Bang To Rights podcast

Bang To Rights podcast

Podcasts produced by journalism tutors at Manchester Metropolitan University

Episodes 54
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Declining
Since Oct 2018
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Podcasts by journalism tutors at Manchester Metropolitan University's multimedia journalism unit. Looking at issues and debates in media law, journalism ethics and regulation, and much more. Opinions are contributors' own, and do not reflect the views or policies of Manchester Metropolitan University. Thanks for listening.

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Liz H video simulrec set up

Feb 10, 2026 0m

Dr Liz Hannaford from the Multimedia Journalism section of Manchester Metropolitan University describes the set up in her home office for recording a video "simulrec".

Radical Journalism in Manchester walkabout 2022 23

Dec 13, 2022 40m

MMU multimedia journalism students Alicia Russell and Rosa Bown join tutor Pete Murray on a walking tour around the history of radical journalism in Manchester. In this podcast, they speak to…

Picket Line Podcast ep2

Nov 25, 2022 13m

Episode #2 of ThePicketLinePodcast, and we speak to Rebecca Long-Bailey MP on the future for students amid the current universities pay and conditions dispute. We also hear from UNISON strikers, from…

Picket Line podcast #UCURising 1

Nov 24, 2022 10m

Welcome to an episode of ThePicketLinePodcast, as members of the University and College Union join strike action across the sector. We speak to UCU general secretary Jo Grady, and to students and UCU…

Journalists under arrest - journalists and the "secret" courts

Nov 10, 2022 45m

This week: the arrest of journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests in Hertfordshire; we look at Contempt of Court issues following the death of a student in Manchester last month; and we speak to…

BangToRights at the Castlefield Viaduct

Nov 04, 2022 22m

In the new format for Bang To Rights, we're heading out into Manchester City Centre for an audio tour of the National Trust's "sky park" urban regeneration project at the Castlefield Viaduct. You can…

Lyra's legacy - a new film on the life of the murdered Northern Ireland Journalist

Oct 27, 2022 33m

Welcome back to Bang To Rights. We're back with a new format, new stories. In this episode, we speak to Alison Millar, director of the new film Lyra about the life and legacy of the renowned young…

NQLive 27 October

Oct 27, 2021 7m

Rebecca Redican presents this week's NQ Live programme. We report on the Budget, the "Girls Night In" boycott in Manchester, protesting against drinks and injection spiking, and on the hopes among…

Mock COP26 conference at Man Met Unit

Oct 21, 2021 6m

Rebecca Redican reports for The Northern Quota on the Mock COP26 conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University. Students met in a series of role-plays as members of government, NGO, or…

A walking tour of radical journalism in Manchester, from 1819 to today

Sep 17, 2021 44m

Bang To Rights is back - with a guided walking tour around some of the milestones in the history of journalism in Manchester. We start with the foundation of The Manchester Guardian in response to…

The sound of Coronavirus

Apr 09, 2020 42m

Recording the voices of ICU nurses and doctors treating patients with Covid-19, or a crowdsourcing journalism project to examine the future of government after the lockdown, to the sound of the…

Isolated? We go on a global Coronavirus journalism tour

Mar 26, 2020 1h 8m

In a bumper episode, we speak to journalists from Lancashire to The Hague, Italy to Hong Kong about how Coronavirus and the Covid-19 lockdown has changed their working lives, and how it feels to be…

No stereotypes allowed

Mar 11, 2020 20m

In a break from the Bang To Rights formula, we're joined this week by two young podcasters, Hanya Hesham and Siddra Asghar to talk about their new podcasts on racial stereotypes in the UK and on slow…

How not to be scared of the death knock

Feb 27, 2020 35m

We speak to freelance reporter Jan Disley about how to approach bereaved families or close friends when you're asked to call them for comments - what's known in the trade as a "death knock". Respect,…

Save us all from harm - can Ofcom do that?

Feb 12, 2020 24m

We examine the expanding role of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom as the government says it is "minded" to give it an additional role policing the internet, regulating User Generated Content. Will it…

Mental health and healthy journalism - Claire Sanderson from Women's Health magazine

Feb 05, 2020 40m

This week, we're joined by a studio audience of MMU multimedia journalism students and by Claire Sanderson, editor-in-chief of Women's Health magazine. Claire talks to us about mental health,…

"When you go, will you send back..." a letter from London, Ontario

Jan 31, 2020 26m

The crew in Manchester hooks up with Ellie Shember-Critchley who's at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario this week. MMU's Northern Quota reporters work together on stories with fellow journalism…

It'll be cameras in the lobby briefing next

Jan 22, 2020 29m

This week, the crew looks at cameras in Crown Court, how the decision could change coverage of high profile criminal cases, and whether it will help public understanding of how the courts work. We…

Stop and Search, the Manchester Mayor, and the media

Jan 15, 2020 30m

We're back, and this week we tackle how news organisations report on crime, stop and search, and the portrayal of young men in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in Greater Manchester and…

Rise of the machines - the future of AI and fact checking

Dec 04, 2019 39m

In a bumper show, we speak to Rebecca Day, live news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, on covering the range of breaking news stories around the region. We hear from Abbas Panjwani at Full…

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