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Patrick Howse

  • Freelance Contributor and Journalist, Freelance
Munich
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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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…

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.