John Lloyd is editor of the FT Magazine, and author of Rebirth of a Nation: an anatomy of Russia (1998). His new book on the power of the media will be published by Constable during 2004.

Recent articles

Is the ultimate goal of media in a democracy to promote truth and accuracy or a diversity of views? And will the new panoply of subjective voices brought to traditional media by citizen journalism clear or cloud the issue? John Lloyd poses some difficult questions, as openDemocracy continues its investigation into accountability in the 21st century.

The crisis in Britain over the Iraq war, its intelligence and its reporting, is one of media as well as politics. John Lloyd asks: can journalism, both press and television, tell stories for active citizens rather than cynical couch potatoes?

The Iraq war has provoked deep divisions within the political left. But the resignation of distinguished columnist John Lloyd from Britain's ‘New Statesman’ was motivated by the magazine's evasion of modern political realities and resort to moralistic anti-Americanism rather than its anti-war stance. Here he builds on his argument to ask: what future has the left if it cannot deal honestly with the rise of terrorism and the crimes of dictators?