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Patrick Howse

  • Freelance Contributor and Journalist, Freelance
Munich
As seen in: BBC, RTÉ, The New Statesman, The New World, Byline Times
Covers:  Media (BBC); Politics (Brexit); Health, Leisure and Travel; Copyright legal cases.
Doesn't Cover: Entertainment/celebrity trivia
Writer, poet & journalist: @BylineTimes contributor & ex-BBC newsg. English born, proud Irish & EU citizen: "one of the Wildgeese"

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Patrick Howse’s Biography

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An experienced mother-tongue English journalist based in Munich, currently writing and editing for dpa and the Max Planck Institute, and contributing to publications in the UK and Ireland.
Three decades experience as a news journalist, including 25 years with the BBC, leading news gathering teams in war zones and other challenging environments, including, between 2004-2009 as bureau chief in Baghdad.
Finished BBC career as online Education reporter, and then spent four years instructing journal…

Patrick Howse’s Journalist Portfolio

NUT strikers take to streets

NUT strikers take to streets

Thousands of NUT members marched in London as part of their protest over pay, pension changes and working con…

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Education 'failing economic needs'

Education 'failing economic needs'

England's education system is failing to meet the country's long-term economic needs and requires a radical o…

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Brexit Breaking Point: How one Veteran believes BBC Coverage of Farage's new Party 'Facilitates F...

Brexit Breaking Point: How one Veteran believes BBC Coverage of Farage's new Party 'Facilitates F...

I worked for the BBC for 25 years. I started as a trainee in 1989 and progressed through various newsrooms to…

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Brexit prompts British to act on their Irish ancestry

Brexit prompts British to act on their Irish ancestry

With Britain's exit from the EU lurching into yet another decisive phase, the uncertainty caused by the proce…

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The Beeb and an illusion of balance

The Beeb and an illusion of balance

Archant Former BBC staffer PATRICK HOWSE says his former employer's misguided attempts at evenhandedness mean…

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How the BBC's balance issue is alienating its supporters - just when it needs them most

How the BBC's balance issue is alienating its supporters - just when it needs them most

There's been a lot of criticism of the BBC in the past week, culminating in a Twitter campaign, #BBCswitchoff…

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Articles

'BBC Hopes to Remind Viewers of its Tradition of Authoritative Journalism By Having Clive Myrie Join Laura Kuenssberg for its Election Night Coverage'

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By Patrick Howse
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Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive editorial emails from the Byline Times Team. The BBC’s announcement of its team that will be hosting its election night coverage predictably ticks many boxes. Well-known faces will be dispatched to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with Jeremy Vine doing his graphic sequences from Cardiff, Kirsty Wark in Edinburgh, and Andrea Catherwood providing updates from Belfast. So far, so normal, from a BBC very keen to show that it gets about the UK.
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‘The Sharp End of the Stick: Latest BBC Scandal Shows how Hard it will be for the Corporation to Recover’ – Byline Times

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By Patrick Howse
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To survive, the broadcaster’s governance needs to be completely overhauled, writes former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse Share EmailTwitterFacebook It must be obvious to even the most on-message BBC manager that 2023 has not started well for the corporation. In fact, it’s been a disaster, the progress of which can be charted by looking at its reaction to three stories that have emerged over the past few weekends.
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Chris Mason’s Johnson Gaffe Risks Trashing the BBC’s Reputation – Byline Times

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By Patrick Howse
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Patrick Howse reveals how a false BBC News alert that 100 Conservative MPs were backing Boris Johnson’s new leadership bid spread quickly around the world Share EmailTwitterFacebook For several years now the BBC’s domestic political coverage has been posing a danger to the BBC’s reputation as a reliable and impartial provider of news. And as the Conservative Party tied itself in more knots over who would be the UK’s next prime minister, further damage was done.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

BBC Regional News Trainee for the North West of England

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes, I started my career on a typewriter in 1989

How is social media changing news?

It's making the spreading of disinformation much easier, and the public discourse nastier and more polarized.