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Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales  (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Reardon, S., Gross, B., Keppel-Palmer, M., & Smith, T. (2023, September). Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales . Paper presented at The Future of Journalism, Cardiff University

On 28 July 2022, the case of R v Ben Oliver made history when the sentencing remarks of Munro J were filmed and broadcast from the Old Bailey, marking the first time cameras were allowed into the Crown Court. This unarguably represented a significant... Read More about Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales .

Justice in lockdown:​​ Court reporting in a ​time of Covid​ (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Reardon, S., Smith, T., Gross, B., & Keppel-Palmer, M. (2021, September). Justice in lockdown:​​ Court reporting in a ​time of Covid​. Paper presented at The Future of Journalism, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University

In response to the radical changes in the operation of criminal courts in England and Wales (E&W) wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic this paper examines the impact on court reporting and how the much-vaunted principle of open justice is operating in pr... Read More about Justice in lockdown:​​ Court reporting in a ​time of Covid​.

'Arresting the decline: Court reporting in England and Wales' (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, T., Reardon, S., Gross, B., Keppel-Palmer, M., & Chamberlain, P. (2020, March). 'Arresting the decline: Court reporting in England and Wales'. Paper presented at HM Courts and Tribunals Services Media Guidance Launch Event, Old Bailey, London, UK

When the other speaks: Migrant voices on British television news (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Gross, B. (2008, September). When the other speaks: Migrant voices on British television news. Paper presented at Power: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences, University of Tempere, Finland

The paper addressed the power relations between journalists and subaltern voices, e.g. asylum seekers, on British television news based on discourse analytical approach to television news coverage.

The Home Office in chaos: Refugee and asylum discourse in British broadcast news (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Gross, B., Threadgold, T., & Moore, K. (2008, January). The Home Office in chaos: Refugee and asylum discourse in British broadcast news. Paper presented at MeCCSA Annual Conference, Cardiff University, Wales

The coverage of issues related to refugees and asylum seekers on British television news is frequently used as an example of a political system in crisis. The paper highlight potential repercussions arising out of this discursive positioning.