Lord Rennard row: Nick Clegg called to account by Cathy Newman | Media Monkey
Channel 4 News presenter ambushes Lib Dem leader on LBC phone-in showWhen Nick Clegg announced on Wednesday morning that the next caller to his weekly LBC phone-in show, Call Clegg, was "Cathy in...
View ArticleCathy Newman's phone-in ambush of Nick Clegg – was it luck or design?
The Channel 4 News presenter got through to Clegg on his LBC radio programme, calling herself Cathy from DulwichWhen Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman telephoned Nick Clegg on his LBC phone-in show...
View ArticleLBC presenter Nick Ferrari: 'Nick Clegg? What can he lose?'
The deputy prime minster's co-host on Lis Murdoch and a rottweiler – and why he stood aside for Boris JohnsonNick Ferrari has made radio history with his weekly phone-in show with Nick Clegg on London...
View ArticleHayley Barlow scores hole in one with Channel 4 News comms job
Former News of the World PR Hayley Barlow has been appointed head of comms for Channel 4 News. Barlow, who has been doing the job on a consultancy basis for the past eight weeks, has lost no time...
View ArticleMedia Monkey's diary: The Times, the Pope, and Cathy Newman
* Monkey was initially unsure about Alex Spence, the Times's rookie media "editor". Did he really have the right stuff to take over the ample mantle of BBC Basher in Chief from his obsessive,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding should be allowed in the workplace – even in Westminster
Jo Swinson has been criticised for wanting to bring her baby to work, not just by the usual Tory suspects but also by Channel 4 News's Cathy Newman. But if it works for her, why not?Tory MP Sir Gerald...
View ArticleCathy Newman turned away from mosque on #VisitMyMosque day
Channel 4 journalist, who was ‘respectfully dressed’ and without shoes, was ushered out of south London mosque as it was believed to be men-onlyThe Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman has revealed...
View ArticleCathy Newman to take break from Twitter after row over mosque visit
Channel 4 news anchor says she ‘deeply regrets’ phrasing of tweets she sent after she attempted to visit mosque in south London on Visit My Mosque dayThe Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman has...
View ArticleMosque 'deeply disappointed' by Cathy Newman's reaction to venue confusion
Mosque accepts new apology by Channel 4 News anchor, who falsely claimed she had been ‘ushered out’, but warns of a ‘fog of Islamophobia’ in national debateThe mosque at the heart of a dispute with the...
View ArticleChannel 4's Cathy Newman joins row over MP's sexist behaviour
News presenter describes a Daily Mail column about it by associate politics editors Isabel Oakeshott as ‘frankly poisonous’Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman has weighed into a row over sexist...
View Article‘Before election night, I went for a burger': how do newsreaders escape the...
Emily Maitlis goes for a run with the dog, Krishnan Guru-Murthy plays guitar. In the midst of a relentless news cycle, frontline reporters reveal how they switch offIn the midst of June’s post-election...
View ArticleC4 calls in security experts after presenter suffers online abuse
Cathy Newman subjected to ‘vicious misogynistic abuse’ after interview with psychologistChannel 4 News has called in security specialists to analyse threats made to presenter Cathy Newman following her...
View Article‘Back off’, controversial professor urges critics of Channel 4's Cathy Newman
Jordan Peterson warns social media bullies after presenter faces abusive messagesA controversial clinical psychologist whose interview with a Channel 4 news presenter resulted in her being subjected to...
View ArticleBanning people like Jordan Peterson from causing offence – that’s the road to...
Cathy Newman’s debate on Channel 4 with the cultural critic exemplifies free speech and citizen engagement. We need more of that, not lessFor a vivid parable of what is wrong with contemporary...
View ArticleCathy Newman: ‘The internet is being written by men with an agenda’
The Channel 4 News presenter talks about #MeToo, trolls and the fallout from her controversial interview with Jordan PetersonCathy Newman is scrambling. It has just gone 9am, breakfast and the school...
View ArticleTrump’s folly over the Iran deal comes through loud and clear | Letters
Angry male voices are drowning out truth in politics, argues Nick Mayer, while Randhir Singh Bains fears for India in the wake of Trump’s blunt rejection of the Iran nuclear deal. Plus letters from Ian...
View ArticleCathy Newman says she was sexually harassed at elite school
Broadcaster tells of experience at Charterhouse to encourage girls to report incidentsThe broadcaster Cathy Newman has said she was sexually harassed and humiliated by teenage boys while attending an...
View ArticleWhy Cathy Newman’s story of sexual harassment at school is so powerful |...
It was no surprise to hear the broadcaster was humiliated as a pupil. The ubiquity of this behaviour is what makes it so hard for people to speak outIf you are, or were, a schoolgirl, chances are you...
View ArticleHow TV news hosts get camera-ready in lockdown
Broadcasters are falling back on their own skills to stay well-groomed. Unless, of course, it’s Robert PestonAlongside a photo of a not-so-stylish haircut she’d given her husband, Emily Maitlis...
View ArticleTwo is the magic number: why are we fascinated with power couples?
From Ant and Dec, through the Rodham-Clintons, to the Knowles-Carters, some people work better when they’re part of a duoThere is something about the “power of two” in our culture, a unique, contained...
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