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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno

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Researching & teaching broadcasting, international news & digital media. Former journalist BBC, ITN, AP. Writing on media for The Conversation. New book on BBC newsgathering out 2025! #TeamCanada

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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A packed audience for my book talk last night at the Princess Grace Irish Library and afterwards a wonderful reception. This morning I am talking to students from the Lycée Albert Ier
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Many presidents have had a bad press - but Donald Trump’s decision to ban selected media from the White House is extreme. Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social, Full Professor in Journalism at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more: launch.dcu.ie/3TbLGt1
Photo by David Everett Strickler on Unsplash
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My article in this afternoon's Conversation UK, analysing Trump's decision to ban selected media from the White House. This story is moving fast. theconversation.com/many-preside...
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Many presidents have had a bad press – but Donald Trump’s decision to ban selected media from the White House is extreme
The Trump administration claims to defend free speech, but is quick to attack any critical journalists or media outlets.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My kind of bookshop - @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street. My book on BBC women is also for sale at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and @blackwells.bsky.social
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New Trump book will have readers playing the parlour game: who blabbed? Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social, Full Professor in Journalism at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more: launch.dcu.ie/3TgxOxa
Photo by David Everett Strickler on Unsplash
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today’s @DCU radio show by the master’s in journalism students. Among the live guests film maker Tom Burke talking Oscars and the future of the film industry in Ireland
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Disappearing older women: “They move into a parallel world as opportunities dwindle and others are picked for roles they were not encouraged to apply for, filling openings they never knew existed.” | Anne McElvoy on the BBC but could apply anywhere… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here’s a key task for the new boss at the BBC: solve the mystery of all the disappearing women | Anne McElvoy
A report detailing how the careers of female presenters are curtailed should be a clarion call. The problem has endured for too long, says journalist and broadcaster Anne McElvoy
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
My piece in today's Irish Independent on working for Peter Mandelson when a new graduate. His ability to remain calm in a crisis was perhaps his superpower. He'll need it now... www.independent.ie/opinion/anal...
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Colleen Murrell: Peter Mandelson was always like a buddha of quiet calm – even when a tabloid outed him as gay
It was on a Saturday evening in 1987, in the middle of the election campaign, when I took the first call from the News of the World. A needling voice asked me if Peter Mandelson was in the building.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A cracking piece by Prof Debbie Ging from @dublincityuni.bsky.social & the digital storytelling team at @aunz.theconversation.com It's called 'How boys get sucked into the manosphere'. Take a look stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...
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How boys get sucked into the manosphere
It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A daughter is very happy, on visiting Oxford, to find my book in Blackwell's. It would make a great Christmas present everyone! 'BBC Women Reporting the World: Conversations with Foreign Correspondents'.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
My article 'Why has the BBC's director general resigned and what should happen next?' has just been published by The Conversation UK. theconversation.com/why-has-the-...
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Why has the BBC’s director general resigned and what could happen next?
The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Really enjoyed being "in conversation with Caroline Wyatt" about my book at the Frontline Club on Monday. "BBC Women Reporting the World". The books sold out and it was standing room only at the back. A very enjoyable conversation thereafter with the knowledgeable audience. Here are a few pics
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
If you’re looking for something intriguing to do on Monday 22nd at 7pm - buy a ticket to the Frontline Club in Paddington, central London. Caroline Wyatt and I will be discussing my book which examines the BBC’s hiring of women over the years and profiles 10 international journalists
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I wouldn't have my book (BBC Women Reporting the World -- Sep 2025) without having had access to the Written Archives at Caversham @greavesian.bsky.social www.foyles.co.uk/book/bbc-wom...
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
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Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
If you pre-order my book from ⁦‪@Waterstones‬⁩ with code SUMMER25 then you get 25% off! The book is about ⁦‪@BBCNews‬⁩ women foreign correspondents (offer available until end July) ⁦‪@DCU‬⁩
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
As Trump succeeds in stopping federal funds for @PBS and @NPR , will this bring about local TV closures, and bigger news deserts? Why does this matter? My article in today’s @ConversationUK @DCU theconversation.com/trumps-budge...
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Trump’s budget cuts could shut down local news outlets and reduce reporting on emergencies
Public broadcasting regularly sends out alerts related to extreme weather and emergency news – but Trump has had these media outlets in his sights for a while.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Unexpected find of the day - Jürgen Habermas is still alive and is 96
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
<<I have had more wives than Henry VIII. It’s news to me too>> ⁦@fotoole.bsky.social explores the ‘factoids’ of his astonishing AI private life www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Fintan O'Toole: I have had more wives than Henry VIII. It's news to me too
Artificial intelligence has trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, so it has to spew out absurd ‘factoids’ instead
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My bookmarks come courtesy of a drawing daughter who sketches wherever she lands
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information. Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social, Full Professor in Journalism at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4mPDgkO
Photo by Tero Vesalainen on iStock
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Gisèle Pelicot wins 40,000 Euros from Paris-Match for publishing pictures of her private life. The money will go to charities supporting women victims of violence www.huffingtonpost.fr/justice/arti...
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À la demande de Gisèle Pelicot, « Paris Match » va verser 40 000 euros à ces assos
Gisèle Pelicot avait assigné l’hebdomadaire en justice pour atteinte à la vie privée et au droit à l’image, après la publication de photos prises à son insu.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
My piece on Trump vs the BBC has just been published in The Conversation UK. I know he has some other row going on, but we should all care about his designs on trusted media. theconversation.com/trumps-attac...
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Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information
Recent comments from the White House suggest that a campaign to undermine public trust in the media is not going away.
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
How Trump bullies, intimidates and extorts the media. According to David Frum, he does it by "squeezing the corporate parents" of news media. A podcast with Frum and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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Why Are the Media So Afraid of Trump?
How Trump is bullying the media and why it’s working
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Devastating piece on the hunger of babies in Gaza from freelance crews and @fergalkeane47 on @BBCNews
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Launch of film ‘Why Wouldn’t You?’ by @DCU academics Maria Loftus and Fiona Murphy. This documentary film interviews refugees and activists and explores issues of racism vs empathy about refugees. Film introduced by Agnes Maillot from @DcuSalis and @dairekeogh.bsky.social
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution says @fotoole.bsky.social Time to question “the unique sanctity of the celibate male”. (But I don’t see this pope doing that) www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Fintan O'Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution
Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The one consistent organising principle of this Trump presidency is its relentless support for fossil fuels. For journalists, this means that without proper energy literacy they can no longer cover politics. Reading general news coverage that is energy-illiterate has become almost useless.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A challenging podcast on how AI means cheating at uni is rife. Is “use it responsibly” any kind of solution? Ironically the @nytimes appears to be using an AI-voice delivery system? Or is it the person it claims? www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...
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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College from New York Magazine - Listen on NYT Audio
40 min listen - In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Thanks to those who attended our research centre’s three books launched and about to be launched! @DCU @DCU_SoC Books by Dervila Cooke, Leeann Lane and me
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Laura Tingle to take up job as ⁦‪@abcnews‬⁩ Global Affairs Correspondent. <<ABC News Australia currently has correspondents in 11 overseas locations and another seven local reporters based around our region under the Pacific Local Journalism Network.>> www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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7.30's Laura Tingle to become ABC's new Global Affairs Editor
Tingle, a Walkley-Award-winning journalist, will take up the post mid-year, joining a network of foreign correspondents around the globe.
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Blimey. Hope the Line of Control lives up to its name.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/05/2025
Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir as India said it had attacked 'terrorist infrastructure' in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks reut.rs/4k0dkRm
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
How to make children’s news programmes on a budget explained today at #mojofest25 @tg4.bsky.social @news.rte.ie
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
All set for #mojofest25 Great line up of speakers
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Prof @kevinrafter.bsky.social gets a whole page in the @ST__Ireland for his soon to be launched book on EJ Dillon @DCU
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Bewley’s became the birthplace of the Irish women’s movement - or so it says here. Certainly a good place to plot! V nice display, #Dublin
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Good Night, and Good Luck: why AP’s battle for press freedom echoes the theme of George Clooney’s new play. Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social, Full Professor in Journalism at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/3XV7dFu
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Good Night, and Good Luck: why AP’s battle for press freedom echoes the theme of George Clooney’s new play
A legal fight over a US news organisation’s ability to report from the White House has significant parallels to a new play on Broadway.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Good news - excited to be accepted to give an academic paper at the 'Future of Journalism' conference in Cardiff in September. It's always been my favourite conference! #FOJ2025
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/03/2025
The case against OpenAI by The New York Times and other publishers will go ahead to trial after a judge rejected the tech company's request to throw out the lawsuit, although it was narrowed slightly
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Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward
The legal fight could have far-reaching implications for the media and artificial intelligence industries.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Tonight I’m at a lovely book launch dor @DCU ‘s Dr Dervila Cooke at the Irish Writers Centre. Congrats!
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It was calling out for Marina Hyde: "You realise that a certain type of guy deploys the same three emojis for taking out a Houthi target as they would if Bryson DeChambeau nailed a slightly tricky putt on the 14th at the West Palm Beach Pro-Am." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
What the? Pizzas are being delivered to US judges’ households as a way to show them that ‘they’ know where they live? In analysis by Sarah Smith on the BBC’s podcast #Americast about Trump’s upcoming constitutional fight with the courts and congress
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
OMG for real?
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research? theconversation.com/trump-is-sur...
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Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research?
The Trump Administration is asking some Australian university researchers about how their work fits in with US foreign and domestic policy.
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Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno @ivorytowerjourno.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"The look of the Irish: a ‘green wave’ takes over pop culture and fashion. From the buzz around the ‘Craic Pack’ to Irish style influence, interest in the country’s culture is busting cliches." Via @guardian www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
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The look of the Irish: a ‘green wave’ takes over pop culture and fashion
From the buzz around the ‘Craic Pack’ to Irish style influence, interest in the country’s culture is busting cliches
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