Charlie Beckett

Charlie Beckett is director of <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/polis" target="_blank">Polis</a>, the forum for debate and research into journalism and society at the London School of Economics and the L

WikiLeaks and network-era news

The WikiLeaks storm of 2010 seems to be spent. But as a symptom of what is happening to journalism the WikiLeaks phenomenon carries profound significance, says Charlie Beckett.

By Charlie Beckett

/ 15 Aug 2012

State 2.0: a new front end?

Instead of a revolution in journalism or politics through new media technologies, we are witnessing the emergence of a synthesis between existing organisations and novel practices through more networked processes.

By Charlie Beckett

/ 7 Sep 2009

SuperMedia: the future as “networked journalism”

From bloggers in China to "netroots" activists in the United States, new forms of journalism are reshaping political communications - and therefore politics itself. The success of Barack

By Charlie Beckett

/ 10 Jun 2008

The media and Africa: doing bad by doing "good"?

One of the high points of my journalistic career was standing next to Jon Snow in Makerere University's (empty) swimming-pool as we broadcast live from an evangelical rally

By Charlie Beckett

/ 18 Jun 2007