time for something new | Hadley Freeman

It’s ironic that at a time when this job has never been more desirable to so many, there is such an expectation of conformity of opinion

Hadley Freeman

18, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM

Piers Morgan hired to launch Rupert Murdoch TV station talkTV

News UK TV station will be rival to floundering GB News and go on air early 2022

Jim Waterson Media editor

16, Sep, 2021 @6:23 PM

‘Fashion is great but it’s not very inclusive’: Jeanie Annan-Lewin on how Perfect magazine is creating change

As a stylist and creative director of Perfect magazine, Jeanie Annan-Lewin is a buzz name in the fashion industry. She’s come a long way since interning at Tatler …

Lauren Cochrane

16, Sep, 2021 @4:00 PM

Duke and Duchess of Sussex are cover stars of Time’s most influential list

Meghan and Harry named among top 100 people globally, with the honour unveiled on the duke’s 37th birthday

Caroline Davies

15, Sep, 2021 @4:05 PM

Paul Dacre ‘should be banned from reapplying’ as Ofcom chair, says Tory MP

Ministers restarted interview process for Ofcom job after former editor considered ‘unappointable’