Colleen Murrell - ivorytowerjourno
@ivorytowerjourno
Researching & teaching broadcasting, international news & digital media. Former journalist BBC, ITN, AP. Writing on media for The Conversation. New book on BBC newsgathering out 2025! #TeamCanada
My kind of bookshop - @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street. My book on BBC women is also for sale at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and @blackwells.bsky.social
Today’s @DCU radio show by the master’s in journalism students. Among the live guests film maker Tom Burke talking Oscars and the future of the film industry in Ireland
A daughter is very happy, on visiting Oxford, to find my book in Blackwell's. It would make a great Christmas present everyone! 'BBC Women Reporting the World: Conversations with Foreign Correspondents'.
Really enjoyed being "in conversation with Caroline Wyatt" about my book at the Frontline Club on Monday. "BBC Women Reporting the World". The books sold out and it was standing room only at the back. A very enjoyable conversation thereafter with the knowledgeable audience. Here are a few pics
If you’re looking for something intriguing to do on Monday 22nd at 7pm - buy a ticket to the Frontline Club in Paddington, central London. Caroline Wyatt and I will be discussing my book which examines the BBC’s hiring of women over the years and profiles 10 international journalists
If you pre-order my book from @Waterstones with code SUMMER25 then you get 25% off! The book is about @BBCNews women foreign correspondents (offer available until end July) @DCU
My bookmarks come courtesy of a drawing daughter who sketches wherever she lands
Launch of film ‘Why Wouldn’t You?’ by @DCU academics Maria Loftus and Fiona Murphy. This documentary film interviews refugees and activists and explores issues of racism vs empathy about refugees. Film introduced by Agnes Maillot from @DcuSalis and @dairekeogh.bsky.social
How to make children’s news programmes on a budget explained today at #mojofest25 @tg4.bsky.social @news.rte.ie
All set for #mojofest25 Great line up of speakers
Prof @kevinrafter.bsky.social gets a whole page in the @ST__Ireland for his soon to be launched book on EJ Dillon @DCU
Bewley’s became the birthplace of the Irish women’s movement - or so it says here. Certainly a good place to plot! V nice display, #Dublin
Tonight I’m at a lovely book launch dor @DCU ‘s Dr Dervila Cooke at the Irish Writers Centre. Congrats!
Great discussion on European media coverage in our @DCU international journalism class with @lisaocarroll from @guardian
Some of the photos I took in Beirut in 1991/2. Places where there have been conflicts can be rebuilt. Gaza should be rebuilt for Palestinians and those who helped flatten the place should pay
Worth reflecting on today when so many men - and some women - infer the reason there are only 3/15 women in the Irish cabinet is down to competence #SimoneDeBeauvoir
Interesting data - which topics attract the most subscribers & money on Substack? US politics, then finance & then news - courtesy of @pressgazette.co.uk & @Datawrapper
A press conference with @DCU gym manager Gemma Dempsey - postgrad students gathering news for a radio story on exciting refurbishments
Worth keeping a toehold on Twitter when 3500 people follow your feed but only a maximum of 47 appear to see it anymore? While Elon constantly tweaks the algorithms like a James Bond baddy, stroking a white cat…
If you’ve ever wondered about AI coming for your job? News about walkout AI replacement @theguardian.com
Broody Clontarf this morning - snow on the Wicklows
I guess Meta will be taking down these ads from its websites soon? #FactChecking