Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8hBeautiful afternoon here in Hamburg for #Newsgeist 100
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 16hRobert Jendrick doing a very professional job defending Reform over the docco revealing the 'bad apple' racists in his party. Of course they still have the fundamental contradiction of being a 'moderate' rightist party that just happens to attract racists... 001
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"One of the paradoxes of AI and journalism is it's very often the best journalists who are most resistant to AI. They're the ones that could benefit the most." aijournalismqa.beehiiv.com/p/charlie-be...aijournalismqa.beehiiv.comDirector of Polis and JournalismAI at LSE Professor Charlie BeckettCharlie Beckett discusses AI’s impact on journalism, editorial responsibility, investigative reporting and the skills journalists need to thrive. 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It's published! Based on the work of LSE's #JournalismAI since 2018 plus new interviews and cases drawn from around the world. It explores how we got here, what journalists are doing with AI, the best strategies and the ethical and editorial challenges it brings. www.routledge.com/Reimagining-... 131
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is the logical end of the growth of partisan journalism and the loss of the news media's gatekeeper role. The business model for journalism is having right-wingers give you millions. Why rely on GB News when you can have your own channels? pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...pressgazette.co.ukReform hiring journalists to build national newsroomAt least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation. 121
Reposted by Charlie BeckettJames Rodgers @jmacrodgers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On 14 October, I will be hosting this event at the Frontline Club in London. If you are in town, please come and join the discussion with this stellar panel of writers on Russia www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...eventbrite.co.ukPanel discussion: Do Russians support the war in Ukraine?Are Russian Attitudes Shifting as the War's Effects Come Home? 012
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Excellent poem - looking forward to being there for this dark wet Venetian weather in November 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@robertshrimsley.bsky.social a possible story for you? The LSE is about to rebrand itself. It already has an immaculate, instantly recognised logo but current management think we should spend millions to screw that up. Just at a time when the public are struggling to identify reliable brands. 300
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The LSE is about to rebrand itself. It already has an immaculate, instantly recognised logo but current management think we should spend millions to screw that up. Just at a time when the public are struggling to identify reliable brands. Well done Larry Kramer, you'll go down in history for this... 120
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm sure Badenoch's speech was a triumph. But this was odd: "I remember back in the day when Ian Wright and John Barnes were playing, nobody was questioning whether they were English". I remember deep, continuous racism, 'go back to Africa' etc Eg the famous banana image. Odd to get it so wrong. 141
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don't have a hard position on PR, mainly because of this kind of analysis by an LSE colleague. Ive always liked the idea of proportional fairness but that might not work for everyone. 011
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So now it's real. In a digital world it's still a visceral joy to hold your own work. Thanks to the many people who made it possible. 172
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Difficult to get past my bias on this but today feels like the day the UK Green Party mistook rabid prejudice for a policy position. Once again they will sink back into irrelevance just when the environment needed advocacy. Well done everyone! 030
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Absolutely shocking excuse for a politician. 'My colleagues are anti semetic but we don't mean it.' Sian Berry is an awful politician and a collaborator with anti-semites. 020
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hmmm. So the party that runs my council now thinks I'm a racist? Hello @zoegarbett.bsky.social 030
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Prediction journalism, especially the kind that pretends it has a novel insight - has a shockingly bad record - worse than random. But the Tel is awesomely the worst. It's a festival of confirmation bias, wishful thinking and dementia-level memory failure. 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'd make a similar argument to this about 'misinformation'. Polarisation is not a both sides problem in the US or UK (though both are different) 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great article on the current conundrums around public service media policy in the UK 031
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is an excellent artefact of (relatively) recent media history. I now give a lecture about the history of 'the future of news' and this is definitely going into it. 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Don't read this if you're feeling vulnerable. A brutal, powerful, beautiful book about voluntary euthanasia that dodges all the glib ethical cliches. This is writing at its most convincing, sparse and humane 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Couple of inspiring days at #AMBI2026 The diversity and enterprise of these innovators across the African continent is an inspiration - very pleased that we work with some of them 100
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well that's a revelation for me, at least. I prefer her original punctuation. Much funkier. 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fascinating @telegraph.co.uk obituary of Frank Land: a Jewish refugee to the UK from NazinGermany who pioneered computers for business - LSE's first Information professor www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...telegraph.co.uk 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a messy article about the BBC. It gets distracted by personalities, silly polls about trust, and doesn't offer any solutions apart from exploiting its archive. But it asks the right question: what would the UK feel like with no BBC? magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/09/23/t...magazine.newstatesman.comThe BBC is fighting for its lifeAs the Today programme loses presenters, the corporation is suffering a crisis of confidence 100
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is peak LRB. And I mean that in the most positive way. I am not of the first David generation, but I wish I had been. If I cook to a recipe, it's usually one of hers. 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm sure Toby Young's Free Speech Union will be on to this 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not the most important take on the meeting of Xi and Trump but considering thousands of years of different histories and their current geopolitical competition, how come they dress exactly the same? 020
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026About to head off to Terminal 5 - on my way to Cape Town for #ABMI26 I am talking on Sunday 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is brilliant. Well done to NPR for mocking themselves but also for digging out a fascinating way that kids get around social media bans. Youth gotta network. 000
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Two newsrooms doing outstanding work in the US with AI while fully aware of their audience's concerns about the technology. This article by former Polis/LSE Journalistfonden Fellow, Swedish journalist Mersiha Ajdinovic www.journalismai.info/blog/the-cou...journalismai.infoThe country most wary of AI is building into the newsroom anyway — JournalismAIBy Mersiha Ajdinovic 000
Reposted by Charlie BeckettLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970232260
Reposted by Charlie BeckettPaula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A publishing job at our @oipassoc.bsky.social colleagues @lsepress.bsky.social is currently being advertised - more info below 👇 #PublishingJobs 036
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Could this be a turning point in the anti-MSM politics trend? Or is it just be an eddy in the ebbing of mainstream media political power? Seems to me that Trump's usual attempts to bypass and subvert the usual channels might not work this time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House banMajor US networks later suspended White House TV coverage of Trump as he headed to New York for a UN summit. 101
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Enjoying 'reading' my Le Monde this morning. Top story the EU-Canada alliance 110
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The orchestrated and mob attacks on volunteers who risk their lives is about the most dangerous un-British, perverted form of idiotic violence I could imagine. Bizarre that the authorities are taking it so lightly. 030
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bruno Fernandes is brilliant at this. He kicks a player on the ground but gets the other guy sent off. Mad. 110
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is fab (check the numbers). I'm beginning to suspect the RNLI cooked up the whole racist anger thing as a fundraiser 🤔 100
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We got an automated cat feeder to try to keep him on a diet by releasing limited amounts of food at set times. Someone is not happy about this. 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Since 9/11 has American foreign policy got a single thing right? Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Ukraine, Iran etc. Tens of thousands of innocent people dead, democracy diminished. Yet we spend today on a nostalgia fest. 111
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Great to see this defence of the RNLI in the @telegraph.co.uk Just don't look at the comments... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...telegraph.co.uk 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Awful report on AI doomsday from #c4news. Robots , robots, robots. It's like watching elderly parents trying to understand the Internet. 020
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Football. It's not a matter of life and death. It's more important than that... ⚒️ 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is one of the best research reports I've seen on how young people consume news and how news organisations can increase engagement with a demographic that is ignoring them. Detailed analysis and realistic policy and practice ideas from Chanine Enthoven. repository.tudelft.nl/record/uuid:... 010
Reposted by Charlie BeckettSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration. 602405851
Reposted by Charlie BeckettOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 11616286
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Interesting paper on how authoritarian govts clamp down on dissent without defining exactly why they've done it. Shows again how fact checking, legal action etc can't cope with populist culture war fascism. 011
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Recently, I've become quite a law and order, pro-policing person 010
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why do all articles about the decline in romance and committed relationships seem always to be written by women? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Great Romance SlumpWhy are so few young people finding love? 100
