Bylines Cymru

Betrayed by a pension loophole, former Welsh steelworkers continue their 24-year fight for justice after the 2002 collapse of ASW | Mark Thomas

The writer argues that independent voices with votes and equal standing would make the standards system more credible | Dr Arun Midha

Tune in and ask the question...... 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

The treatment of Jason Arday horrified many people. Where does legitimate journalistic scrutiny end and a media pile-on begin? Tonight at 7pm, we're bringing together journalists, academics and regulators to ask what responsible media should look like. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Delighted to announce that we have now added Jaldeep Katwala to the panel for tonight's webinar. A true champion of diversity, equality and inclusion in journalism, running the Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity and Network Manager at Public Interest News Foundation 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

The treatment of Jason Arday horrified many people. Where does legitimate journalistic scrutiny end and a media pile-on begin? This Wednesday, we're bringing together journalists, academics and regulators to ask what responsible media should look like. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Complaining about bad journalism is easy. Building something better is harder. What changes to regulation, ownership, newsroom culture and journalistic practice could actually make a difference? These are just some of the questions we'll be tackling next Wednesday. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

The treatment of Jason Arday horrified many people. Where does legitimate journalistic scrutiny end and a media pile-on begin? Next Wednesday, we're bringing together journalists, academics and regulators to ask what responsible media should look like. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

A Gaza journalist who spent years documenting others’ pain confronts it at home after her husband is shot | Farah Hassan

A free press is essential to democracy. So is a responsible one. How do we protect fearless investigative journalism while demanding fairness, accuracy and accountability? That's one of the questions we'll be tackling next Wednesday. Sign up here 👇 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Read @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social's latest on his thoughts on this here 👇

💥 From Leveson to Arday, the mainstream media is a horror show of exploitation over education. With alternative media booming, we have an opportunity to guarantee we do better media right. How do we ensure that? Come and join the conversation! —-> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...

Superb point. Where the Brexiters failed is in durable consent. Who benefits from it their project & wants to carry it forward? Who in the next generations are thanking them for Brexit and championing it? No-one. If we get the UK into EU membership, it must be underpinned by durable consent.

Fourteen years after Leveson, who holds the press to account? And are the systems intended to prevent abuses actually working? That's one of the questions we'll be tackling next Wednesday.

Although he was not Welsh, L. S. Lowry created a modest but significant body of Welsh work. Fifty years after his death, it deserves renewed recognition | Dr Huw Evans

A distinctly Welsh programme reaches those most often excluded from international exchange, and must not be lost  | Kirsty Williams

Hundreds march in Caernarfon, warning of the environmental harm of a proposed data centre and questioning whether promised jobs will benefit local people  | Gareth Wyn Roberts

Excellent!👏👏✨

A free press matters. So does an accountable one. Join Nafeez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana and Priyamvada Gopal, chaired by Mike Galsworthy, to ask what a better British media could look like. 📅 21 Oct, 7pm 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

As economic power shifts, businesses must navigate new alliances, trade routes and risks while ensuring prosperity benefits communities | Martha Garcia

A free press matters. So does an accountable one. Join Nafeez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana and Priyamvada Gopal, chaired by Mike Galsworthy, to ask what a better British media could look like. 📅 21 Oct, 7pm 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Across Wales, communities are already building a fairer economy. Connecting their work can turn local change into lasting progress  | Clive Wychwood

On 30 January 1972, British paratroopers shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights marchers in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A 14th man later died of his injuries | Fia Stevens

The landmark pledge could ease pressure on families, while putting Welsh at the heart of children’s earliest years  | Gareth Wyn Roberts

American football became a symbol of the US, but its roots reach across the Atlantic—to rugby, a university with a Welsh-linked benefactor and a sporting exchange that transformed both codes | Robert G Davies

Reading widely sharpens a writer’s voice, revealing how words, rhythm and structure turn ideas into stories | John Greeves

The resignation of Reform UK’s Dan Thomas highlights the irony of his supporters relying on human rights laws the party has pledged to scrap | Dr Huw Evans

A child’s rash after a carefree beach swim leaves one parent questioning what lurks beneath Britain’s waters | Natalie Barnett

A displaced Gaza farmer recreates a patch of home beside his tent, feeding his family and passing on a tradition of resilience | Farah Hassan

From wartime airwaves to fireside reflections, gifted storytellers made language a lens on a turbulent century  | Paul Bright

Baby boomers came of age with affordable homes, secure jobs and rising living standards but today’s young people face debt, precarious work and an uncertain future  | John Greeves

Supporters of proportional representation took their Wake Up Westminster campaign to MediaCityUK, arguing that Britain’s voting system and the growing pressure for reform deserve far greater national media attention | Samuel James Jackson

A £51mn facility built for border checks now sits unused, raising more questions about the cost and consequences of Brexit | Joe McDonald

Tonight- 7pm. Online. Free/ contribute - you choose. Link —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...

Years of sewage spills, delay and weak oversight have pushed the Kenfig River into an ecological crisis | Maggie Curley

Years of sewage spills, delay and weak oversight have pushed the Kenfig River into an ecological crisis | Maggie Curley

There's still time to sign up for our webinar on Thursday!

Let’s get hard copies of survivor testimony to MPs!! Victims of the Al Fayed trafficking network have not got justice yet, despite vast evidence. This is our own Epstein scandal. This 85-page Bylines Gazette was written by the survivors and supporting experts. Let’s make sure MP get a copy! 👇👇

🔥 Really looking forward to this. What a phenomenal panel we have! Link —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...

Progress needs more than innovation. It needs democratic accountability, environmental honesty and shared responsibility  | Martha Garcia

Wales shares values with Britain and Europe but its future may depend on which relationship it chooses to strengthen | Gareth Wyn Roberts

Progress needs more than innovation. It needs democratic accountability, environmental honesty and shared responsibility  | Martha Garcia

Wales shares values with Britain and Europe but its future may depend on which relationship it chooses to strengthen | Gareth Wyn Roberts

The UK Government’s wildfire alert was justified, but separate Welsh and English warnings weakened its safety message  | Dr Huw Evans

Campaigners are urging the Welsh public to back council tax support from the date a GP first certifies dementia | Derek Brown

From Harry Beck’s revolutionary Tube map to confusing bus information across Wales, better public transport maps could make all the difference | Steve O’Gorman

Behind Bath’s famous facades lie unexpected stories of war, astronomy, architecture and happy accidents | John Greeves

Cambridge professor Jason Arday faced an extraordinary media campaign over allegations of plagiarism before his tragic death. Prof Edward Higgs asks whether his treatment was about one academic’s failings – or part of something much older and darker. @eastangliabylines.co.uk