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Richard Jones

@rlwjones.bsky.social
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I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book. Director of Broadcast Media, Film, Journalism, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford.

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Julian Matthews @julianmatthews1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Richard Jones ( with Steve Ward) presenting on Andy Burnham, local democracy and local media #meccsa2026 @deptmedialeic.bsky.social @meccsa.bsky.social
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 20/08/2026
Why streamers are paying for sports programmes with no actual sport in them.
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Disney+ and Netflix are buying into football – without buying the live action
Why streamers are paying for sports programmes with no actual sport in them.
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Richard's full article appears in Scottish Affairs, examining how Piper Alpha was commemorated in regional, Scottish and UK newspapers, after one, five and ten years.
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Paying for the Piper: Anniversary Journalism and the Piper Alpha Disaster | Scottish Affairs
A total of 167 men died when the North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha blew up in July 1988. It remains the world's deadliest offshore oil disaster. It was a major regional, national and international news event. The tragedy was felt particularly keenly in Aberdeen, an important hub for the oil and gas...
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📚 New on the blog @rlwjones.bsky.social  on how journalism can reinterpret the meaning of historic events, helping them to retain a place in society’s shared consciousness.
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5 things the Piper Alpha disaster tells us about how the media covers anniversaries
Piper Alpha remains the world's worst offshore oil disaster. 167 men died when the platform blew up in July 1988. It was an appalling human tragedy...
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📕 My book Reporting the Courts is coming out in paperback!
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🧵 The BBC is ending Football Focus after more than half a century on the air.
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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Some quite depressing findings from Richard Jones about cricket’s place in the sports news agenda, showing its decline. His analysis of regional press, national radio & X posts suggests cricket is disappearing from some commercial media, and is heavily reliant on the BBC for prominence. #CRN2026
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
You know a media organisation is in the middle of a very serious crisis when even I'm asked for my opinion about it. www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/donald-...
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Donald Trump's $1bn BBC tantrum – could it really happen? - Prolific North
Reality TV star Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn over its editing of a 2020 speech. Could he succeed?
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Very good piece by @rlwjones.bsky.social on why Reform’s stand-off with journalists in Nottingham matters. Via @uk.theconversation.com
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
@manchesterhistory.uk Hi Dean, Richard Jones here from Salford Uni. What's the best email address to get you on? I've got a research project I'm working on with a colleague that I'd like to run by you.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 03/09/2025
Hardly anyone actually goes to council meetings. It is journalists who can keep a close eye and tell us all what’s happening.
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Reform v the Nottingham Post: why local media is crucial to democracy
Hardly anyone actually goes to council meetings. It is journalists who can keep a close eye and tell us all what’s happening.
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨 Why is Reform v the Nottingham Post a big deal? Me for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/reform-v-the...
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Reform v the Nottingham Post: why local media is crucial to democracy
Hardly anyone actually goes to council meetings. It is journalists who can keep a close eye and tell us all what’s happening.
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
@keandrews.bsky.social I walked past a small sinkhole being repaired near my house!
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Communication & Sport @commsportj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This article will resonate with nostalgic fans of the times in sports and media that once were. "The View From the Boundary: How County Cricket is Covered Amid the Digital Mediatization of Sport," by ‪Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social Read it OPEN ACCESS at doi.org/10.1177/2167...
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The Grumbler @thegrumbler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🏏 New County #Cricket Newsletter. Please share and enjoy 🟢 Metro Bank - good crowds, poor quality 🟣 Blast gets cut, Champ untouched 🟠 Foxes confirm four signings 🔴 Somerset's 150th birthday 🔵 Barker back at Warks 🟡 Middx eye new ground
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No 166, Aug 23: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter
🟢 Metro Bank - good crowds, poor quality 🟣 Blast gets cut, Champ untouched 🟠 Foxes confirm four signings 🔴 Somerset's 150th birthday 🔵 Barker back at Warks 🟡 Middx eye new ground
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The Grumbler @thegrumbler.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is good stuff imo. 🚨An academic article, so it's balanced, evidence-based but dry The author contacted me via newsletter & I said I'd share on social The View From the Boundary: How County Cricket is Covered Amid the Digital Mediatization of Sport journals.sagepub.com...
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🏏 Thanks to @holdthefrontpage.bsky.social for picking up on my research into cricket media! bsky.app/profile/hold...
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HoldtheFrontPage @holdthefrontpage.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Local press cricket coverage ‘now reliant on ECB subsidies’
Only one regional title retains full-time cricket correspondent
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Russell Holden @russinthezone.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Find yourself a nice chunk of time and if you like cricket this will be well spent.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
NEW ARTICLE ALERT “The View From the Boundary: How County Cricket is Covered Amid the Digital Mediatization of Sport”, by Richard Jones, available online and open access ahead of print in Communication & Sport journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🧵 After the incredible England v India Test series, The Hundred starts today. But so too does county cricket's One Day Cup. Once a mainstay of UK sports media, I've investigated how the traditional county game is now battling for attention in our packed sports landscape.
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Cricket Research Network @cricketacademic.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A new paper from @rlwjones.bsky.social has just been published about coverage of county cricket, based on interviews with current journalists & content producers. Richard first presented this at our conference in Feb so it's great to see it out in the world! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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CRICKETher @crickether.com · 01/08/2025
Worth a read on how the media covers domestic cricket. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I still wonder how long Sky will tolerate the livestreams given their now generally high quality and the subsequent impact on Sky's theoretical exclusivity?
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
✍️ I've signed a contract to write my next book.
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📻 I'm on the latest episode of @medialawpodcast.bsky.social discussing my book Reporting the Courts and all things open justice. Thank you for to the team for inviting me on! open.spotify.com/episode/3XJI...
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Episode 30: "Reporting the Courts" - a deep dive
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The Media Law Podcast @medialawpodcast.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In our latest episode, Colette and Paul are joined by Dr Richard Jones (Salford) and Dr Judith Townend (Sussex) for a deep dive into Jones’ recent book, Reporting the Courts. on.soundcloud.com/G7Cox5kdhWkp...
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Reporting the Courts
This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for it...
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📺 BBC Grandstand was one of the most influential sport TV programmes ever. I've traced its rise and fall and conducted the first academic analysis of which sports it covered during half a century on air. Let's dive in!
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
📚 I've reviewed a great new book about crime in the media in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, written by Lee Michael-Berger. 🔓My review is open access and free to read in the Cultural and Social History journal. @salforduni.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
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Modern Murders: The Turn-of-the-Century’s Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder, 1880–1914: by Lee Michael-Berger, London, Routledge, 2023, 184 pp., £108 (hardback), ...
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I’ve had a fun day at the Cricket Research Network conference, here at the ECB National Performance Centre in Loughborough. I was presenting an ongoing research project on cricket journalism, coming soon(ish). 🏏 #CRN2025
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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Great paper first up at #CRN2025 @cricketacademic.bsky.social from Richard Jones (University of Salford) about changing coverage of county cricket in the digital age. Lots of challenges, including precarity and a reliance on ECB subsidy.
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚨 The deadline is this Friday if you want to present your research at the Journalism and the Courts symposium at @salforduni.bsky.social in June. All details are below! ⚖️
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HoldtheFrontPage @holdthefrontpage.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New from HTFP: Death of court reporting greatly exaggerated, survey finds: Big publishers maintaining commitment to cover local courts despite financial pressures
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Death of court reporting greatly exaggerated, survey finds
Big publishers maintaining commitment to cover local courts despite financial pressures
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Call for Papers - Arts @cfp-arts.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
CFP 'Journalism and the Courts'
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨 I've got a new research publication out today on court reporting in the UK's local press. Here are some of the key findings!
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
🚨 The Call for Papers is live for Journalism and the Courts, a one-day conference at @salforduni.bsky.social in June. ⚖️ I'm welcoming presentations on all aspects of court journalism and media law: bit.ly/3DPtu09 📖 It also marks the launch of my book, Reporting the Courts, out now!
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Journalism and the Courts 2025 CFP.docx
Journalism and the Courts symposium 2025 Date: Wednesday 18 June Location: University of Salford, Orange Tower, MediaCity, Salford, M50 2EQ Format: In person for all presentations Reporting on the cr...
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Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Fine work from @rlwjones.bsky.social in his new book 'Reporting the Courts' www.routledge.com/Reporting-th...? More video & images from inside the courtroom? Allow reporters to record some of the proceedings? Better access to information? Thought-provoking suggestions, well worth a look
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Reporting the Courts
This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for it...
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Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Congratulations and thank you for publishing with us
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Richard Jones @rlwjones.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My book Reporting the Courts is out this week, published by Routledge. It’s full of new research into the past, present and future of how the media covers the courts in the UK. Let's dive in! 🧵
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