“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

- Bertrand Russell

About Lis Howell

Lis Howell is Deputy Head of the Journalism department at City University and Director of the TV and Broadcasting Courses. She was Head of News at Border Television and won a Royal Television Society award for leading the coverage of the Lockerbie disaster.

Articles by Lis Howell

Hello James Harding, the new head of BBC News

Lis Howell 18 April 2013

News is the most vulnerable area for the BBC. Some advice to James Harding as he starts his job: decentralise, but don’t encourage silos. Here’s how. The first of the 'Lis Howell on Broadcasting' columns.

Jimmy Savile and why the BBC must change

Lis Howell 28 December 2012

The UK's Jimmy Savile scandal is hugely important. The most popular working class hero is now revealed to be a serial rapist and child-abuser. Yet he was turned into a 'national treasure' by the BBC, which of all the UK's institutions prides itself on 'knowing better'. What was going on?

OurBeeb forum session 1: funding and the licence fee

Anthony Barnett, David Elstein, and Lis Howell 4 December 2012

On 31 October 2012, OurBeeb held a day-forum at King’s College London to discuss the future of the BBC. Full audio and video highlights start with a discussion between David Elstein and Lis Howell on how to fund public service broadcasting.

Wait! Leveson must delay his report on the UK press

Lis Howell 20 November 2012

Lord Justice Leveson's public inquiry into UK press standards is about to report. But the unfolding crisis shaking the BBC will muddy the waters. This is a call for delay.

How much do journalism students know about who runs the BBC?

Lis Howell 19 June 2012

Deputy Head of Broadcasting at City University's famous journalism school Lis Howell interrogates her postgraduate students about the DG race, and suggests that if the brightest talent in the country know and care as little as they do about it, then there's something wrong with the process

At last regional news is sexy!

Lis Howell 27 September 2010

British local media is in trouble, we need a much more lively and intelligent approach than just government cuts and schemes imported from the US

Women at the Public Service Broadcasting Forum

Lis Howell 15 June 2010

Lis Howell reflects on gender balance at the recent Public Service Broadcasting Forum

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